Uganda’s leadership is drifting into another authoritarian spiral. Three weeks after Uganda’s highly compromised election allowed Yoweri Museveni to retain power, the leader of the opposition National ...

The expiry of New START could further undermine the credibility of US extended deterrence and complicate European and US efforts to strengthen conventional deterrence. Today, 5 February 2026, the last ...

This research paper explores the transformative concept of prototype warfare in the maritime domain.

The recent return of China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomats has more to say about domestic pressures than about external challenges to China’s rise. Yet this risks obscuring the deeper internal causes for ...

The impact of Maduro’s capture will be negligible on Venezuela’s cocaine-trafficking. What are the defining characteristics of Venezuelan drug trafficking and how will they change after the fall of ...

Russia's Zapad 2025 in Belarus focused on high-leverage capabilities, contrasting with the high tempo and mass in previous iterations of the exercises. Zapad 2025 is the 2025 iteration of Russia's ...

This paper outlines tactical developments by Russian and Ukrainian forces during 2024 and highlights areas where military–technical assistance to Ukraine can be improved. Both Russian and Ukrainian ...

2025 offered the most generous potential off-ramp for Vladimir Putin. He rejected it. Russia must demonstrate to its domestic audience and to the West that it retains the initiative and remains a ...

Join Arthur Snell and Matthew Savill as they explore contemporary conflict trends and the evolving use of force in the mid-21st century. Arthur Snell and Matthew Savill discuss Ukraine's rapid ...

The purpose of this report is to examine the causes of the failure of the Ukrainian offensive in 2023 to avoid the repetition of such errors in the future and to inform the regeneration of offensive ...

The US and China are both vying for influence among Global South countries, whose support will be crucial in shaping the future of the international order. Against this backdrop, it is increasingly ...

While the US and the UK attempt to contain Houthi attacks in the Bab al-Mandab and Red Sea, Somali pirates have made a daring comeback off the Horn of Africa. It is tempting to draw a link between the ...