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Two of a kind: How France and Italy can show the way for Europe’s Africa policy
Rome and Paris have each overhauled their economic strategies towards Africa in the past few years, competing openly for...
No location · Jul 29, 2026 · WedgetailASML’s Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and the Limits of Reverse Engineering in China
In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce informed the Dutch company ASML that it suspects one of its extreme ultraviolet...
No location · Jul 29, 2026 · WedgetailParsing Trump’s Decision to (Maybe) Give Uranium Enrichment to Saudi Arabia
On June 22, the United States announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. This type ...
No location · Jul 29, 2026 · WedgetailTrump warns ideology behind North Korea’s 1950 invasion is heading West
U.S. President Donald Trump used the anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement to warn of a renewed communist th...
No location · Jul 29, 2026 · WedgetailRussia picks new ambassador to North Korea months after longtime envoy’s death
Russia has appointed a new ambassador to North Korea following the death of its longtime envoy Alexander Matsegora, whic...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailCan French nukes protect Europe if Donald Trump walks away?
Europeans are keen on nuclear collaboration with Emmanuel Macron. What if Marine Le Pen becomes president?
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailCo-Founder of Controversial Spyware Firm Had Israeli Diplomatic Passport
The OCCRP found that the co-founder of NSO Group, which develops Pegasus spyware, travelled to Panama in 2013 on an Isra...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailKey Areas Where Water Scarcity Intensifies Risks of Conflict
Water disputes can directly drive conflict, but more often, water scarcity acts as a catalyst — one that, combined with ...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailThe Saudi dilemma: How Yemen could shape the next phase of the Iran war
As the Houthis attack Saudi ships and infrastructure, Riyadh faces an increasingly difficult choice: absorb the blows to...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailNorth Korea’s trade rebounds as reliance on China reaches near-record high
North Korea expanded its foreign trade in 2025 and deepened its dependence on its key commercial partner China, a new RO...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailNorth Korean defector aid group hit by slew of cyberattacks, lawmaker says
Cyberattack attempts targeting the Korea Hana Foundation, a state-funded organization helping North Korean defectors res...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailHow Orbán’s Fall Changed Serbia’s Political Future
In the speech announcing his invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin took only minutes to arrive at the ori...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailShoring up the Red Sea: Why the next crisis may begin in the Horn of Africa
The Red Sea is becoming more dangerous, and not only because of the Houthis. Conflicts in the Horn of Africa are converg...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailKim leads ‘V-Day’ events as North Korea highlights Chinese help in Korean War
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended events Monday marking the 73rd anniversary of the “victory in the Fatherland Li...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailUS seeks UN blacklist for 7 vessels tied to sanctioned North Korea trade
The U.S. submitted a motion to designate seven more vessels suspected of breaching the North Korean sanctions regime Mon...
No location · Jul 28, 2026 · WedgetailZelensky’s Political Storm Starts to Clear
Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum ...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailWhat 30,000 North Korean troops could mean for Russia’s war against Ukraine
Russia plans to enlist 30,000 North Korean soldiers for a fall offensive in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said o...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailWhy Norway and Finland Should Preserve Two of Europe’s Most Important Security Arrangements
Svalbard is a stark archipelago of glaciers and coal mines lying 650 kilometers (403 miles) north of Norway’s North Cape...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailKim Yo Jong lambasts ‘stupid’ denuclearization calls by ASEAN forum
The North Korean leader’s influential sister Kim Yo Jong dismissed calls by a consortium of Southeast Asian states to de...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailRussia seeks 30k more North Korean troops in Ukraine war, Zelensky warns
Russia is preparing to receive 30,000 more North Korean troops to help fight its war against Ukraine, Ukrainian Presiden...
No location · Jul 26, 2026 · WedgetailShahed-Type Drones Filmed During Mali Village Attacks
Bellingcat has geolocated footage showing Shahed-136 type kamikaze drones in operation in Mali. Defence Blog and France ...
No location · Jul 24, 2026 · WedgetailHow Iran Uses Cellular Infrastructure to Target US Military Phones
Senior fellow Gary Miller spoke with Cape Cellular about the exploitation of mobile network vulnerabilities to track US ...
No location · Jul 24, 2026 · WedgetailLee’s North Korea policy ‘reset’ waits on a Pyongyang that sees no need
For years, South Korea’s policy on North Korea has been built on a goal that Pyongyang now refuses to even discuss. Now,...
No location · Jul 24, 2026 · WedgetailJoint advisory on Russian cyber actors exploiting Zimbra Collaboration Suite
This joint advisory outlines an ongoing campaign by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors exploiting Zimbra Collaboration...
No location · Jul 23, 2026 · WedgetailRussian Hackers Exploit New ‘Zero-Click’ Attack Against Western Organizations
International agencies issue joint alert over state-backed campaign exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Zimbra Co...
No location · Jul 23, 2026 · WedgetailIranian Hackers Target Siemens and Schneider Industrial Systems, CISA Warns
US government agencies have warned that Iranian cyber actors are targeting US-based Siemens and Schneider industrial equ...
No location · Jul 23, 2026 · WedgetailThe geopolitics of air-conditioning
Heatwaves are making access to AC a political problem around the world
No location · Jul 23, 2026 · WedgetailRudiger Frank on North Korea’s hidden middle class: North Korea Unpacked
This month, Dr. Rüdiger Frank joins North Korea Unpacked with Jacco Zwetsloot to discuss how decades of marketization ha...
No location · Jul 23, 2026 · WedgetailBeyond the photo ops: What lies behind North Korea and China’s diplomatic surge
After years of pandemic isolation and sparse political contact, North Korea and China are suddenly back in the business ...
No location · Jul 23, 2026 · WedgetailRussia vows support for North Korea’s nuclear, military buildup
Russia supports North Korea’s military and nuclear arms buildup, Moscow’s top diplomat said Wednesday, reiterating Mosco...
No location · Jul 23, 2026 · WedgetailTotal War on Taipei: China Explores Elevating Cognitive Effects into Its Vision of Warfare
In March 2025, China’s military researchers published a concept describing how to rapidly capture and subdue the city of...
No location · Jul 22, 2026 · WedgetailUS renews North Korea travel ban for 10th year
The United States extended its ban on Americans traveling to North Korea for the tenth consecutive year, citing continue...
No location · Jul 22, 2026 · WedgetailSouth Korea detains cargo ship over suspected North Korean sanctions violations
South Korean authorities have detained a cargo ship over suspected violations of U.N. sanctions on North Korea, Seoul’s ...
No location · Jul 22, 2026 · WedgetailThe Iran war is consuming the Trump presidency
Donald Trump may hate to hear it, but Barack Obama was right about avoiding “stupid shit”
No location · Jul 21, 2026 · WedgetailHow the War with Iran is Shaping Key U.S. Relations Beyond the Middle East
The U.S. war with Iran has had political, economic, and military implications that spread far beyond the Middle East. We...
No location · Jul 21, 2026 · WedgetailNorth Korea eyes China’s tech to revamp outdated rail networks: state media
North Korea appears to have eyed China’s railway expertise to revamp its outdated rail or subway networks, Chinese state...
No location · Jul 21, 2026 · WedgetailRussia, North Korea’s top envoys accuse U.S. of destabilizing Korean Peninsula
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui accused the U.S. and its allies of ...
No location · Jul 21, 2026 · WedgetailCorruption Takes Center Stage in Ukraine’s National Conversation
Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum ...
No location · Jul 20, 2026 · WedgetailBrussels Opens Accelerated Enlargement Talks
Negotiating frameworks were agreed for two candidate states, with rule-of-law benchmarks front-loaded into the process.
Brussels, Belgium · Jul 20, 2026Russian military jet lands in Pyongyang as Choe Son Hui flies to Moscow
A Russian military aircraft made a brief visit to Pyongyang for the first time in two months on Sunday, aviation data sh...
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