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Defense & Security
Military affairs, national security, intelligence, cybersecurity, maritime security, defense industries and strategic issues.
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The Defense & Security section covers military affairs, national security, intelligence, cybersecurity, maritime security, defense industries and strategic issues. It examines the doctrines, capabilities, institutions, alliances and technological changes shaping security policy.
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Morocco: Building a Missile Defense Shield
The prospect of acquiring the Israeli-American David’s Sling system reveals a profound shift in Morocco’s military strategy. Amid regional rivalry, technological diversification, and growing industrial ambitions, Rabat is seeking to transform a succession of arms purchases into a
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Defense & SecurityStarlink: Private Power at the Heart of War
In Ukraine, restrictions affecting military satellite communications have exposed a vulnerability extending far beyond the battlefield. Behind the disputed decisions attributed to Elon Musk and Washington lies a deeper question: who truly holds power when an army depends on a dig
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Defense & SecurityCanada: Deadly Fire at Military Base Exposes the Vulnerability of Defence Infrastructure
A serious incident at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta on October 17, 2026, reportedly left several people dead and injured, triggering a major emergency response.
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Defense & SecurityKorea: Deterrence Enters the Hypersonic Age
Missile tests are multiplying on both sides of the Korean border. Behind the competition for hypersonic speeds lies a deeper transformation.
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Defense & SecurityRussia: Europe Sanctions the Industrial Supply Chain of War
On October 12, 2026, the European Union adopted one of the largest rounds of individual sanctions in its history against Russia.
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Defense & SecurityUnited States: The Return of the Productive Nation
At Sparrows Point, near Baltimore, America intends to build part of its military future on the ground of its industrial past. The site once occupied by Bethlehem Steel is set to host Arsenal-2, a facility producing components for Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines.
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Defense & SecurityRussia: What the Plague Reveals About the World’s Laboratories
In Irkutsk, Siberia, the death of a 28-year-old employee at an institute specializing in infectious diseases was enough to bring back a word that seemed to belong to history books: plague.
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Defense & SecurityUnited States: Silicon Valley enters the business of making war
At Quantico on September 30, 2026, three men found themselves around the same table. Elon Musk, whose rockets already carry American military payloads.
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Defense & SecurityMilitary AI: The Battle for the Final Say
There is now a new way to become a risk to US national security: build a technology capable of serving the military, then decide that it should not be allowed to do everything.
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Defense & SecurityEurope: Defence Begins to Change Scale
On one side, there are €325 million. On the other, an ambition approaching €190 billion. Between the two lies perhaps the most important element: an architecture Europe has never truly built before.
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Defense & SecurityYanbu: Defending the Backup Route
For decades, the Gulf’s oil vulnerability seemed reducible to a single point on the map: the Strait of Hormuz.
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Defense & SecurityRussia: The War of Saturation Changes Scale
On the night of September 19–20, Moscow was not simply attacked. It confronted a scale of threat that is gradually changing the geography of the war in Ukraine.
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Defense & SecurityDefense: Europe Is Starting to Build a Sovereign Alternative to American Command AI
For years, European strategic autonomy was measured in fighter jets, tanks, missiles and satellites.