LY’s Lessons For VE
Jason Pack | 2026.01.23
Venezuela needs fundamental change to its economic structures to prevent the abduction of Nicolas Maduro from eventually leading to increased corruption and systemic violence.
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Views From Trump’s NSS
Peter Alan Dutton | 2026.01.22
Europe will require new leadership as the US tilts from law to power.
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From Reform To Results
David Gioe FRHistS and Will Styles | 2026.01.21
The UK is consolidating dispersed intelligence services under a new defence-led Military Intelligence Services construct to optimise performance.
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Tech Edge
Navin Girishankar, et al. | 2026.01.20
Winning the tech race is not about any single breakthrough. Leadership requires competing across the full menu of technologies, developing the dexterity to build at speed and scale, and defending our domestic markets from nonmarket competition.
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Iran At Tipping Point?
Roxane Farmanfarmaian and Burcu Ozcelik | 2026.01.19
Protests in Iran add to an uncertainty over the fate of the Iranian regime, that is felt within the country and the region.
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Taiwan And Global South
Henrietta Levin and Hugh Grant-Chapman | 2026.01.16
This report evaluates the state of Taiwan’s relationships in the Global South, opportunities to expand engagement, and Global South perspectives on cross-Strait issues.
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Mass Criticality
Aybars Tuncdogan | 2026.01.16
As digital systems become more interdependent and concentrated, a growing number of “ordinary” components quietly turn into de facto critical infrastructure.
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Not On The Brink
Antonio Giustozzi | 2026.01.15
Several thousand people have been killed in the protests that began sweeping Iran in late December 2025, the largest wave of unrest since 2009.
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In China’s Orbit
Matthew P. Funaiole, et al. | 2026.01.15
China is using its dual-use space industry to lock in long-term influence across the Global South, creating strategic, economic, and security dependencies that will shape the future balance of power in orbit.
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Four Years On
Basil Gavalas and Dr Greg Mills | 2026.01.15
From a conflict expected to be over in days, four years of battle followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The first thing to note is that the war is not over yet.
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