This article sheds light on the regional and international implications of the Pakistan–Saudi Arabia Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have maintained close bilateral relations since the 1940s. Riyadh was one of the first capitals to recognize Pakistan's independence and provided it with significant diplomatic and logistical support…
Control of the South China Sea determines strategic leverage in the Indo-Pacific, driving sustained great-power rivalry, grey-zone coercion, and complex hedging by Taiwan, the Philippines and ASEAN amid shifting US-China power balances. The South China Sea constitutes the central enabling battlespace for maritime control in the Indo-Pacific. Its geography and strategic significance make sustained presence essential for China, the United…
For much of the past decade, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been portrayed as the twin pillars of a new Gulf order: assertive, interventionist, and closely…
The United Kingdom’s defence policy in 2025 is shaped by the tension between its strategic ambitions within the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ and NATO, and the fiscal constraints it faces.…
The rippling effect of the European Transit System shutdown for Ukraine, Russia and the security of Europe's future With the European Transit System’s (ETS) last shutdown, we witness a symbolic…
Israeli recognition offers substantial economic and geopolitical opportunities for the breakaway state of Somaliland, but it also risks exacerbating tensions in an already fragile region. Israel’s recognition of Somaliland in…
Global attention moves rapidly from one emergency to the next, leaving millions of refugees trapped in decades-long displacement. From Cox’s Bazar to Dadaab, protracted refugee crises reveal the human cost…
Yemen’s decade-long civil war took an unexpected turn in December 2025. Fighting broke out between the internationally recognized government and Southern Transitional Council (STC), who shared control of territory not…
The US seizure of Nicolás Maduro marks an unprecedented breach of Venezuelan sovereignty that escalates long-simmering sanctions, criminalisation and covert pressure into open military intervention with profound regional and legal…
US-Ukraine peace efforts remain stalled as core disputes persist, while the war continues to reshape Europe’s security order, diplomacy and energy ties in deeply destabilising ways. In the last week…
The debate over NATO expansion and Russian security grievances has become one of the central geopolitical narratives shaping Eurasian security since the end of the Cold War. Moscow’s claim that…
Everyone wants to predict the future. While not foolproof, the age of artificial intelligence and global hyperconnectivity has brought us closer to this aspiration. Imagine a source of information that…
Amid the Democratic Republic of Congo's rapid rebellion, how did Rwanda sabotage a regional peacekeeping mission to the embattled country in favour of a proxy militant group? In May 2023,…
The question of political representation has long divided scholars of British democracy. Over the past seven decades, the political landscape has shifted markedly, from the programmatic and charismatic leadership of…
As Merkel prepares to leave politics and with the European elections around the corner, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding European politics. Far right parties have recently gained considerable…
Ezra Friedman discusses the significance of the fall of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Warwick’s Pugwash Student Society, along with Warwick’s International Relations Society, are delighted to host their…
In conversation with Romania's former Minister of Health and Chief of Staff for the Minister of Finances Warwick Romanian Speaking Society together with Warwick International Relations Society have the pleasure…