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UK Cyber Strategy Crossroads

Joseph Jarnecki and Jamie MacColl | 2025.08.07

UK cyber strategy is struggling to achieve its resilience objectives – the next iteration of the National Cyber Strategy needs to set out a compelling vision for change.

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Deep Precision Strike

Linus Terhorst | 2025.08.06

Typhon would put St Petersburg in reach of a German offensive mid-range capability, a leap for Germany’s strategic culture. It should develop a European equivalent.

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AI-Enabled Bioterrorism

Georgia Adamson and Gregory C. Allen | 2025.08.06

AI will unlock nearly limitless potential in biology. . . . At the same time, it could create new pathways for malicious actors to synthesize harmful pathogens and other biomolecules.

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Rethink Cyber Deterrence

Louise Marie Hurel and Gareth Mott | 2025.08.05

To meet the urgent need to reassess cyber deterrence strategies in the face of escalating geopolitical tensions, this paper argues that cyber deterrence must be part of an integrated, cross-domain strategy.

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CN-RU CogWar Coordination

Ryan C. Berg and Henry Ziemer | 2025.08.05

Since the announcement between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping of a “no limits partnership” on the eve of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, concerns have swirled over the potential for a new axis of revisionist authoritarian powers.

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Will Iran Get The Bomb?

Darya Dolzikova and Matthew Savill | 2025.08.04

June’s attacks by Israel and the US have set back – without completely removing – Iran’s capability to develop a nuclear weapon. But simply rebuilding the programme won’t be enough for a nuclear deterrent.

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US–China In South America

Carlos Solar | 2025.08.01

Latin America’s critical minerals make for a geopolitical flashpoint, with the defence choices of Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru increasingly entangled in global power competition.

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UK-Japan Military Alliance?

Stuart Gregory | 2025.07.31

The UK’s energetic courting of Japan is amassing a collection of Next Generation capabilities that could be perceived as rivalling the US security prerogative.

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