Is the Industrial Base on a Wartime Footing? A Progress Report | All About The Base
This episode of All About the Base, a video series analyzing critical industrial base topics, assesses how far the United States has come in placing the industrial base on a wartime footing since t...
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. ...
Foreign Fighters & NATO Alliance: Knowledge Sharing in War #shorts
Extensive intergovernmental cooperation between Ukraine and its allies fuels knowledge sharing on military systems, tactics, and countermeasures. Thousands of foreign fighters on the ground are act...
Increasing Manifest Transparency
Why does supply chain transparency benefit national security? Senator Sheldon Whitehouse discusses the Manifest Modernization A...
Our colleague Simon Elmont, expert on exploded ordnance, recently spoke to Al Jazeera about the high level of explosive weapons contamination in Gaza.
"I expect us to still be finding ordnance in...
Building at Scale: Reforming the Defense Industrial Base | 2026 Global Security Forum
How can the United States rebuild its industrial capacity—from shipyards and semiconductors to munitions and the workforce—to translate innovation into sustained warfighting capability?
Moderated ...
Patriotic Capital: Financing Industrial Strength and Security | 2026 Global Security Forum
How can the United States marshal private capital and modernize investment authorities to strengthen national security, from advanced technologies and energy to critical minerals and resilient supp...
Europa verteidigen: Worauf es jetzt ankommt
Europa rüstet auf – doch zwischen politischem Anspruch und industrieller Wirklichkeit klafft noch eine erhebliche Lücke. Was braucht es, damit Abschreckung glaubwürdig wird? Wie müssen etablierte R...
“The America that they believed in was under attack, not from without, but from within,” wrote Admiral William McRaven for the New York Times in 2019, reflecting on what he sensed from his military...
Olivia O’Sullivan, Director of Chatham House’s UK in the World Programme gives evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on 9 June 2026.
Watch the full recording here: https://parliamentliv...
Why have Iran and its “Axis of Resistance” proven so durable in the face of waves of military and economic warfare, and what does this mean for the future of the Middle East?
On Monday, June 22 at...
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.
Watch the ful...
In the middle of the twentieth century, the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons seemed inevitable. The number of countries with nukes was climbing rapidly, and the idea of stopping the nucl...
Why have Iran and its “Axis of Resistance” proven so durable in the face of waves of military and economic warfare, and what does this mean for the future of the Middle East?
On Monday, June 22, w...
Why did the German-French-Spanish fighter project – the Future Combat Air System – fail? Has Germany’s rise to become Europe’s leading defence investor profoundly shifted the balance of power on t...
Why did the German-French-Spanish fighter project – the Future Combat Air System – fail? Has Germany’s rise to become Europe’s leading defence investor profoundly shifted the balance of power on t...
Russia's Illicit Arms Market and Implications for Europe
Russia's illegal gun market is expanding — and the worst may still be ahead. As the war in Ukraine grinds on, weapons prices in Russia have dropped by up to 75%, violent armed crime is spreading ac...
Russia's Illicit Arms: Soldiers Bring Weapons Home #shorts
Since the 'special military operation' began, Russia has seen a rise in armed crimes, particularly in regions bordering Ukraine and in impoverished areas. Illegally obtained weapons from the battle...
