Sujetos de la guerra

Fuelling the flames in Gaza. Exploring the legal consequences for states and corporations involved in supplying jet fuel to the Israeli military

An autocratic bromance. The Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenience

Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A.

Our projects in Israel

The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era

New Research Exposes Countries and Companies Supplying the Oil Fueling Palestinian Genocide

Israeli crude and fuel supply chains

Revealed: How the global oil industry is fueling Israel’s war on Gaza

Nuclear weapons. America and its allies are entering a period of nuclear uncertainty

Militarised Adaptation? How the Global South is Adopting Climate-Security Approaches

Everything, everywhere, all at once. From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up

Young guns. Meet the world's new arms dealers

Weapons of woe. From hypersonic missiles to undersea drones, the PLA is making leaps

With Putin by His Side, Xi Outlines His Vision of a New World Order

Unwarranted Influence, Twenty-First-Century-Style: Not Your Grandfather’s Military-Industrial Complex

Oppenheimer's nightmares. A new nuclear arms race looms

Neoliberalism's Frankenstein: Authoritarian Freedom in Twenty-First Century Democracies

Total war. Technology is deepening civilian involvement in war

El Reino Unido utiliza tecnología de reconocimiento facial para prevenir hurtos

Electronic warfare. The latest in the battle of jamming with electronic beams

Lessons from Ukraine. The war in Ukraine shows how technology is changing the battlefield

Grupo Wagner y su intento por apropiarse del oro en Sudán

Farewell, peace dividend. The cost of the global arms race

Digital capitalism is a mine not a cloud. Exploring the extractivism at the root of the data economy

El grupo Wagner recluta a ucranianos presos en Rusia, según Kiev

Diario de la crisis 5. Guerra y moneda

Putin buscaba lealtad y la encontró en África

Cómo México se convirtió en el mayor usuario de Pegasus

Tying up Goliath. Activist strategies for confronting and harnessing digital power

Militarising Big Tech. The Rise of Silicon Valley's Digital Defence Industry

Zimbabue veta exportaciones de litio; exenta a mineras chinas

The Daring Ruse That Exposed China's Campaign to Steal American Secrets

Storm warning. America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan

Docks, stocks and many floating barrels. The war in Ukraine has reshaped the world's fuel markets

The Middle East. An energy crisis and geopolitics are creating a new-look Gulf

Military Spending Surges, Creating New Boom for Arms Makers

Bolsonaro visita a Putin; refuerza la relación con Rusia y desafía a EU

Climate Collateral. How military spending accelerates climatebreakdown

They Are Watching': Inside Russia's Vast Surveillance State

El clima y la guerra

Rogue geoengineering. America's defence department is looking for rogue geoengineers

The road to co-operation. Climate-change negotiations

Green competition. COP27 was disappointing, but US-China climate diplomacy is thawing

How Russia Pays for War

From ayatollahs to Albania. Iran's cyberwar goes global

The U.S. is preparing war with China and Russia at the same time

China's Surveillance State Hits Rare Resistance From Its Own Subjects

'Una jaula invisible': así es como China vigila el futuro

Defense Firm Said U.S. Spies Backed Its Bid for Pegasus Spyware Maker

New cold war, new compromises. How Vladimir Putin provokes—and complicates—the struggle against autocracy

Geopolitics and energy. Why energy insecurity is here to stay

A dark state. Vladimir Putin is in thrall to a distinctive brand of Russian fascism

Entidades del gobierno, televisoras y embajadas piden licencias para armas

Not so spooky. China's spies are not always as good as advertised

Armageddon used to this. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has eroded the nuclear taboo

Carbon nanomaterials. The wonder material graphene may have found its killer app

The food system in crisis. A world grain shortage puts tens of millions at risk

Notes on Exterminism' for the Twenty-First-Century Ecology and Peace Movements

Senior Colonel Zhou Bo says the war in Ukraine will accelerate the geopolitical shift from West to East

Cover your bases. How the West should respond to China's search for foreign outposts

War and farming. The coming food catastrophe

Full metal jackpot. The transition to clean energy will mint new commodity superpowers

Facial Recognition Goes to War

Venezuela, ¿un nuevo satélite militar ruso en América Latina?

Rusia fortalece su presencia en América Latina, mientras continúan las tensiones con Ucrania

Economía criminal, el otro auge de los commodities

La tormenta perfecta ya está aquí

Los tanques entraron a Ucrania y también los programas de 'malware'. Entonces Microsoft se involucró en la guerra

Éxodo masivo de empresas occidentales de Rusia

Sacerdote: hay más de 34 mil desplazados por la violencia en Tierra Caliente

Guerra, ecofascismo, colapso: intuiciones

La primera guerra de la 'Era del Descenso Energético'

With Eyes on Russia, the U.S. Military Prepares for an Arctic Future

Volunteer Hackers Converge on Ukraine Conflict With No One in Charge

Russia Is Censoring the Internet, With Coercion and Black Boxes

U.S. Warns of Efforts by China to Collect Genetic Data

Microsoft Seizes 42 Websites From a Chinese Hacking Group

Vayas donde vayas, nunca te perderán

Pegasus: esto aprendimos tras un año de investigar al programa espía más potente del mundo

Ignoring Sanctions, Russia Renews Broad Cybersurveillance Operation

War Abroad and Politics at Home Push U.S. Climate Action Aside

The surveillance state. Did the police in Israel use Pegasus spyware on citizens?

Fierce contests. Deception and destruction can still blind the enemy

Like smartphones, but lethal. The technology of seeing and shooting your enemies

The world economy. A new age of economic conflict

Advancing on all fronts. Russia's attack on Ukraine means more military spending

The Battle for the World's Most Powerful Cyberweapon

'Vayas donde vayas, nunca te perderán': los controles de salud del gobierno en China despiertan inquietud sobre la vigilancia

Rusia fortalece su presencia en América Latina, mientras continúan las tensiones con Ucrania

A Digital Manhunt: How Chinese Police Track Critics on Twitter and Facebook

Money for something. What congressional funding reveals about America's military priorities

How China Uses Contractors to Spread Propaganda on Facebook and Twitter

Putin and Xi Show United Front Amid Rising Tensions With U.S.

A new narconomics. Latin America's drug gangs have had a good pandemic

Los militares y la Guardia Nacional: recursos en aumento, simulación, discrecionalidad y opacidad

Whales will help save the world’s climate crisis — unless the military destroys them first

El femi-geno-cidio y el trabajo de maquilas en México

Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight

Unpacific. China seeks to join the nuclear big league"

México, el mayor cliente del sistema de espionaje Pegasus, revela investigación

Pegasus: el Watergate a la mexicana

C.I.A. Reorganization to Place New Focus on China

The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine

Política de drogas, violencia criminal y protesta social

The Third Revolution in Warfare

Spies for Hire: China's New Breed of Hackers Blends Espionage and Entrepreneurship

Nueva configuración criminal amenaza la seguridad nacional

Big Tech made huge profits from war on terror, US activists say

Un magnicidio en Haití y la creciente industria de mercenarios de Colombia

Colombia: la maquinaria de la guerra que produce mercenarios

Colombia: mercenarios, solo preparados para la guerra

Ejércitos de Rusia y China llevan a cabo maniobras militares conjuntas

The Emerging Risk of Virtual Societal Warfare

The 9/11 complex. The political economy of counter-terrorism

Los recientes ciberataques muestran el futuro de los conflictos informáticos entre países

How China Transformed Into a Prime Cyber Threat to the U.S.

Neoextractivism and state violence: Defending the defenders in Latin America

From Xinjiang to Mississippi: Terror Capitalism, Labour and Surveillance

Los nuevos retos de las superpotencias: los ataques cibernéticos

Blurring the monopoly on violence: Private Military and Security Companies and coercive state power

No business without enemies: War and the arms trade

An Alliance of Autocracies? China Wants to Lead a New World Order

Only the dead. The persistence of war in the modern age

Special Ops Aren’t A Substitute For Strategy

Humanitarian Emergencies. Climate Disasters, Civil Disorder, and U.S. Military Relief Operations

Claves analíticas para el estudio de la seguridad privada: México frente al contexto internacional

Great-Power Clashes. The Melting Arctic and Other Conflict Zones

Preparing for Retaliation Against Russia, U.S. Confronts Hacking by China

The American Century Ends Early

Head of Strategic Command: US Must Prepare for 'Very Real Possibility' of Nuclear War With China

The Innovation Wars. America's Eroding Technological Advantage

Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, U.N. Report Says

A World Besieged. The Climate Threat to American National Security

All Hell Breaking Loose. The Pentagon Perspective on Climate Change

China-Latin America Arms Sales. Antagonizing the United States in the Western Hemisphere?

Feminist solidarity networks have multiplied since the COVID-19 outbreak in Mexico

Killer Robot? Assassination of Iranian Scientist Feeds Conflicting Accounts

Disputa por el Ártico: China y Rusia frente a Estados Unidos

The Palgrave Handbook of Security, Risk and Intelligence

Shadow Government. Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World

Biden’s Choice for Pentagon Faces Questions on Ties to Contractors

The future of armed conflict. America's approach to command and control goes peer to peer

Las agencias rusas de inteligencia o ¿quién mantiene a Vladimir Putin en el poder?

Geopolítica del rompehielos

¿Se avecina una guerra por las tierras raras?

Una Armada en el mar. El poderío de la flota pesquera china

Trump Pardons Two Russia Inquiry Figures and Blackwater Guards

Military deception. Democracies need to re-learn the art of deception

Cómo pasó el CJNG de ser célula de sicarios a un cártel a escala global

Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves

Una denuncia asegura que guardias mexicanos armados contratados de manera irregular vigilan el muro de Trump

FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State

Shadow business. America's intelligence agencies prepare for life after Trump

A grand bargain. Democracies must team up to take on China in the technosphere

U.S. Cyberforce Was Deployed to Estonia to Hunt for Russian Hackers

AI: Facebook y Google ayudan a censurar a la oposición en Vietnam

Dirigente del sector de seguridad privada señala desorden legal en agrupaciones

Exploratory notes on the origins of new fascisms

La guerra contra las drogas debe terminar ahora

De profundis ad astra. The significance of an interceptor missile launched from an American warship

Outpost of Empire Base politics with Chinese characteristics

Neo-Nazis face an old enemy in Grannies Against the Right

China extiende su alcance en el Caribe y descoloca a Estados Unidos

Coming Storms. The Return of Great-Power War

Legitimacy Beyond the State? Re-examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors

Pentagon’s own map of U.S. bases in Africa contradicts its claim of “light” footprint

Armas de fuego en la sociedad mexicana. Riesgos para la paz y seguridad pública

Putin's new model army. Russian military forces dazzle after a decade of reform

COVID 19: la permanencia de la disputa por el liderazgo tecnológico global

Intelligence Isn’t Just for Government Anymore: Spy Agencies Need to Reach Voters and Tech Leaders Now, Too

Standing by. Right-Wing Militia Groups & the US Election

An Ancient Practice with a New Face. The Use of Water as a Weapon in Times of Climate Change

Fraying Ties. The Securitization of the US-China Relationship

A civil-military response to hybrid threats

Les filières turques de mercenaires syriens en Azerbaïdjan

Trade floes and China’s Arctic shipping route to Europe

Making the world glow. The plot against Gretchen Whitmer

From AI to facial recognition: how China is setting the rules in new tech

QAnon Is Thriving in Germany. The Extreme Right Is Delighted

'Águila del Norte': entre Hitler y el islamismo

More Than a A Wall - Introduction

Executive Summary

Germany's Far Right Reunified, Too, Making It Much Stronger

AI, captain. China now has the world's largest fleet, alarming its Pacific rival

The economics of the global defense industry

U.S. Commandos Use Secretive Missiles to Kill Qaeda Leaders in Syria

El movimiento conspirativo QAnon se extiende en Europa

The complete mercenary. How Erik Prince used Trump's rise to make an unlikely comeback

Russian Intelligence Hackers Are Back, Microsoft Warns, Aiming at Officials of Both Parties

Espías, hackeos y agencias de seguridad: la otra cara de las vacunas contra el coronavirus

National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget

American Wolf: milicias ciudadanas tensan la campaña electoral en EE. UU.

Predicting pugnacity - How to forecast armies' will to fight

Trump surge como inspiración para la extrema derecha de Alemania

At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by America’s War on Terror

Robot Generals. Will They Make Better Decisions Than Humans -- Or Worse?

The chaos agents

Climate change, disease and the legitimacy of armed non-state actors

Anti-China Hysteria Drives Record 2021 U.S. Defense Spending

EU da a Fisher Industries tercer contrato para muro con México

Satellite warfare. An arms race is brewing in orbit

Inside the secret world of US commandos in Africa

The Danab Brigade: Somalia's elite, US-sponsored special ops force

In Burkina Faso, US troops train local soldiers

The hacker and the state

Hit them where it hurts us. India has few good ways to punish China for its Himalayan land-grab

Savage Ecology. War and geopolitics at the end of the world

The Doctor From Nazi Germany and the Search for Life on Mars

The History of Private Security and Its Impact on the Modern Security Sector

The Pentagon Confronts the Pandemic. Or How to Make War, American-Style, Possible Again

A New Superpower Competition Between Beijing and Washington: China’s Nuclear Buildup

Alemania enfrenta 'un enemigo interno': los neonazis se infiltran en el ejército

The State Behind the iPhone

China's Military Provokes Its Neighbors, but the Message Is for the United States

The limits of Chinese military power

¿Por qué entrenan los neonazis alemanes en Rusia?

Pentagon War Game Includes Scenario for Military Response to Domestic Gen Z Rebellion

Climate terror. A critical geopolitics of climate change

Guerre de mercenaires entre la Russie et la Turquie en Libye

Milley, America's Top General, Walks Into a Political Battle

Pentagon intelligence employees raise concerns about supporting domestic surveillance amid protests

La estrategia de Rusia como proveedor de armas de África

Cyber-defence. America rethinks its strategy in the Wild West of cyberspace

Dragon strike. China has launched rule by fear in Hong Kong. The rest of the world should worry, too

To your good stealth. A beery European spy club is revealed. How the Danes, Swedes, Germans and Dutch shared secrets

A YouTube mystery. Google's removal of anti-Beijing comments raises political eyebrows

Soldiers of misfortune. Why African governments still hire mercenaries. Professional gunmen are cheap, efficient and deniable

Too Big to Prevail. The National Security Case for Breaking Up Big Tech

By Air and Sea, Mercenaries Landed in Libya. Then the Plan Went South

Why Bombs Made in America Have Been Killing Civilians in Yemen

The Price of Primacy. Why America Shouldn't Dominate the World

El gobierno de Maduro: ¿cada vez más cercado por invasores extranjeros?

ONU confirma la presencia de mercenarios rusos en Libia

Did this virus come from a lab? Maybe not — but it exposes the threat of a biowarfare arms race

Spore wars The havoc wrought by covid-19 will spark new concern over bio-weapons

I Could Solve Most of Your Problems': Eric Schmidt's Pentagon Offensive

The US military's plans to cement its network of African bases

China recurre a un control social al estilo de Mao para frenar el coronavirus

War as the Continuation of Hegemony by Other Means: How Contemporary Wars Reach into Societies

Chinese Agents Helped Spread Messages That Sowed Virus Panic in U.S., Officials Say

The Battle for Another World: The Progressive Response to the New Right

The Digital Dictators. How Technology Strengthens Autocracy

Israel's Not-So-Secret Weapon in Coronavirus Fight: The Spies of Mossad

Sealed off. Tough quarantine measures have spread across China

Putin’s Long War Against American Science

Made in China. Will the Wuhan virus become a pandemic

The Market for Force. The Consequences of Privatizing Security

Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups

Military technology. Laser weapons are almost ready for the battlefield. Ray guns, in other words, are now real

To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data

In Coronavirus Fight, China Gives Citizens a Color Code, With Red Flags

Estimating the arms sales of Chinese companies

Crises are fueling the global arms trade: SIPRI report

The CEO who loved me. Spies often use businesses as cover. It can end in tears

An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away

Judge Halts Work on Microsoft's JEDI Contract, a Victory for Amazon

Noncitizen Soldiers: Explaining Foreign Recruitment by Modern State Militaries

For American Military, Coronavirus Is an Enemy to Be Fought

Chinese technology. With the state's help, Chinese technology is booming

Extremismo de derecha: la nueva dimensión del terror

The arrest of Charles Lieber. An American chemist is suspected of illegal dealings with China

Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools

From muskets to missiles. The battle for the Middle Eastern arms market is heating up

London Police Are Taking Surveillance to a Whole New Level

Coronavirus Crisis Exposes Cracks in China's Facade of Unity

Solicitan a la SCJN atraer el juicio contra las cámaras de reconocimiento facial

In strategic Djibouti, a microcosm of China's growing foothold in Africa

Smartphones Are Spies. Here's Whom They Report To

Ciberarmas iraníes, una amenaza para EE.UU.

Irán ha desarrollado armas más potentes que sus misiles

The digital divide. Different views of AI fuel distrust between China and America

La compañía misteriosa que podría acabar con la privacidad que conocemos

The future. Technological progress in China could still lead to fireworks. Is a showdown likely with America?

Accountability for Private Military Contractors Under the Alien Tort Statute

Cyber-security. Huawei is a cyber-security risk. But risks can be managed

Microprocessors. China is slowly moving up the microprocessing value chain

Una red de espionaje empodera a la policía en China

A multinational desert. Western firms have little to lose from a Middle Eastern war. With the exception of a few highly exposed companies in a handful of industries

Missile technology. Bullseye!

Hypersonic Missiles Are a Game Changer

The superpower split. Don't be fooled by the trade deal between America and China

Friendly fire. A shooting puts the spotlight on military training for allies. What does America get out of training troops for repressive allies?

The spying business. Western firms should not sell spyware to tyrants

Las exportaciones de armas alemanas alcanzan cifra récord

Disaster capitalism. Making a killing out of catastrophe

Economy of Force. Counterinsurgency and the Historical Rise of the Social

A.I. Is Making It Easier to Kill (You). Here's How

Warfare in space. America seeks faster ways to launch military satellites

Finding Truth Online Is Hard Enough

Así ayudó McKinsey al gobierno de Trump a ejecutar sus políticas migratorias

La OTAN ve ahora a China como un posible oponente

Hacia un nuevo espacio neofascista global

Turkey's Syria move highlights America's tactical nukes in Europe. There are still 150 or so of the things

Los dirigentes asediados de Latinoamérica recurren a los militares

Warheads up. China's nuclear arsenal was strikingly modest, but that is changing

Changing gear. The global drugs trade shifts to west Africa. Weak, corrupt states are ideal for cocaine barons.

Natural resources, multinational enterprises and sustainable development

Hong Kong in revolt. China's unruly periphery resents the Communist Party's heavy hand. The party cannot win lasting assent to its rule by force alone

The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in Iraq

¿Puede ser Alemania una potencia militar mundial?

'Absolutely No Mercy': Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims.

Inside America's Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program

Words and weapons. How to stop Cameroon collapsing into a full-fledged civil war. Protests by English-speakers have morphed into a bloody conflict

Russia Dominated Syria's War. Now It's Sending Mercenaries to Libya

One in the AI. America blacklists China's best artificial-intelligence firms. The move, linked to repression in Xinjiang, strikes at the heart of China's technological ambitions

Decapitated, not defeated. Islamic State after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The “caliph” is dead, but his ultra-violent jihadist group lives on

Pentagon preparing for mass civil breakdown

Pentagon, With an Eye on China, Pushes for Help From American Tech

Microsoft Wins Pentagon's $10 Billion JEDI Contract, Thwarting Amazon

The Private Military Industry: Mapping the Terrain

Digitalización, política e inteligencia artifical. ¿Qué futuro podemos esperar?

Mixing up Humans and Military Technology

Who can trust Trump's America? Donald Trump's betrayal of the Kurds is a blow to America's credibility. It will take years to mend

La transformación del Complejo Militar-Industrial

The Complex. How The Military Invades Our Everyday Lives

The view from Beijing. In Beijing, views of America have become deeply cynical. Many officials are frustrated with Donald Trump

The future. America and China must manage their rivalry or risk disaster. Building trust will be at the center of that process

The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% - ex CIA spy

Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks

Xi's embrace of false history and fearsome weapons is worrying China's leader is stoking hair-trigger nationalism with his idea that the Communist Party never makes mistakes

Xi's big parade. To mark 70 years of Communist rule, China shows off new weapons. Some of them are designed to make Americans tremble

Contractors as Military Professionals?

China's Private Army: Protecting the New Silk Road

United States of Fear

At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds

The global disinformation order

Así usan el camuflaje digital los manifestantes de Hong Kong

A Breakthrough for A.I. Technology: Passing an 8th-Grade Science Test

En China, el reconocimiento facial triunfa, incluso en el supermercado

Truth Wars. The Politics of Climate Change, Military Intervention and Financial Crisis

Battle algorithm. Artificial intelligence is changing every aspect of war. A new type of arms race could be on the cards

Donald Trump unveils Space Command. The Space Force, which it will one day instruct, may be some time.

Mind control. Artificial intelligence and war. As computers play a bigger role in warfare, the dangers to humans rise

China And the Zombies Of The Past

Does the U.S. Economy Require Military Spending?

China usa LinkedIn para reclutar espías extranjeros

Los robots asesinos podrían decidir las guerras del futuro

Congo's challenge. How do you reform a country where gunmen torch Ebola clinics? Fighting an epidemic in a war zone is hard. But not impossible

Estados Unidos apunta a la red eléctrica de Rusia en una guerra fría digital

You first. Should America rule out first use of nuclear weapons? Elizabeth Warren thinks so. America's allies do not

YouTube ayudó al surgimiento de la derecha y la radicalización en Brasil

The Pentagon Labyrinth. 10 Short Essays to Help You Through It

Crime waves. The Gulf of Guinea is now the world's worst piracy hotspot. The tricks that baffled buccaneers off Somalia and South-East Asia may not help in west Africa

If it bleeds, pay heed. Ebola is a reminder of why the world should pay attention to Congo. Local wars make it much harder to stop an epidemic from going global

NATO at 70. How NATO is shaping up at 70. The Atlantic alliance has proved remarkably resilient, says Daniel Franklin. To remain relevant, it needs to go on changing

Wheat is a weapon': US gov-funded, Democrat-linked think tank proposes starving Syrian civilians to weaken Assad

Hypersonic Missiles Are Unstoppable. And They’re Starting a New Global Arms Race.

Russia and China. Partnership is much better for China than it is for Russia. Just how much better might not become clear for a few years yet

Tu rostro está entrenando a las herramientas de reconocimiento facial

JEDI orders. Amazon is eyeing billions in federal contracts. The American bureaucracy may prove a lucrative customer

The UTC-Raytheon deal highlights the changing nature of war. Better to fight the next one than the last

Clandestine warfare. Submarine-launched drone platoons will soon be emerging from the sea. Commando operations are about to be robotised

Orbital ecosystem. A new business in small satellites orbiting the Earth. Looking at the Earth from above

Trump Is Losing His Trade Wars. The pain is real, but the coerción isn't

How to Lose a Trade War

In high detail. Using AI to speed up the processing of space images. Where no neural network has gone before

'Surveillance capitalism': critic urges Toronto to abandon smart city project

The balance of processing power. An American ban hits China's supercomputer industry. It may not knock it out

Army dreamers. Xi Jinping wants China's armed forces to be 'world-class' by 2050. He has done more to achieve this than any of his predecessors

Swarms of drones, piloted by artificial intelligence, may soon patrol Europe's borders

In Washington, talk of a China threat cuts across the political divide. Amid accusations of theft and espionage, opinions have hardened

Heating up. How climate change can fuel wars. Droughts are already making conflict more likely. As the world gets hotter, mayhem could spread

Hypersonic missiles. Gliding missiles that fly faster than Mach 5 are coming. They combine the speed of intercontinental ballistic missiles with the accuracy of cruise missiles

Military development. America's military relationship with China needs rules. Armed forces are so different now that a framework for engagement has not yet caught up

Climate of fear. How to think about global warming and war. They are linked—and that is worrying

In Baltimore and beyond, a stolen N.S.A. tool wreaks Havoc

The new war on jihadism. The West's new front against jihadism is in the Sahel

Competing in technology. America still leads in technology, but China is catching up fast. Commercial competition is turning into a zero-sum contest

China v America. A new kind of cold war. How to manage the growing rivalry between America and a rising China

Crisis in the Sahel. The West is fighting a forgotten war against jihadists in Africa. It is too soon to bring the troops back home

Bombs astray. How many civilians does America kill in air strikes? The Pentagon does not really know

Missile contracts surge as US exits arms treaty: study

Berlín: activistas exigen prohibir armas autónomas

Ending war with another war? Erik Prince wants to send 1,000s of mercenaries to fix Afghan quagmire

China throws a revealing party for the anniversary of its navy. Its maritime ambitions are becoming more evident

Necrocapitalism

Restraining the robots. Autonomous weapons and the new laws of war. A technology that may prove hard to restrain

Taming terminators. How to tame autonomous weapons. As military systems get cleverer, humans must keep up

UK, US and Russia among those opposing killer robot ban. UN delegates discuss restrictions to lethal autonomous weapons systems that use AI.

The Truth About Killer Robots: the year's most terrifying documentary

Russia's Military Mission Creep Advances to a New Front: Africa.

Google hired gig economy workers to improve artificial intelligence in controversial drone-targeting project

Defence policy. Bringing out the big guns. After 18 years of IEDs in the Middle East, America's armed forces are planning for high-tech warfare

Predator pricing. The growing appetite for armed drones in the Middle East. As America holds back, China is cornering the market

Putin's pipeline. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a Russian trap. And Germany has fallen into it

Protection rocket. Saudi Arabia’s missile race. A new rocket factory is stoking fears of nuclear proliferation

The paper Euro-army. France and Germany are pushing rival models for defence co-operation. Neither is very ambitious

Missiles and mistrust. Russia, America and the INF. Russia's suspicion of America is a self-fulfilling prophecy

Nuclear discord. Blame Russian cheating, not America, for killing the INF treaty. In responding, America should be careful not to fuel a ruinous arms race

New vortices of power. The alliance between transnational corporations and private military security corporations in the Katanga district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Drone defenders. Thankfully, the technology to combat rogue drones is getting better. Clever jamming techniques and improved radar are coming

Rules for flying robots. Drones need to be encouraged, and people protected. Tighter regulations will not hamper troublemakers

Security Studies and Organization Studies: Parallels and Possibilities

War in a cold climate. NATO holds its biggest exercises since the cold war. Despite what politicians say, the alliance is in good shape on the ground

EU and whose army? Emmanuel Macron's calls for a European army are misguided. European defence schemes should plug into NATO

Stand uneasy. A general tells Israel that its army must be still readier to fight. Arguments persist over how to keep Israel safe

The chips are down. The semiconductor industry and the power of globalization. Superpower politics may start to unravel it

Too many cooks. The West once flooded China with opium. China is returning the favour. China's pledge to curb fentanyl production may not change much.

Military misunderstandings. More worrying than a US-China trade war is the risk of a hot one. Better communication between their armed forces would help avoid one.

Parleying with the PLA. The US and Chinese armies struggle to learn how to talk to each other. A big problem is China's unwillingness to open up.

Superpowers and technology. Chip wars: China, America and silicon supremacy. America cannot afford to ignore China's semiconductor ambitions. It cannot simply tame them, either

Nuclear weapons. America tears up an arms treaty, and harms itself. A farewell to arms control

Game on. Russia and China hold the biggest military exercises for decades. America should beware

Geopolitics. Why Russia and China's joint military exercises should worry the West. They hold a mirror to Donald Trump's undermining of America's allies

Pulling Putin's pants down. Britain wages information war against Russia. A rare spies' press conference marks the start of a counter-offensive

Follow the Money

The Military’s Business: Designing Military Power for the Future

The Modern Mercenary. Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order

Sahel or high water. France may take the lead in fighting jihadists. But they risk propping up authoritarian regimes

Trump Has Put the U.S. and China on the Cusp of a New Cold War

Suing spies. America's government is putting foreign cyber-spies in the dock. Some of its own hackers are not pleased

The Military-Industrial Complex and US Military Spending After 9/11

The New American Way of War. Military culture and the political utility of force

Corporate soldiers and international security: the rise of private military companies

Hacia un análisis feminista y dialéctico de la globalización neoliberal: el peso del complejo militar-industrial sobre las 'mujeres globales'

Mujeres, globalización y movimiento internacional de mujeres

The U.S. Imperial Triangle and Military Spending

The Sociology of War and Violence

Buyers' market. The global arms trade is booming. Buyers are spoiled for choice. Increased competition between suppliers means buyers have the upper hand

Weltmacht und Weltgeld. Die ökonomische Funktion der US-Militärmaschine im globalen Kapitalismus und die Hintergründe der neuen Finanzkrise

“Full spectrum dominance”: US national security doctrine in the new global security environment

The Military-Industrial Complex

Money overboard. Politicians are vying to splurge defence funds on boats. Not just a sign of machismo, but of great-power competition

Remarks by Vice President Pence on the Future of the U.S. Military in Space

Into the breach. Defence companies target the cyber-security market. Demand for cyber-products is growing at twice the rate of that for military hardware

Jihad's next battleground. The fight against Islamic State is moving to Africa. Violent Islamist groups are gaining strength in the Sahel. A report from Nigeria and Niger.

A U.S.-China Grand Bargain? The Hard Choice between Military Competition and Accommodation

The new Caliphate. Jihadists are trying to take over the Sahel. The West should help local governments hold the line

Military communications. A new type of battlefield network is in development. It is harder to knock out than existing systems

Contracting out War?: Private Military Companies, Law and Regulation in the United Kingdom

No longer just catch-up. China will soon have air power rivalling the West's. In some technologies, it has surpassed it

The other kind of leaking. There is no guaranteed defence against ballistic missiles –yet. Someone ought to explain this to the commander-in-chief

Playing with fire. Google runs into more flak on artificial intelligence. Its employees have won concessions on AI work for America's military

Innocence lost. Germany becomes the last big Western power to buy killer robots. For now, the drones will not be armed

High-tech weaponry. Russia’s new nuclear weapons are technically plausible… but practically dubious

Present at the destruction. Donald Trump is undermining the rules-based international order. There may be short-term wins for America but there will be long-term damage to the world

Baltics beware. Russia's conventional forces outgun NATO near its borders. The Atlantic alliance is ill-prepared to deter Russian aggression

America and the world. Donald Trump’s demolition theory of foreign policy won’t work Even if the president strikes a deal with North Korea, his approach will harm America and the world

Corporate warriors. The rise of the privatized military industry and its ramifications for international security

Losing the peace. America's strategy against Islamic State is storing up trouble. Ethnic tension in eastern Syria is increasing, to the delight of the jihadists

A farewell to arms control. Old deals to limit nuclear weapons are fraying. They may not be repaired. Politics and technology make arms control harder than ever

Military Keynesianism under the Obama Presidency

Anglichanka strikes again. Kremlin-backed fake news targets Britain. 'Mischievous Englishwomen' are blamed for everything from the Skripal poisoning to 17th-century famines

MI5 chief: Kremlin is 'chief protagonist' in campaign to undermine west

Disarmageddon. Despite North Korea, arms control is unravelling. Complacent, reckless leaders have forgotten how valuable it is to restrain nuclear weapons

Situation vacant. Gina Haspel must give answers before becoming the CIA boss. Would she torture again?

The relationship between globalization and militarism

Children of Merkel. Where does Germany go from here? German politics has become too quiet. It needs more democratic rough-and-tumble

The somewhat reluctant hegemon. Germany has been slow to reassess its place in the world. Germany's traditional foreign-policy doctrines are coming under pressure

The duty to deter. If Syria's despot is not punished, others will use chemical weapons. Strikes on Bashar al-Assad's air bases are justified

Military Industrial Complex (MIC)

Under construction. Fifteen years after America's invasion, Iraq is getting back on its feet. With Islamic State defeated, a new sense of unity prevails. But it is fragile

Better days in Baghdad. Fifteen years after America's invasion, Iraq is doing well. An election in May offers a chance to build on recent progress

Paper elephant. India spends a fortune on defence and gets poor value for money. The country’s millions of men and women in uniform wield mainly Soviet weapons

Google is quietly providing AI technology for drone strike targeting project

Arms Industry

Turning politics up to 11. Russian disinformation distorts American and European democracy. The Mueller indictment reveals some of the Kremlin's tactics

Surveillance Capitalism. Monopoly-Finance Capital, the Military-Industrial Complex, and the Digital Age

Commercialised occupation skills: Israeli security experience as an international brand

Xi v Marshall. Will China's Belt and Road Initiative outdo the Marshall Plan? How China's infrastructure projects around the world stack up against America's plan to rebuild post-war Europe

Military applications. Mutually assured detection. Better anti-submarine warfare will mean fewer places for subs to hide

How to be a Dadaist troll. Inside the Internet Research Agency’s lie machine. Serving up fake news for Mr Putin’s chef

Jets, but no pilots. For the Gulf states, diplomacy involves buying weapons they don't need. They have agreed to arms deals worth billions of dollars in the past year

America's Awesome Military: And How to Make It Even Better

El desarrollo conceptual de la Revolución en los Asuntos Militares

Waiting to erupt. Congo's war was bloody. It may be about to start again. President Joseph Kabila is in the seventh year of a five-year term. He is struggling to hold the country together

Changing the pilots. Airbus executives get swept away by a corruption investigation. A management shake-out may reawaken national rivalries at the European aerospace giant

Administrative bipolar disorder. One arm of the Trump administration thinks climate change is a security threat. Another thinks it is a hoax

Russia's dirty tricks. How Putin meddles in Western democracies. And why the West's response is inadequate

Africa's broken heart. Congo is sliding back to bloodshed. How to stop a catastrophe

Putin's Syrian gambit. It is not going well. As Israel and Iran clash in Syria, Russia finds itself increasingly in a bind of its own making

War at hyperspeed. Getting to grips with military robotics. Autonomous robots and swarms will change the nature of warfare

Not so MAD. Why nuclear stability is under threat. Mutually assured destruction has served as the ultimate deterrent, but for how much longer?

Stay well back. Using clever technology to keep enemies at bay. To counter regional challengers, America needs to regain its technological edge

The ride of the mercenaries. How "Wagner" came to Syria. Captured soldiers cast light on the work of a shadowy group

Know your enemy. How to make soldiers' brains better at noticing threats. Target recognition in warfare

Technology. Tinker, tailor, hacker, spy. Who is benefiting more from the cyberisation of intelligence, the spooks or their foes?

Espionage. Shaken and stirred. Intelligence services on both sides of the Atlantic have struggled to come to terms with new technology and a new mission. They are not done yet, writes Edward Carr