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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.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has entered its third year. Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced, Western support has turned into a “favour”, and Russia has revived its economy despite sanctions.
From the telegraph to radar, from GPS to AI: weapon systems are now defined more by software than by hardware. The lines of code in fighter jets multiply with every generation.
Some elements of terrorism never change, but technology, the climate crisis and proxy wars keep it evolving. The last article in the “Anatomy of Terrorism” series offers predictions for the future.
Terrorism does not always come from independent organisations. States too have backed terrorist groups for strategic gain or carried out terrorist acts themselves. State-sponsored terrorism from Afghanistan to Lockerbie.
From nationalist independence movements to ideological organisations, from religious extremism to environmental radicals: how have the aims, methods and sources of finance of terrorism changed over a century?
Geography, ideology and method may change, but some elements of terrorism never do: violence, the targeting of civilians and the aim of achieving political results through fear.
Armies plan new tanks and aircraft in decade-long cycles, while technology changes within months. The digital dilemma faced by the German car industry is now at the door of the defence industry.
After Hamas’s attack in October 2023 and Israel’s response in Gaza, each side declared the other terrorist. What is terror, and who is a terrorist? There is still no common international definition.
While war continues in Ukraine, the Middle East is ablaze again. As leaders and the media fan the flames, is the world reliving 1914, when an assassination started a great war, or 9/11, which fuelled Islamophobia?
Israel’s ground operation in Gaza will not be a rapid advance but a long siege war. The Acacia Base, where the Israeli army prepares for urban warfare, and the likely course of the war.
How meaningful is it to talk about terror and terrorists the morning after a night of massacre in Gaza? On the point where words and humanity end in the face of images of children’s bodies.
The fate of the war in Gaza will be decided underground. The history and construction of tunnels hundreds of kilometres long, and the challenges they will pose to the Israeli army.
Hamas’s attack of 7 October and Israel’s response have pushed the region into a deadlock. Whether the war widens depends on the steps taken by Hezbollah and therefore by Iran.
Russia’s networks of influence in Turkey and the Flynn–Alptekin connection that emerged during the Trump campaign. The third article in the “Focus on Russia” series looks at the Turkish side of influence operations.
A man working for Germany’s foreign intelligence service was arrested for spying for Russia. In the same year dozens of executives in Russia died in suspicious circumstances. The second article in the “Focus on Russia” series.
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