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Due South: Paweł Wójcik on the Sahel Security Crisis.
Fronts Staff · September 19, 2026 · 1h 38m
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17:53Europe & NATOPremium
What is Alexander Lukashenko Up To? And More.
Belarus's strongman is freeing prisoners and courting Washington while deepening military ties with Moscow — a double game that reveals more about his weakness than his cunning.
Simon Whistler · July 3, 2026
Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: As the Dust Settles.
Evan Moloney, Kyle Moran, and Wilfred Miner on the weekend's tit-for-tat strikes, Oman's pivot to a "voluntary" Hormuz toll, and why Iran's unfrozen billions look like a rearmament fund.
Evan Moloney · July 3, 2026 · 1h 12m
Europe & NATOPremium
NATO Needs to Dronify or Die
A veteran drone operator advising Ukraine's high command argues that drones have made battlefields transparent and massed forces suicidal — and that NATO's token spending leaves it years behind Russia.
Illya Sekirin · July 1, 2026 · 9 min read
13:35Middle EastPremium
How Iran Will Spend $400 Billion
A historic windfall is flowing toward Tehran, and everyone from the IRGC to a decaying welfare state wants a cut. Where the money lands will reveal whether the regime prioritizes guns, patronage, or survival.
Simon Whistler · June 30, 2026
Russia-Ukraine War
Exaggerating its Advances is Costing the Russian Army Dearly. Here's How.
When Gerasimov told Putin that Kupiansk had fallen, every Russian decision afterward treated the fiction as fact — and Ukraine now quietly exploits an army that punishes honest reporting.
Phil Cowin · June 29, 2026 · 13 min read
Europe & NATOPremium
Europe's Biofuel Push is Expensive. It Also Makes Strategic Sense
The F-35 now flies on fuel made from cooking oil and crop waste — and for a continent importing 97% of its crude through vulnerable chokepoints, that is an insurance policy, not a climate gesture.
Tiago Machado · June 27, 2026 · 14 min read
16:31GlobalPremium
Briefing Room 26.06.26
A weekly rundown of the stories shaping global security: armed conflict, political crisis, and the under-covered developments that will matter in the months ahead.
Simon Whistler · June 26, 2026
Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: "America: 'I Surrender!'" "Iran: 'No Deal!'"
Evan Moloney, Wilfred Miner, and Kyle Moran on a ceasefire that lasted an hour, a US that reined in Israel only after Iran shut Hormuz, and why Beirut's best defender is now Tehran.
Evan Moloney · June 25, 2026 · 1h 7m
Africa
Due South: Yale Ford Talks DRC
Wilfred Waimiri is joined by Yale Ford of the Critical Threats Project to unpack the conflict and crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Wilfred Waimiri · June 24, 2026 · 54m
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