Tucked into a Sept. 10, 1998, intelligence report sent to President Bill Clinton’s White House was a warning that, more than a quarter-century later, reads with striking prescience. A CIA analyst wrote
Editor’s note: The following article was first published in The Sunday Morning, a Colombo-based weekly newspaper. New Delhi’s winter is approaching with a gentle chill, though the city retains a pleasant calm,
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Germany’s government is considering a major expansion of powers for its foreign intelligence service that would allow it to carry out sabotage, cyberattacks and other offensive operations overseas, according to a report
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The international security environment entering 2026 is marked by an intensity, breadth, and complexity of conflict risks unseen since the end of the Second World War. According to the Center for Preventive
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High above Earth, some 22,000 miles into space, an unacknowledged encounter in 2022 revealed how rapidly outer space is being transformed into a new arena of military competition. An American patrol satellite
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If everything you thought you knew about the War on Terror were nothing more than a mirage—an extravagant shadow-play staged by geopolitical puppeteers—would you really be surprised? After all, the last two decades have
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In his second term, United States (US) President Donald Trump has elevated rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals to a top strategic priority, comparable to semiconductors, due to their indispensable role
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Thailand’s renewed armed clashes with neighboring Cambodia have highlighted a clear military imbalance between the two countries, with Thailand enjoying a decisive advantage on land, in the air and at sea—an edge
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As preparations for a broader military confrontation neared completion, Israel quietly launched one of the most consequential covert operations in the long shadow war with Iran: the systematic targeting of the country’s
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Three Americans – two service members and a civilian interpreter – were killed on December 13 in Syria in an ambush attack by an Islamic State (IS) group member, according to the
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The idea of offering unilateral US security guarantees to Ukraine is an appalling idea that risks war with Russia. It means the US is willing to go to war to defend Ukraine,
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