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At War With Russia

Emily Ferris | 2025.09.29

Russia’S approach to the UK is filled with contradiction, misunderstanding and both over and under-estimation.

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RU Arming CN Against TW

Oleksandr V Danylyuk and Jack Watling | 2025.09.26

Russia has agreed to equip and train the PLA to air-drop armoured vehicles and special reconnaissance capabilities.

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CRINK Diplomatic Ties

Mona Yacoubian and Briana Winslow | 2025.09.26

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the 2025 Iran-Israel war have raised questions on deepening cooperation between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (CRINK). This report examines the relationship and the veracity of these assumptions.

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When Defence Meets ESG

Linus Terhorst | 2025.09.25

The issues of Europe’s defence industry investment are not ESG standards, but bureaucracy, banks’ reputational concerns and the defence market.

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Unite And Rule

Antonio Giustozzi | 2025.09.25

Syria’s interim government has announced the date of the country’s first parliamentary elections since the overthrow of Bashar Assad’s regime: Oct. 5. The vote is set to take place in a tense atmosphere.

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Political Violence In The U.S.

Daniel Byman and Riley McCabe | 2025.09.25

This paper examines the state of political violence, and finds that the left-wing violence has risen in the last decade but from very low levels and still well below the historic levels of violence by the right-wing and jihadist actors.

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GreenCycles

Shashwat Kumar, et al. | 2025.09.25

India’s ambitious clean energy journey hinges on rapid deployment of energy storage. This report equips policymakers to accelerate storage deployment through solar-plus-storage systems, ensuring that energy storage is a strategic enabler of India’s clean energy goals.

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Singapore’s Subsea Cables

Erin L. Murphy and Thomas Bryja | 2025.09.24

Singapore’s location, pro-business regulations, and forward-planning have made it a global hub to be emulated for data movement and subsea cables; however, its limited space constrains future prospects in an increasingly tense geopolitical region, demanding key next steps.

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Saudi-Pakistan Nuclear Pact

Tim Willasey-Wilsey | 2025.09.23

The Saudi-Pakistan Mutual Defence Pact is more complicated than it appears at first sight.

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RU’s Domestic Security Gaps

Emily Ferris | 2025.09.23

The war in Ukraine has diverted Russia’s resources and attention away from its own critical domestic security issues, creating uneven gaps in its ability to address terrorism, corruption, regional instability and the return of fighters from the war.

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