The Contest for the “Sacred” Arctic
On a late summer day in Murmansk, the Russian nuclear icebreaker Arktika noses out of its berth, a slab of steel and reactors bound for the Northern Sea Route. Far to the east, Chinese...
Category: Defence
South Africa Presses China to Delay Naval Drills With Russia Ahead of G20 Summit
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has asked China to postpone joint naval exercises with Russia until after November’s Group of 20 summit, an unusual step by a government that has long defended its military partnerships...
As Xi, Putin and Kim Jong Un Watch Beijing’s Spectacular Parade, Trump Accuses Them of Conspiring Against the U.S.
President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account on Wednesday as China staged a vast military spectacle in Beijing, accusing President Xi Jinping — flanked by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un —...
Last Week in Sanaa: A ‘Decapitation’ Airstrike — Assassinations by Another Name
By Jaffa Levy in London and Abu Rashid in Sana’a Last week — Thursday, August 28, 2025 — an airstrike hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several cabinet colleagues....
Europe’s Dilemma: Paying for War, Cutting Back at Home
By Jaffa Levy August 30, 2025 Europe finds itself at a crossroads. As the war in Ukraine grinds on into its fourth year, Western capitals are under pressure to sustain the flow of weapons...
This Island Was Our Moat. Now It’s a Target Grid. How to Stop Fighting the Last War
By Jaffa Levy — London They came first in small boats. Julius Caesar, peering across the narrow water, lashed together a flotilla of timbered hulls and tested the Channel twice, in 55 and 54...