Our experts comment on the US attacks on Venezuela and arrest of President Nicolás Maduro. Any consequent instability in Venezuela could have a spill-over effect in the region that would affect ...

Capturing Nicolás Maduro is not a shortcut to rebuilding a broken country. Washington must now prevent a lengthy interregnum by Maduristas. The decision by the US President Donald Trump to carry out ...

While the US and the UK attempt to contain Houthi attacks in the Bab al-Mandab and Red Sea, Somali pirates have made a daring comeback off the Horn of Africa. It is tempting to draw a link between the ...

The purpose of this report is to examine the causes of the failure of the Ukrainian offensive in 2023 to avoid the repetition of such errors in the future and to inform the regeneration of offensive ...

The war in Ukraine has diverted Russia’s resources and attention away from its own critical domestic security issues, creating uneven gaps in its ability to address terrorism, corruption, regional ...

The financing of terrorism presents a complex and increasingly tech-enabled landscape. How should the counter-terrorist financing community adapt? This Insights Paper is based on a June 2025 workshop ...

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran had the potential to enflame the region and stretch into a prolonged conflict, but each party carried strategic concerns that necessarily drove the cessation of ...

While the current peace proposal for Gaza, authored by Israel and the US, no longer includes displacement of Palestinians to Egypt's Sinai peninsula, Cairo is right to be concerned such an idea is a ...

Football is ripe for exploitation by criminals and bad actors. Could applying anti-money laundering obligations to football be the solution? For decades, professional football has been beset with ...

Russia's Zapad 2025 in Belarus focused on high-leverage capabilities, contrasting with the high tempo and mass in previous iterations of the exercises. Zapad 2025 is the 2025 iteration of Russia's ...

Military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and Tehran's criticism of the IAEA threaten to undermine the credibility and effectiveness of the Agency's work, with implications for non-proliferation ...

Over the last couple of weeks, the UK has witnessed an apparent boiling over of far-right extremism in the form of violent rioting across the country. However, perhaps a more honest acknowledgement of ...