The Trump administration (and others) discussed the Iran war in video game terms. That’s the wrong way of looking at it. James Acton explained on The World Unpacked with Jon Bateman.
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What is North Korea learning from Russia's war in Ukraine? | The Impossible State Live Podcast
How has the war in Ukraine changed the way wars are fought today? What capabilities or know-how could Russia have passed on to North Korea through their military cooperation?
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From a military perspective, the war with Iran demonstrates how the nature of power has changed—and why that shift underscores the need for stronger negotiations. Admiral William McRaven explains. ...
Orysia Lutsevych OBE deputy director of the Russia and Eurasia Programme and head of the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House gives evidence to the Defence Select Committee on 9 June 2026.
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Inside Wartime Putinism: Ideology, Elites, Regions and Society during Russia’s War of Attrition
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has reshaped Russian politics, society and the economy profoundly. What was planned as a quick campaign has degenerated into a grinding war of attrit...
The Cost of War: Assessing Russia’s Strategic Decline
As Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds into its fifth year, and after significant escalation in recent weeks, this event will discuss how war has accelerated structural pressures on the Kremlin in milit...
The human cost of AI in today’s warfare
When AI is used in warfare, incomplete, biased, or inaccurate data can turn into life-and-death decisions.
International humanitarian law sets strict limits on the use of force. Any use of AI in ...
Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign has undermined logistics in Russia’s operational rear. ISW’s Kateryna Stepanenko and George Barros explain how Ukraine reintroduced elements of mechaniz...
"On pretty much every measure, Putin is failing and he doesn't really have a lot of options moving forward."
Russia is losing ground, its defence industry has plateaued, and Ukraine is strik...
Join the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology at Brookings for a discussion between the authors and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabiliti...
In their new book, War at Arm's Length, authors Alex Noyes and Richard Bennet outline exactly why military assistance works in some cases and fails so badly in others. Drawing on years of research,...
Shifting Tides in Ukraine - Lawrence Freedman on the Future of the War
Max and Maria welcome Sir Lawrence Freedman, historian, author, and Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London, to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine, how he sees the ...
The rules of law apply everywhere, to every party to conflict on Earth
Even as conflicts multiply and new technologies reshape the battlefield, the rules of war still apply to all parties to conflicts.
Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC president, shared more with Arnold Gay f...
Naval warfare is not lawless!
🌊 Most people think naval warfare is just battleships and submarines. In reality, it’s also about protecting the systems the world depends on, such as the internet, food supplies, oil shipments, an..
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War is not only fought on frontlines.
War is not only fought on frontlines.
It is lived in homes without power, in streets without safety, and in families trying to survive another day.
Respect for civilians and access to aid are not...
Your curated weekday guide to the biggest national security and foreign policy developments over the past 24 hours. Compiled by the Just Security team and read by an automated voice, The Early Edit...
Why the rules of war matter: From dehumanization to the path for peace
"Protecting civilians and treating your adversary within the confines of the law does not make you weaker. It strengthens your moral upper hand."
In this address to the UN Security Council during ...
