NATO
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Nato, Indo-Pacific 4 pledge defence, tech boost as deeper China-Russia ties spark alarm
Deepening Global Security Alliances NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners promised to expand advanced technology and defense cooperation. This agreement occurred as the transatlantic security alliance rapidly boosts its military. The…
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Trump won big spending promises from NATO last year. This week in Turkey, he’ll try to enforce them
The Ankara Summit and Spending Demands President Donald Trump is heading to the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. His clear mission is to enforce the defense spending pledges secured last…
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The NATO Ultimatum: Strategic Withdrawal as a Post-War Doctrine
The Transition from Collective Defense to “Transactional Security” By April 2026, the U.S. administration has transitioned from traditional leadership within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to a posture of…
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The Trump Exit Strategy: Kinetic Withdrawal and the NATO Ultimatum
The Transition from Full-Scale War to “Spot Hit” Operations On April 1, 2026, President Donald Trump told Reuters that the United States military will be “out of Iran pretty quickly,”…
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Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risk to undersea infrastructure
En: Think TanksCritical Undersea Infrastructure and Vulnerabilities Undersea networks carry nearly all global internet traffic and most military communications. Shallow seas make cables easy targets for anchor damage or deliberate interference. Recent…
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Europe Faces Uncertainty as New START Ends
Context and Treaty’s Role New START, the main nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, expired on February 5, 2026 after limiting deployed strategic warheads to 1,550…
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Military AI Adoption Is Outpacing Global Cooperation
En: Think TanksRising Military AI Deployment Global militaries are integrating artificial intelligence at accelerating speed operations and systems. Consequently, these deployments increasingly outpace efforts to establish international cooperation or coordinated norms. Fraying…
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A Fork in the Road at the Munich Security Conference
Setting the Scene The Munich Security Conference in February 2026 stands at a crucial inflection point for Western security cooperation. Gathered in Munich’s Hotel Bayerischer Hof, leaders confront rising geopolitical…