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Top Geopolitical Trends in 2025: A world with more confrontation?

Dr Wan Zokhri - 27 Aug 2025

The Menace from Above – Lessons on Evolving Missile Defense for the Gulf

Francesco Salesio - 26 Aug 2025

Terrorism Without Borders: Global Trends, Digital Tools, and Regional Hotspots

Dr. Kristian Alexander - 15 August 2025

Securing the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Risks, Realities, and Mitigation in a Tricontinental Mega Event

Dr. Kristian Alexander - 08 Aug 2025

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Top Geopolitical Trends in 2025: A world with more confrontation?

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

The Menace from Above – Lessons on Evolving Missile Defense for the Gulf

Francesco Salesio Schiavi

Francesco Salesio Schiavi

RSDI builds global bridges while advancing regional security dialogues

Sara Alzaabi

Sara Alzaabi

Terrorism Without Borders: Global Trends, Digital Tools, and Regional Hotspots

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

Securing the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Risks, Realities, and Mitigation in a Tricontinental Mega Event

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

UAE’s ‘Balanced’ Diplomacy in the Resurgent BRICS

Dr. Ron Matthews

Dr. Ron Matthews

Maritime Engagement and Persistent Presence: Rethinking Naval Strategy and Effects in the UK’s Indo-Pacific Posture

Dr. Yee Kuang Heng

Dr. Yee Kuang Heng

China’s Aerospace Industry on the March: A Report From China’s International Airshow and Aerospace Exhibition 2024

Dr Olli Pekka Suorsa

Dr Olli Pekka Suorsa

The Strategic Significance of Mid-Range One-Way Strike UAVs: Lessons from the War in Ukraine

Ik Joon Min

Ik Joon Min

The Illicit Trade in African Wildlife: Scale, Drivers, and Global Security Implications

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

Ports as Critical Gateways for Illicit Trade: The Convergence of Trade Hubs and Criminal Networks

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

The New Economics of Defence Industrial Policy

Martin Novella

Martin Novella

When the Stingers Get Stung: Effective Interoperability during Cyber Scam Mass Arrests

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Prof. Dr. James Patrick Welch

Defense Transformation: Prospects for Localizing and Developing the Defense Industries in the United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Nabil El-Bandary

Mohamed Nabil El-Bandary

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Ryan Adeline

Ryan Adeline

Belligerent Sanctuaries and Small Nuclear Weapons

Peter Layton

Peter Layton

Chinese Private Security Companies and Infrastructure Resilience in China’s Near-Abroad: Pakistan and Myanmar

Dr. Alessandro Arduino

Dr. Alessandro Arduino

Anaklya Port and Great Powers: Competition Over the New Eurasian Gem

Dr Anna Dolidze

Dr Anna Dolidze

The Complexities of the EU-Gulf Energy Relations: Divergent Energy Strategy Pathways

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Dr. Farkhod Aminjonov

Dr. Fabio Indeo

Dr. Fabio Indeo

The United States and the Russia-China Military-Security Partnership

Emil Avdaliani

Emil Avdaliani

A New Technology Game with Old Warfare Rules: How AI and Quantum Computing will Impact War in the 21st Century

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Dr. Luigi Martino

Orbiting Uncertainty: The Risks and Realities of Space Security

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

Arctic Crosscurrents: Greenland in the Era of Strategic Realignment

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Dr Kristian Alexander

Fake News, Hate Speech, and Extremism: Digital Threats to Security

Eitan Charnoff

Eitan Charnoff

Top Geopolitical Trends in 2025: A World With More Fragmentation

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Navigating Hazards: How Maritime Incidents Challenge U.S. Navy’s Operations in the Middle East

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

The Rise of Digital Diplomacy: Navigating Influence in a Hyper-Connected World

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

Egypt’s Growing Role in Somalia: Implications for Red Sea Security and Regional Balance

Dr Federico Donelli

Dr Federico Donelli

From Natural Disaster to National Security: California Wildfires and a Crisis of Climate, Policy, and Politics

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

Touring the Zoo of Risk in Times of Trump

Dr Rasmus Dahlberg

Dr Rasmus Dahlberg

The Current Terrorist Threat Matrix in Europe: A Trend Overview

Dr Nicolas Stockhammer

Dr Nicolas Stockhammer

Elements of Attrition: Traditional vs. outsmarting doctrines

Dr Hasan Yükselen

Dr Hasan Yükselen

Trump’s Game: Game Theory and the Trump 2.0 Trade Doctrine

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Dr John Hatzadony

Dr Mohamad Husam Helmi

Dr Mohamad Husam Helmi

From Cartels to Terrorists: The U.S. Reframes Mexico’s Security Crisis

Dr Francisco Javier Rojas

Dr Francisco Javier Rojas

Somaliland’s bold gamble: Recognition, regional security, and the reordering of the Horn of Africa

Dr Brendon Cannon

Dr Brendon Cannon

Threat From the Depths: Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles

Dr Sitki Egeli

Dr Sitki Egeli

Gaza’s First Losers: ISIS and Al-Qaeda

Dr Pierre Boussel

Dr Pierre Boussel

Threat Inflation and the Politics of Security: From Cold War to Modern Conflicts

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

Post Davos 2025: Collaboration For the Intelligent Age

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Leveraging the Trade Policy Component of Energy Security

Ehtesham Shahid

Ehtesham Shahid

Shaping the Future of Peace: The African Union’s Expanding Influence on Global Security Governance

Hubert Kinkoh

Hubert Kinkoh

Southeast Asia Regional Security Outlook in 2025: A Perspective

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Air force resilience planning in this dangerous time

Peter Layton

Peter Layton

From Campaign Rhetoric to Policy Action: Trump’s WHO Withdrawal Explained

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

The Red Sea Shipping Crisis: A Window into the Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Today’s Naval Defense

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

A Sea of Plastic: Navigating the Global Security Implications

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

Heterogeneous Airpower Emerges: Implications for Air Forces

Peter Layton

Peter Layton

Trump’s Greenland Gambit: Resources, Geopolitics, and Controversy

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

What does Trump Mean for Africa’s Wars?

Marcel Plichta

Marcel Plichta

The Key Role of Manufacturing in Defence Industrial Policy. What’s Old and What’s New in 2025?

Martin Novella

Martin Novella

Building and deconstructing three levels of undersea cable security in a rivalrous world

Dr Brendon Cannon

Dr Brendon Cannon

World Needs to Make Bad Situations Better

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Weaponising Innovation: How Civilian Technologies Fuel Modern Warfare

Dr Petros Violakis

Dr Petros Violakis

BACK IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT: AS ASEAN CHAIR, CAN MALAYSIA GET ASEAN BACK ON TRACK?

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

From the Margins to the Mainstream: The Case for Mental Health in Security Studies

Dr Kristian Alexander

Dr Kristian Alexander

Threats in the Ocean Seabed: Critical Underwater Infrastructure’s Evolving Security

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

Yahya Sinwar’s Assassination: Evaluating the Impact of Decapitation Strategy on Hamas and Regional Stability

Dr John Hatzadony

Dr John Hatzadony

Dr John Harrison

Dr John Harrison

Fusing Deontic and Devops: What AI Can Do and Undo in the Security Sector

Ehtesham Shahid

Ehtesham Shahid

The Coming Quantum Revolution in Defence Affairs

Dr Ashley Andrew Rossiter

Dr Ashley Andrew Rossiter

Russia’s Africa Strategy: Stagnant or Successful?

Marcel Plichta

Marcel Plichta

The Strategic Imperative of Developing Local Autonomy in Weapons Manufacture

Dr John Bruni

Dr John Bruni

Explaining Ethiopia’s Red Sea Gamble: Security, Identity, Economics, and Politics

Dr Federico Donelli

Dr Federico Donelli

Securitisation in the South China Sea: Scenario Plotting Analysis based on Indonesia’s Presidential Election in 2024

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Dr Wan Zokhri Bin Wan Idris

Alliance Knowledge Defence Capabilities: A View from Northern Europe

Dr Nils Arne Norlander

Dr Nils Arne Norlander

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Sara Alzaabi

Sara Alzaabi

The Resurgence of Mass: Lessons from Modern Warfare

Dr John Bruni

Dr John Bruni

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Dr Jacqueline Ann Grace Sebire

Securitizing the Paris Games: An Olympian Task

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Dr Kristian Alexander

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Dr Olli Pekka Suorsa

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