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Europe’s ‘Security Guarantees’ Leave Ukraine Exposed to Russia’s Next Move
The phrase “security guarantees” has reverberated across European capitals for months, echoing through parliamentary speeches, summit communiqués and interviews with diplomats. It has become the polite euphemism of the age: a term that sounds solid, perhaps even reassuring, but whose…
South Korea’s Cyber Siege Exposes Britain’s Own Weak Spot
South Korea has quietly fought off a barrage of assaults this year — not with missiles or tanks, but with firewalls and cyber specialists. The revelation that its military faced 9,200 cyberattacks in the first half of 2025 alone, a…
The Apprentice: Alaskan Edition – Trump Hails ‘Productive’ Talks While Ukraine Gets Fired
The Alaskan summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was less a diplomatic negotiation than an episode of The Apprentice: Geopolitics Edition. Trump, grinning like a compare about to deliver a catchphrase, called the talks “productive.” That word, in his…
Europe’s Military Sleepwalk Must End – Before It’s Too Late
There is a grim and unwelcome truth that Europe’s political class has been studiously avoiding for far too long: the continent is not ready for a war it may not have the luxury to avoid. Russian aggression, once dismissed as…
Another Day, Another Plan: Britain’s Small Boats ‘Solution’ Sets Sail for Nowhere
In what Downing Street is triumphantly branding a “breakthrough” in the battle against illegal Channel crossings, Britain has begun detaining its first group of migrants under a freshly inked pilot agreement with France. Migrants arriving via small boats are now…
Enoch Powell Spoke the Truth. Britain Ignored Him — And Now Reaps the Consequences
There are few figures in modern British political history more maligned—or more vindicated—than Enoch Powell. For decades, his name has been shorthand for political infamy, a cautionary tale of a man who dared to speak the unspeakable. Yet, as Britain…
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Escalate: Attacks on Russian Refineries and Military Targets Signal Strategic Shift
A series of Ukrainian drone strikes have targeted key infrastructure inside the Russian Federation, marking one of the most extensive cross-border operations by Ukraine in recent months. The attacks, reported in Samara and Ryazan regions, hit oil refineries, military plants,…
Lights Out Over the Strait: Taiwan, Blockade, and a Conflict That Could Reshape the Pacific
This week the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released Lights Out? Wargaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan, a detailed simulation-driven enquiry by Mark F. Cancian, Matthew F. Cancian and Eric Heginbotham. Over the course of 26 separate wargames, Beijing…
Europe’s Military Training Crisis: Why the Continent Is Unprepared for War
When Russia crossed the Dnipro in 2022, the shock was felt far beyond the front lines. Europe’s military doctrine—thin, underfunded, and overly reliant on peacetime assumptions—was unmasked for what it is: a hollow structure ill-equipped for the rigours of modern…
Putin’s Illusion of Peace: The Baunov Analysis
Alexander Baunov, distinguished senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, offers a masterclass in reading between the lines of Moscow’s latest peace overtures in his New York Times op‑ed, published on 29 July 2025. In his trenchant analysis, Baunov dissects…