The Briefing Room — short video round-ups of the developments, alliances, and power shifts you should be tracking.
Cartel bloodshed has reshaped Mexico's security landscape and tested its government, while Taiwan's opposition courts Beijing in ways that could weaken the island's defenses.
April 11, 2026 · 11:25 watch time
This week's briefing rounds up the developments that matter: shifting frontlines, political crises, and the quieter moves reshaping the global security picture.
April 4, 2026 · 18:16 watch time
The US is negotiating for three new bases in Greenland—access it already had before threatening invasion. Plus: Myanmar's rebel alliance turns on itself, and a Russian tip-off sparks arrests in India.
March 28, 2026 · 18:43 watch time
Vučić warns of an attack by three neighbors to shore up his embattled rule, Boko Haram exploits an ISWAP assault to bomb Maiduguri, and two Central Asian presidents tighten their grip on power.
March 22, 2026 · 18:51 watch time
China delivers advanced supersonic missiles to Serbia, JNIM expands across the Sahel into Benin while Russia's Africa Corps falters, and Moldova seizes on Russian distraction to push for Transnistrian reintegration.
March 15, 2026 · 18:16 watch time
Niamey's threat against Paris is theater, not strategy: the junta is redirecting public anger over deepening poverty and jihadist attacks — while Moscow quietly reaps the rewards.
March 7, 2026 · 18:34 watch time
We break down why a US ground invasion is unlikely, the logic behind Iran's strikes on its Gulf neighbors, and Washington's muddled war aims — in an emergency reader Q&A.
March 4, 2026 · 22:35 watch time
Congolese drone strikes kill M23's spokesman as Kinshasa closes in on the coltan town of Rubaya; plus Madagascar's tilt toward Moscow and China's dual-use export bans on Japan.
February 28, 2026 · 17:28 watch time
Defections to Islamic State are testing JNIM's grip on its ranks even as it mounts unprecedented attacks in Burkina Faso. Plus: Turkey blesses SDF integration, and Petro claims he escaped assassination.
February 21, 2026 · 18:18 watch time
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