Details matter, and when it comes to sanctions implementation, governments need to provide the right details to the banks on the frontline. Currently, they do not.
The UK is the first country to open its anti-money laundering evaluation process to research and broader civic engagement, raising the bar for a credible assessment process.
Claims new drilling in the North Sea could materially reshape the UK’s energy security appear overstated, misbalancing the discussion on future developments.
The ambition of NATO’s 5% spending target is softened by the potential to categorise 1.5% of infrastructure spend within the goal, but how will that be interpreted?
Trump’s entanglement in Iran ended a series of unprovoked attacks which the US claimed as successes. It is demonstrating the limits of US military power and is at variance with the goals of the National Defence Strategy.
The US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding may ease immediate pressure on energy markets, but by deferring the hardest questions, it risks entrenching crisis rather than ending it.
To disrupt Russia’s sanctions-evasion networks, the EU must target the infrastructure that allows for widespread use of crypto: liquidity, convertibility and access to the formal economy.
With unclear intention, Russia’s satellites have been placed curiously close to a commercial satellite that provides essential intelligence for the Ukrainian armed forces.
In an online environment that can funnel young people toward extreme violent subcultures and extremist communities, a first layer of protection is better than none.
While Europe celebrates Pashinyan’s win, the Kremlin is focused on his weakened mandate, accusations of Western intervention and the long game in the South Caucasus.
Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat removes one of the most important European patrons of secessionist and illiberal actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Will Peter Magyar’s government change course?
Delays to the UK’s Defence Investment Plan do not bode well for the UK’s Armed Forces transformation, or for confidence that the government is prioritising defence spending.
For Europe, technology dependence is a strategic liability. The European Commission’s Tech Sovereignty Package offers solutions, but can it hold its resolve?
