United Kingdom News & Analysis

Examining the latest developments in the US-Israel Iran war, signs of distress in UK bond markets, and Russia’s advancing efforts to assert state control over its domestic internet.

EU states have maneuvered to minimize the fallout from a war they were not consulted on. Yet two weeks on, they’re being pulled into it anyways.

The GIUK Gap – a mainstay of 20th century naval strategy – is taking on new importance amid mounting Russian naval activity, Arctic expansion, and emerging hybrid threats.

This week we examine how a rapidly evolving situation in Greenland could remake trans-Atlantic relations, details of the long-awaited US-Taiwan tariff deal, a shock government offensive that changed the map of Syria, and Canada’s efforts to thaw out its relations with China.

Russia’s mass deployment of incarcerated prisoners to the frontlines of Ukraine makes for good economics if not ethics. But don’t expect it to catch on in Western Europe, at least for now.

The “New York-for-Paris” dilemma won’t be going away, but it can be mitigated by a “Paris-for-Berlin” approach, which is more credible due to geographic proximity and a shared European identity.

The European drive to develop a homegrown nuclear deterrent capacity neither resolves the ‘New York-for-Paris’ dilemma nor offers a viable alternative.

Examining whether the UK-EU security deal represents lasting strategic alignment or rather a short-term response to global instability and US strategic retreat.

This week we cover a FSIN report sounding the alarm on global hunger across a number of geopolitical flashpoints, Trump’s welcoming of Syria back into the international fold, efforts by London and Brussels to reboot relations, and a high stakes US visit by the president of South Africa. 

This week we cover India-Pakistan Kashmir tensions, a major diplomatic win for the Myanmar junta, the first of many expected US trade deals, and diplomatic and strategic posturing ahead of a potential new round of Ukraine peace talks. 

Given the realities of its middle power status, the UK government’s agreement on Chagos should be judged as a successful navigation of complicated geopolitical terrain through diplomacy.

London’s space ambitions are wholly inconsistent with the new normal of geopolitical tensions surrounding the GIUK Gap.

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commanders Europe have been American since Gen. Eisenhower. Henry Kissinger suggested that a European should lead the alliance’s forces in Europe. Has the time come 40 years later?

The consequences of a Russian victory would be catastrophic for Ukrainians, devastating for European security, and destabilizing for the rest of the world. European governments cannot allow it to happen.

Wales is well on its way to reaching the goal of full renewables production by 2035, and wind energy is playing a big part.