Guest Posts
The Chinese GTG-1002 espionage campaign is an AI security wake-up call
In September, a Chinese state-sponsored group ran a cyber-espionage campaign where off-the-shelf artificial intelligence tooling was believed to have performed...
The evolution of state sovereignty and national security in the digital age
Over the last two decades, the nature of sovereignty and warfare has been fundamentally transformed by digital technologies and the...
Five Months After Launch, UK Defence Innovation is Still Missing in Action
On 1 July 2025, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) launched UK Defence Innovation (UKDI), backed by a £400 million ring-fenced...
Killing is the core function of ‘defense technology’
I am sure most of us have spent considerable time this year moving through industry conferences where the talk always...
What business school teaches us about Ukraine’s geopolitical chessboard
In business, two parties negotiate when each has something the other wants, even though the value each assigns to what...
Europe Doesn’t Need Sovereignty. It Needs Control.
Nationalism is deepening Europe’s fragmentation. Today, defence ministries buy tech like Apple customers: powerful hardware, closed ecosystem, someone else’s rules....
Inside the drone revolution: How war has changed and what that means for modern armies
Reports from the Ukraine front line make clear the tactics and equipment deployed by both sides are unlike those used...
Critical infrastructure is the new front line
Modern conflict is no longer confined to war zones, with technology advances enabling adversaries to reach far beyond border regions....
It’s time to reboot the innovation engine in Germany
Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany finds itself caught between departure and stagnation when it comes to defence...
How small boats could carry a national security threat in Taiwan
Big things sometimes come in little packages. In Taiwan, authorities are looking at AIS and other tools to improve tracking...
