Gulf’s Zeitenwende Moment
Michael Stephens | 2026.03.16
The Gulf States will be re-evaluating their future following the US’ betrayal of security guarantees.
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Brief, Bold And Beautiful?
Louise Marie Hurel, et al. | 2026.03.16
The long-awaited US National Cyber Strategy has just been published, and its five pages of content have raised considerable questions about how ambition will translate into practice.
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Pay For Freedom In Europe
Balázs Gyimesi | 2026.03.13
Strengthening Europe’s defence requires public spending and public backing. How can political leaders explain and gain support for policies to fund defence investment?
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Learning Wrong Lessons?
Michael Jones, et al. | 2026.03.12
With violent extremism pushed to the periphery of mainstream security debates, the concern is not just a lack of resourcing, but a revival of obsolete assumptions and policy approaches.
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Korean Cyber Defense
James Andrew Lewis | 2026.03.12
Active cyber defense in the South Korean context reflects a strategic adjustment to an increasingly hostile environment. It will require significantly expanded military and intelligence capabilities.
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CN’s Solar Industry Upheaval
Michael Davidson and Sandy Qian | 2026.03.12
Rather than opening space for rivals, China’s solar industry shakeout is forging a more resilient core — embedding deeper into global value chains, securing a tech lead, and reshaping the industry’s future trajectory to its own long-term advantage.
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Gulf War To Strait War
Philip Shetler-Jones | 2026.03.11
Ripples of economic disruption radiating from the attack on Iran by Israel and the US give notice of the effect a war over Taiwan would spread through the world.
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France’s Nuclear Promise
Darya Dolzikova and Héloïse Fayet | 2026.03.11
Macron’s concept of “forward deterrence” offers a European approach to nuclear deterrence.
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Hard Power Matters
Matthew Savill | 2026.03.10
Aside from policy differences with the US, the UK’s Armed Forces’ size and capacity make difficult any large UK involvement in war with Iran.
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Enter EU’s Cyber Deterrence
Alexander Klimburg | 2026.03.10
Is European cyber deterrence possible? Europe faces a perfect storm of increased cyberattacks and hybrid warfare, a resurgent Russia, and waning U.S. engagement. To counter these challenges, a new European Cyber Operations Group is urged.
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