Your weekly roundup of international security news. If keeping up with the headlines and sorting through endless reports feels like a chore - we've done the reading for you. Stay informed with concise, no-nonsense updates on the key developments shaping global security.
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Sunday 08/02/2026
Covering the UK’s assumption of the UN Security Council presidency, shifts in US arms transfer policy, the EU’s expanded cybersecurity proposals, defence realignments across Asia, rising instability in the Sahel and Pakistan, and broader geopolitical moves reshaping security, supply chains, and strategic dependence.
Sunday 01/02/2026
Covering the UK’s China reset, U.S. homeland security funding disruption, Iran and regional force posture, ongoing insurgency impacts in Africa, Russia–Ukraine infrastructure targeting, and the latest cyber risk assessments highlighting geopolitics as a primary driver of digital threat.
Sunday 25/01/2026
This week gave us the "Carney Doctrine" at Davos, the lethal escalation of ICE tactics in Minneapolis, and the aviation lockdown in the Middle East. The global risk landscape is shifting in real-time. From the industrialisation of intelligence to the erosion of digital sovereignty, the architecture of power is being rewritten.
Sunday 18/01/2026
In a week defined by the "Boardroom State" in Gaza, the military standoff in Greenland, and Museveni’s "kill-switch" victory in Uganda, the global risk landscape is shifting in real-time. We provide a pragmatic analysis of the top stories currently rewriting the security playbook for 2026.
Sunday 11/01/2026
In a week defined by the U.S. extraction of Maduro, the formalisation of China’s "Electrostate" mandates, and the continued erosion of order in the West Bank and Iran, the global risk landscape is shifting in real-time. We provide a pragmatic analysis of the top stories currently rewriting the security playbook for 2026.