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Managed Instability: Why the Wars Against Iran and Ukraine Can Go On and On and On…

The Iran war is beginning to resemble the Ukraine war in one important way. Operationally, the wars themselves are still...

Christine Lagarde: Panel remarks about the European economy during a discussion on the global economic outlook at the World Economic Forum

Proving the Negative: Three Warnings from Arms Control for the Age of AI

In early 1963, a single number characterized the difference in the positions of the United States and the Soviet Union o...

Indonesia’s China exercise was a judgement failure, not an alignment shift

News about an Indonesian frigate exercising with a Chinese warship 130 to 150 km east of Taiwan was always going to rais...

To win the AI rush, Australia needs expert humans

Artificial intelligence leaders think the technology might get smart enough to improve itself without human help within ...

Risky Business #849 -- Trump will unleash contractors on cybercriminals

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by guest co-host Dmitri Alperovitch to talk through the wee...

US-South Korea cuts military exercise length by half after Trump’s demand

The United States and South Korea have shortened their large-scale annual military exercise and scaled back some combine...

North Korea is learning from war. The US–South Korea alliance must keep pace

President Donald Trump’s instruction to the Pentagon on Sunday to ‘substantially reduce’ joint military exercises with S...

Balochistan's Insurgency Is Turning Security into a Development Cost

Pakistan counts militants killed to the digit. It does not routinely measure whether goods can still move through Baloch...

China understands the power of AI. Understand Chinese AI with ASPI’s AI Under Heaven

China’s leadership recognised nearly a decade ago that AI is power. It gives militaries an edge, economies access to fas...

How Feasible Is a European Nuclear Deterrent Without Washington?

In 2025, James Cameron wrote, “Eurodeterrent: A Vision for an Anglo-French Nuclear Force,” where he argued the United Ki...

What it will take for the US and India to conclude a trade agreement

Washington and New Delhi have repeatedly come close to a trade agreement, only for disputes over tariffs and market acce...

What happens when interceptor missiles run out

The growing shortage is causing panic in Ukraine and elsewhere

As the Three Seas Initiative enters its second decade, it’s time to grow

After ten years, the thirteen-member initiative should look to expand to its associate members—Albania, Moldova, Montene...

DoD expands R&D on clearing expired satellites from orbit

The stated goal is to clean out obsolete satellites, though the capabilities could also be used in weapons that move a t...

Hunting MacSync Stealer infrastructure through behavioral pivots

MacSync Stealer rapidly rotates domains to evade detection, but its behavior remains consistent. Learn how Microsoft unc...

Diving into Trump’s unusual shipbuilding plans, plus an SMD expo floor tour

The Breaking Defense team unpacks three new directives from the White House that could influence the future of the Navy.

Wiz AI Agent Finds Critical Snowflake GitHub Repo Flaw Advanced Security Missed

The security flaw in Snowflake’s GitHub Actions workflow had been missed by a GitHub Advanced Security scan, said a Wiz ...

Odesa under attack: Russia is cutting Ukraine off from the Black Sea

Russia's current bombing strategy is not simply to punish Odesa. Moscow aims to make Ukraine's largest Black Sea port ci...

BGP Role model: tracking the adoption of RFC 9234

RFC 9234 lets routers reject route leaks on their own, using BGP Roles and the Only to Customer attribute. We measured w...

Enterprise Applications Carry 4.31x More Critical and High Vulnerabilities

Enterprise software creation has accelerated as vulnerability levels rise, Sonatype finds

NASA Ground Control Software Flaw Enables Unauthenticated Commands

Critical AIT-GUI flaws expose spacecraft commands and scripts to unauthenticated attackers

The Return of the Essential Art: Electronic Warfare and the Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War

A Post-Cold War Assumption That No Longer HoldsFor three decades, the Alliance operated under a dangerous assumption: th...

Valley of Flowers: The dicey dance of development in the Himalayas

India is racing to develop its Himalayan frontier against China, with the strain shown on the mountains.

How maps harden territorial claims

Dashed or not, the line has barely moved since.

Staying Ahead of Adversarial AI Through Agentic Source Code Review

Written by: Alex Tselevich, Michael Maturi Introduction Adversarial misuse of AI has increased the risk of data theft an...

Where Did Venezuela’s Oil Billions Go?

“We’re taking a lot of oil from Venezuela, and we’re getting along great with them. Billions and billions of barrels of ...

So what’s the strategy for democracy in 2026?

Host Matthew Kroening is joined by Damon Wilson, president and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy, to discuss t...

Echoes of Odysseus in Ukraine’s ingenious approach to the art of war

Christopher Nolan's new blockbuster film version of the Odyssey is shaped by timeless values of military ingenuity, righ...

Explainer: How the ‘super El Niño’ will reshape the world’s weather

The world is currently experiencing what is expected to become the strongest El Niño on record – dubbed a “super El Niño...

Cyber Incident Disrupts Student Services at UT San Antonio

UT San Antonio has taken IT systems offline following a cyber incident, disrupting student registration and tuition paym...

South Korea considers mandatory military service for North Korean defectors

South Korea’s agency responsible for military conscription is exploring the idea of requiring male North Korean defector...

Cold comfort: What China can teach Europe about adaptation

Europe is learning to adapt to a hotter climate. It should take the same approach to economic dependencies: manage the c...

Three-quarters of Ransomware Attacks Target Mid-Market Firms

Black Kite finds mid-market is the sweet spot for ransomware as manufacturers are most likely to be hit

RAND Outlines Layered Defense Strategy to Mitigate AI-Enabled Bioweapon Risk

No single safeguard can prevent an actor from using artificial intelligence to help build a biological weapon, but nine ...

AI and the Risks of Tearing Down an Old System

Operation Epic Fury made clear that AI is now at the heart of American warfighting. Central Command used Claude through ...

Inside Brazil’s 3D-Printed Gun Supply Chain

On June 26, 2026, the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro, through its specialized firearms, ammunition, and explosives unit,...

North Korea-China trade continues to slip as imports fall for third month

North Korea’s trade with China dipped at the start of the second half of the year as its imports continued falling for a...

Russia to unveil monument for North Korean soldiers in fall: defense chief

Russia will unveil a monument for North Korean soldiers who fought against Ukrainian forces in Kursk in the fall, Moscow...

With Colby’s tour, the US makes a pragmatic pitch to Southeast Asia

The Pentagon’s top policy official, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, used his first Southeast Asian...