Russia
Why drones will carry out the next 9/11
Few know more about drone warfare than Brett Velicovich. During the Iraq war, the former Delta Force intelligence analyst lived…
The tide has turned in Ukraine
The long war in Ukraine has morphed into a new and decisive phase, one that could lead to Ukraine’s upset…
Russians no longer believe Putin’s war propaganda
A year ago, Russia marked the 9 May Victory Day celebration with a spectacular display of fireworks that lit up…
The Kremlin’s secret plans for post-war Russia
A top-level Kremlin policy document discussing post-war political planning and how to neutralize potential ultranationalist discontent has been leaked to…
No, Russia is not on the verge of a coup
However much Western leaders inveigh against Russian disinformation (which, yes, is a real issue), we should never pretend this is…
How the Ukraine war could end in revolt
Ukraine and Russia are exhausted. Neither side is close to defeat and yet discontent is growing on both sides. In…
Is the US nuclear bomber base being targeted for a strike?
A lockdown at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana triggered by a mysterious drone swarm last month didn’t last long.…
A Ukrainian win is more important than ever
On 3 April we mark 1,500 days since Russia invaded Ukraine; on 11 June, the conflict will have lasted longer…
The Trumpian appeal of a Trojan horse
Given the tonnage of missiles launched at Iran, it seems remarkable how relatively few Iranians have been killed. But the…
With no coherent strategy, Britain seems perpetually adrift in the world
But rather than stagger from one global crisis to another, we could unite the disparate tools we still possess and truly take back control, says Jack Watling
Why Ukraine’s Russian oil strikes are backfiring
Every drone Ukraine fires at a Russian oil terminal is meant to defund Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Right now, each…
The chaotic truth about Russia’s internet blackouts
From the modern metropolises of Moscow and St. Petersburg to Arkhangelsk on the permafrosted northern coast and Khabarovsk on the…
The Iran war is just what Putin’s depleted coffers need
Of all the parties watching the chaos in the Middle East unfold, one should be rubbing its hands together with…
‘More than half our squad were executed’: Inside Russia’s rotten army
The Russians are on the warpath – and Europe is Vladimir Putin’s next target. That was Sir Keir Starmer’s alarming…
How Silicon Valley is calling the shots on the battlefields of Ukraine
Sometime in the late morning of February 4, somebody at SpaceX headquarters pressed a computer key. A command line was…
No, Zelensky: World War Three hasn’t started
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that World War Three has already started. Speaking to the BBC on the eve of…
The secrets of Putin’s shadow fleet
Of all the weapons in Vladimir Putin’s arsenal, the most strategically crucial has proved to be not hypersonic missiles but…
The world after New START
When the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expires tomorrow, the United States and Russia will, for the first…
Why is Ukraine trying to cancel Swan Lake?
Two of Ukraine’s most famous ballet dancers face dismissal, cancellation and possible mobilisation into the army. Their crime? They dared…
Arctic role: what does Trump really want from Greenland?
Donald Trump has probably not read Machiavelli, even the short one, The Prince. Machiavelli’s most famous advice was that it’s…
Who will rule the Arctic?
When it comes to icebreakers, the US pales by comparison with Russia in the growing struggle for control of polar shipping routes and mineral resources
Trump’s credible threat at Davos
The headline from Trump’s Davos speech is clear: I won’t use military force to take Greenland. That’s what the President…
Trump’s Greenland caper will heighten inflation
On February 24, Donald Trump will deliver the first State of the Union speech of his second term as president.…
The Kremlin’s plan to create a new wave of Ukrainian refugees
What is the limit of Ukrainian civilians’ endurance? In nearly four years of relentless war, Ukraine’s people have faced summary…
Donald Trump is confronting a reality that Europe has ignored
Donald Trump’s rendition of Nicolas Maduro was a brilliantly executed coup. It was also an exhibition of America’s hard power,…
