Nuclear
BUSINESS
Logistical Connections: Russia and North Korea are Building New Routes
Russia and North Korea revive rail and air routes, boosting strategic ties and challenging sanctions with new Moscow–Pyongyang links.
WORLD
Under-the-Sea: America First Leaves AUKUS Partners Adrift
Trump’s Pentagon review unsettles AUKUS allies—UK & Australia risk losing U.S. submarine support as America First drives defence shift.
EXCLUSIVE
EU-UN Failure: The Peculiar Case of the Zone ProjectÂ
EU-backed WMD-Free Zone project for the Middle East launched in 2019 with UN support, but failed to engage key actors or deliver results.
WORLD
Saudi Eyes Up Nuclear, A Delicate Balancing Act
A high-stakes nuclear courtship between the U.S. and Saudi gathers pace, despite Israeli protests and parallel talks with Iran.
EUROPE
The Forecast is Rain: Macron Holds Nuclear Umbrella Over Europe
As Trump cozies up to Putin, Macron boldly puts France's nuclear arsenal on Europe's table—a once-unthinkable shift in the continent's security calculus.
Popular
Mali is Haunting Macron’s Africa Reset
Mali remains the clearest proof that France lost military influence in the Sahel without stability replacing it, and every new battle there undercuts Macron's narrative of a fresh start.
Israel’s Eisenkot Rises As Polling Wars Rage
As distrust in pollsters grows across Israel, October's election pits Netanyahu against a fast-rising Gadi Eisenkot in an unusually open race.
Burna Boy Brings Nigerian Pop to Europe’s Biggest Stage
Burna Boy's World Cup moment shows Nigerian pop is no longer a niche import in Europe but part of the sound of mainstream public culture, whatever one thinks of its aesthetics.
Why Ending Homelessness May Elude Burnham’s Government
Andy Burnham enters Downing Street pledging to end rough sleeping, importing Finland's acclaimed housing formula into a far larger and costlier national crisis.
France, Germany Seek Software Success After Jet Failure
Paris and Berlin want a European answer to Palantir's battlefield software, months after their own jet programme collapsed under the same old rivalries.
