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Security policy, counter-terrorism, intelligence and defence in Europe and Turkey, from the individual’s sense of security to the strategies of states.
For years Germany kept its distance from selling Eurofighters to Turkey; in the end it gave its approval. The decision points to a pragmatic turn in a European security balance changed by the Russia–Ukraine war.
According to guest author Hakan Güngör, there is a fundamental change in PKK actions: two-person teams, strategic targets in the metropolises and a strategy of fear aimed at an emotional rupture in society.
Security is no longer only a matter for states but also for individuals’ quality of life and status anxiety. The author argues that the “order of chaos” produced by the lust for power is itself a security problem.
Founded in 1982 with Iranian support, Hezbollah has become an armed force stronger than the Lebanese army. With its rocket and anti-tank arsenal, guerrilla experience and tunnels, how long can it hold out against Israel?
Shared by eighteen religious communities, Lebanon is economically bankrupt and has hardly a functioning army. How did its sectarian system of government, demographic change and foreign interventions produce this fragility?
On 17 September 2024, Hezbollah’s pagers exploded simultaneously. The incident showed how the global supply chain can become a means of attack and how exposed states are to such risks.
A farmer’s son born in the Altai Mountains became a weapons designer after the helplessness he experienced in war. With its ease of use and durability, Kalashnikov’s AK-47 became one of the deadliest weapons in the world.
Lacking the strength to counter-attack, Ukraine is resorting to tactics as old as antiquity, from caltrops dropped by drones to soldiers hit while in the toilet. The war has turned into a war of attrition once again.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ended decades of neutrality: Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO. Prolonged by objections from Turkey and Hungary, the process was completed in 2024.
Democratic or totalitarian, states sometimes step outside the rules they have set themselves. Assassinations and terrorist attacks are among the darkest tools of covert operations, and the truth often comes out far too late.
A call involving the Chief of the German Air Force was intercepted by the Russians and published by RT’s editor-in-chief. “The bear is back”: kompromat, disinformation and the West’s reflexes.
How did the Russians intercept a WebEx call in which four German officers discussed Taurus missiles? A hotel in Singapore, fake Wi-Fi networks and long-range antennas: three possibilities.
The West gives Ukraine enough support not to lose, but not enough to win. Even so, whenever “game changers” such as HIMARS, Storm Shadow and sea drones arrived, the course of the war shifted.
A gravestone in Munich bears the name “Cicero”. The novel-like life of İlyas Bazna, who, as the British ambassador’s valet during the Second World War, sold the Allies’ most secret documents to the Germans.
Tesla can give its cars new headlight features with a software update. The German armed forces are moving to “software-defined defence” on the same logic, and Platform42 is the accelerator of this transformation.
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