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ANALYSIS: AUKUS drones and submarines — how the triangular partnership is reshaping the Indo-Pacific
On September 15, 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced AUKUS — a trilateral security partnership that became immediately controversial when…

DECODING: The deadlock over Iranian nuclear inspections — Tehran and Washington diverge
On June 24, 2026, US and Iranian negotiators met in Switzerland for another round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme. By the end of…

ESSAY: Hormuz, the jugular artery of the world economy — this strait is worth more than any nuclear bomb
The Strait of Hormuz is thirty-three kilometres wide at its narrowest point. Through it flows approximately 21 million barrels of oil per day —…

ANALYSIS: Nuclear Weapons Enshrined in North Korea's Constitution — End of Denuclearization
In 2026, North Korea crossed a threshold analysts had feared for years: the formal inscription of nuclear state status into its Constitution. The amendment…

COLUMN: 60 Days to Save Nuclear Peace — The Most Dangerous Countdown in the World
On June 17, 2026, on the polished wooden floors of a reception room at Versailles, two men signed a 14-point document. On one side,…

ANALYSIS: The US-Iran MoU — 60 Days to Change the Nuclear Future of the Middle East
On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) — unofficially called the Islamabad Agreement — laying the…

FACT-CHECK: NATO modernises its nuclear arsenal — separating fact from ambiguity in Brussels
In June 2026, NATO approves a major nuclear modernisation plan at a meeting of its Nuclear Planning Group (NPG). The decision is

COLUMN: Kim Jong-un draws the lesson from Iran — without the bomb, you end up bombed
While the world watched American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in the spring of 2026, one man was taking notes in Pyongyang.

INVESTIGATION: Kim Jong-un wants to "dominate the world" — the North Korean nuclear race at its peak
From June 20 to 22, 2026, the plenary session of the Political Bureau of the Korean Workers' Party convened for what may