Transnational Threats & Terrorism
Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Iran, Energy Security, and the Future of US-China Rivalry
The Strait of Hormuz crisis has become a test of global energy security, US credibility, China’s strategic positioning, and alliance cohesion in an...
April 25, 2026
The Algorithmic Battlefield: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Modern Warfare Without Accountability
Artificial intelligence now drives targeting decisions in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran, compressing kill chains from days to minutes. Yet no one is held...
April 22, 2026
Forty-Eight Hours to Breakdown: The Narrow Path Between Ceasefire and Escalation in the U.S.–Iran Crisis
With the ceasefire hours from expiration, the real question is no longer whether tensions will rise, but whether Washington and Tehran can still...
April 20, 2026
AI and the Future of Critical Infrastructure Security
A new generation of frontier AI is changing the balance between attack and defense in cyberspace. As models begin to discover and combine...
April 20, 2026
The Hormuz Shock Is Reordering Energy Power
The disruption of the Strait of Hormuz is doing more than unsettling oil and gas markets. It is accelerating a strategic shift toward...
April 20, 2026
French Nuclear Deterrence and Europe’s New Strategic Order
France’s 2026 nuclear speech marks a more explicit European turn in its deterrence posture without abandoning sovereign control. The shift is strategically important...
April 20, 2026
France’s Delayed Rearmament
France’s 2026 update to the Military Programming Law improves the credibility of defense planning by funding capabilities that had long been under-resourced. Yet...
April 20, 2026
The Hidden Security Costs of the U.S.-Iran War
The ceasefire between the United States and Iran has paused open hostilities, but it has not restored stability. The deeper effects of the...
April 20, 2026
The Military Anatomy of the Israel-United States war on Iran
An in-depth look at the weapons, airpower, missiles, drones, defense industries, materials, and strategic logic shaping the Israel-Iran war, with close attention to...
April 7, 2026
The Pacific’s Geoeconomic Exposure to the Persian Gulf Shock
The Pacific Island countries are not insulated from the war by distance. Their heavy dependence on imported fuel, limited storage, fragile shipping links,...
April 6, 2026
