Yet Another Turning Point?
While Western commentators are hailing the recent success Ukraine has had in attacking targets in Russia, these will have no impact Russia’s willingness to continue the war.
Category: Opinion Editorials
Weekly short opinion articles, on ongoing issues. Providing an overview, an analysis and policy options and forward needs.
The crippling impact of US economic and financial measures against Iran
The article outlines the consequences of the military confrontation and economic sanctions on Iran.
AI and the Houthi Missile Program: Evidence, Limits, and Implications for Small Armed Groups
In September 2026, Houthi missile and drone strikes on southern Saudi Arabia coincided with an Anthropic report on AI misuse. The report described a northern Yemen cell that used Claude Code for missile guidance software and tested a rocket. The...
Ahead of the UN General Assembly: Hungary’s Foreign Policy Realignment
Ending Orbán’s transactional diplomacy: Hungary retakes its Euro-Atlantic seat, embraces multilateralism, and distances itself from Moscow ahead of UNGA-81
The Current State of Russian Military AI
Russia is fielding narrow AI in drones, electronic warfare, and decision support while remaining constrained in frontier computing and fully autonomous warfare.
The West needs new intelligence rules for Riyadh
Saudi Arabia's multipolar strategy makes intelligence exclusivity obsolete. Western services should preserve cooperation while firewalling their most sensitive capabilities.
Twenty-Five Years After September 11, 2001: Between Lessons Learned and New Security Challenges
An academic reflection on the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, examining the transformation of security, the limits of military power, the evolution of violent extremism, technological challenges and the need for preventive and resilient security.
Twenty-Five Years After 9/11: Remembrance, Counterterrorism and the Lessons of Afghanistan
Twenty-five years after September 11, remembrance must be joined by strategic honesty: counterterrorism achieved much, but Afghanistan demonstrated that military superiority, without sustainable political strategy and local resilience, cannot by itself secure a lasting outcome.
The Leipzig Continuum: From Parcel Bombs to Explosive Drones in Europe’s Hybrid Security Environment
Europe’s parcel-bomb investigations and the August 2026 Leipzig/Halle drone incident reveal an evolving hybrid-security environment in which deniable agents, civilian logistics, unmanned systems and cross-border networks can be used to create strategic effects below the threshold of conventional war.
Greece and Cyprus Must Stand as Israel’s Allies
Greece and Cyprus should turn support for Israel into a wider strategy: deter Turkish pressure, combat antisemitism, advance to Abraham Accords 2.0, deepen relations with Arab states based on the need for wider alliances and the Abrahamic Accords, and recognize...
