Short: UK Increases Defence Budget
The United Kingdom has stepped up to meet the challenge of a more dangerous world today, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that defence spending will increase to 2.5% of… Read more »
Category: Defence
2024: The Year We Save the World?
Happy New Year! 2024 is shaping up to be a doozie. It will be a year of elections, with 50 countries going to the polls to select new leaders and… Read more »
The Wagner Rebellion: Prigozhin’s Revenge
Yesterday, Russian private military company Wagner Group turned on the Russian Army, instigating a civil conflict within Russia. After months of threats and posturing in response to lacklustre support from… Read more »
NATO’s 31st: A New Iron Curtain?
NATO has this week welcomed its newest member state, with Finland becoming the thirty-first nation to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Finland, a nation which has maintained strategic neutrality since… Read more »
Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed in Kabul
The US has this week announced that Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the infamous al-Qaida Islamic militant group, has been killed in a targeted drone strike at a residence in Kabul, Afghanistan.
War Crimes in Ukraine, and Russia’s Failure
The Situation in Ukraine The war in Ukraine continues to deteriorate as it drags on into its 4th week. Russia has mobilised all of the nearly 200,000 troops it has… Read more »
War in Europe
The Situation in Ukraine In a move that has rocked the world, Russia has launched a full military invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of February, with land, sea, and… Read more »
Ukraine’s Danger, and Putin’s “Novo Russia” Ambitions
The Situation in Ukraine Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have reached a new peak in recent weeks. Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops have amassed on the Ukraine-Russia border, and… Read more »
Taiwan’s Tragedy
The Situation Across the Taiwan Straits The relationship between The People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan) has never been positive, and is usually characterised by aggressive… Read more »
The Afghanistan Crisis
The Situation in Afghanistan On the 15th of August 2021, Taliban forces marched into Kabul, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The capture of the city came after… Read more »