This article examines how private military and security companies in the Middle East operate through a hegemonic-masculine culture, and how hard-won legal protections for women risk being eroded. In policy circles, private military and security companies (PMSCs) are described as “force multipliers” or neutral instruments of the state; in much…
Two numbers frame this article. The first is $588 billion: what the World Bank, the UN, the European Commission and Kyiv itself now say Ukraine needs to rebuild, as of the most recent joint damage assessment released in February 2026. The second is 6 July 2026, the date a Ukrainian drone travelled roughly 2,500 kilometres to hit Russia's largest oil…
Europe is manufacturing increasingly capable naval platforms, yet its ability to equip them with enough advanced missiles remains uncertain. As European fleets expand and US stockpiles face growing demands, domestic…
Following the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, attention is likely to shift beyond Spain's last-minute winning goal to Mexico's broader economic outlook. The tournament successfully stimulated the Mexican…
How the UAE’s “Gold Standard” and Iran’s nuclear trajectory expose the strategic and non-proliferation risks of expanding civilian nuclear cooperation with Saudi Arabia The Saudi Deal as a Test On…
China’s retaliation against the EU’s latest Russia sanctions exposes a shift from regulatory trade disputes to direct geoeconomic confrontation, where export controls are used to pressure European defence and industrial…
Capital is pricing an outdated security map. The risk has moved, and the data shows where. Six years after the abolition of Article 370, and one year after the Pahalgam…
China’s sustained coercion against Taiwan increasingly functions as a “managed bluff,” generating strategic leverage without crossing the threshold into full-scale war, as the economic, political, and military costs of invasion…
Türkiye’s growing strategic value within NATO reflects its geographic position, military capacity, and ability to operate across fragmented regional conflicts, elevating Ankara from peripheral ally to indispensable security actor. Despite…
NATO’s Ankara Summit centred on whether the alliance’s recent defence spending commitments are translating into tangible military capabilities. While allies demonstrated progress in defence investment and support for Ukraine, the…
While Bangkok touts the corridor as a geopolitical game-changer, its viability as a true rival to Malacca remains deeply contested — and the most likely outcome is that it emerges…
Amid China’s growing militarization and diplomatic coercion in the Taiwan Strait, the United States has spent the past two decades reassessing its Indo-Pacific containment strategy. Starting with former President Obama’s…
Conventional defence systems are proving inadequate against the multi-domain structures of hybrid warfare. The growing use of drones and other advanced technologies in the Russia-Ukraine war and recurring drone incursions…
Pakistan believed a Taliban-led Afghanistan would secure its western frontier and cement its regional influence. Five years after the Taliban's return, the evidence points in the opposite direction: rising militancy,…
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…
