From Kyiv to Tehran, states are building new partnerships around drone warfare knowledge, training, and battlefield innovation. This article uses a SWOT analysis approach to explore NATO’s position and potential in the emerging global know-how market.
Le 5 février 2026 a marqué l’expiration du traité New START, le dernier accord majeur de contrôle des armements nucléaires entre les États-Unis et la Russie, deux superpuissances qui disposent des deux plus grands arsenaux nucléaires du monde. Mis en œuvre en 2011, le traité a plafonné la quantité d’ogives nucléaires stratégiques déployées par Read More…
Through its choice of defence imports, India has long positioned itself between West and East. Vivek Sapru argues that the formal offering of the F-35 as an export platform for the Indian Air Force would serve both New Delhi and NATO’s interests by strengthening defence ties, improving deterrence towards Beijing and by potentially weaning India off Russian imports.
One of the most anticipated and consequential elections of 2026 has been Hungary’s April 12th parliamentary election. Under the premiership of Viktor Orbán, who had served as Hungary’s prime minister for almost 20 cumulative years, Hungary had become synonymous with democratic backsliding and obstructionism within the European Union (EU) and NATO. Orbán, a former anti-communist Read More…
Following the 2025 NATO summit in The Hague, Canada joined allies in pledging that 5% of its annual GDP by 2035 would be allocated to defence, which led to an immediate injection of capital into defence-related spending. The geopolitical reality of the day, marked by the fading of the international rules-based order, has exposed a profound capability gap. Read More…
While sounding unfathomable at first, the world may be growing closer and closer to experiencing “water wars”, which would entail nations fighting for access to our most precious natural resource and basic need: water. Earlier this year, on January 20th, 2026, the United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (UNU-IWEH) published a Read More…
* The second in a three-part series Post-WWII planners accepted free trade as a hallmark of Western prosperity, in part as insurance against war due to the economic interdependence it fosters. However, this institution has not only been challenged, but in the eyes of some, proven to be the product of naive liberal utopianism, and is Read More…
In this article, Lou Didelot explores how whereas NATO increasingly treats climate change as a security challenge, modern deterrence still depends on fossil-fuel-intensive military systems. As geopolitical tensions rise, the alliance faces growing pressures to balance sustainability with operational readiness.
L’intelligence artificielle (IA) occupe aujourd’hui une place croissante dans les domaines de la diplomatie, de la sécurité internationale et, par conséquent, de la prévention des conflits armés. Grâce aux progrès technologiques de l’apprentissage automatique (machine learning) et de l’analyse de données massives, certains systèmes sont désormais capables d’anticiper des risques et de reconnaître des schémas Read More…
Countries from around the world are invited to represent themselves through national pavilions at the Venice Biennale, an international cultural exhibition with a focus on art in Venice, Italy. In 2026, 100 nations participate in the festival. It provides a unique platform for cultural diplomacy, the projection of soft power, and for countries to showcase Read More…