Cybersecurity

When British Prime Minister Andy Burnham refused to rule out a future Labour commitment to rejoin the European Union, he did not announce a new government policy. But politically, his words were more significant than the formulation might suggest. Asked by The Independent whether he could exclude a …

By Stephan Richter On CNN recently, former U.S. Senator Joe Manchin returned to first principles. He noted that the word “political party” never once appears in the drafts of the Constitution. That reminder comes at an opportune moment. America’s two-party system seems to be eating itself alive. The …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The most consequential question emerging from the latest confrontation in the United Nations Security Council is no longer whether Iran should face additional sanctions, nor whether another round of international pressure can persuade Tehran to modify its nuclear policies. The more fundamental question is who, …

A three-person cybersecurity research team used Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 to exploit vulnerabilities in an OpenAI community forum, take control of employee accounts and demonstrate access to the company’s private code repository. The operation began on July 23 and was carried out by researchers from Hacktron AI, who …

Dr. Ju Hyung Kim Recent footage from Yemen should be taken seriously by South Korea’s defense industry. In August, Houthi media released a video claiming that a Rajum multirotor drone dropped a munition on Saudi Arabia’s M1A2S Abrams tank near Marib. The ammunition appeared to hit the rear …

Namrata Goswami China defines space superiority as achieving space logistics and infrastructure, and then using them for the kind of war it might fight.   This screenshot from CCTV (China Central Television) shows China’s first moon rover Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, in an image taken by the camera …

How to control a technology whose spread and capabilities are outpacing our ability to manage its risks? That question has become increasingly urgent with the rise of artificial intelligence. One answer seemed to stand out: Keep the most powerful models under close supervision by limiting their release and …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The latest U.S.–Iran war has done more than expose the volatility of the Middle East. It has exposed the exhaustion of the region’s post-Cold War security model. For decades, Middle Eastern states relied on an implicit strategic bargain: the United States would remain the principal …

Norbert Tofall Despite the very real structural weaknesses in the U.S. economy, no BRICS+ country – not even China – and not the group as a whole comes close to matching the role of the U.S. dollar in the world economy. The great contradiction Chinese officials like to …