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Democracy needs a boundary between protest and coercion

The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team’s investigation into an alleged arson attack on a Melbourne defence company h...

No location · Aug 05, 2026 · Wedgetail
Al Capone would recognise today’s world order. That’s not good

In a gangsterish age, the UN needs an ultra-pragmatist as secretary-general

No location · Aug 04, 2026 · Wedgetail
If Marine Le Pen wins: A European guide to a far-right France

A Le Pen-led France would mean major changes to European politics. Here's how political leaders can begin to prepare.

No location · Aug 04, 2026 · Wedgetail
North Korean defectors near nuclear test site show chromosome abnormalities

More than 60 North Korean defectors who lived near the country’s nuclear test site were found to have chromosomal abnorm...

No location · Aug 04, 2026 · Wedgetail
North Korea slams 11-nation advisory on remote IT worker schemes

North Korea on Tuesday condemned a recent alert issued by 11 countries about Pyongyang’s information technology (IT) wor...

No location · Aug 04, 2026 · Wedgetail
Is Washington Rewriting the North American Trade Agreement Around China?

Washington has repeatedly used trade policy and U.S. market access over the past decade to advance broader economic secu...

No location · Aug 04, 2026 · Wedgetail
Australia keeps asking the wrong first question about China

Every significant development involving China now seems to trigger the same argument. A missile test, an investment prop...

No location · Aug 04, 2026 · Wedgetail
Why Egypt’s Opinion of Ukraine Matters, Now and Later

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum ...

No location · Aug 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
China-Linked Threat Actors Weaponize New Vulnerabilities in Under a Day

Chinese actors exploited the critical React2Shell exploit inside a day, while 88% of exploited vulnerabilities in H1 202...

No location · Aug 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Midnight Blizzard Targets Travelers via Captive Portals

Russian actor Storm-2945 hijacked hotel captive portals to push fake updates and steal tokens

No location · Aug 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
DOJ subpoenas journalist over North Korea SEAL mission report

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly subpoenaed an investigative journalist over a New York Times report ...

No location · Aug 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
How to Stop China from Freeriding on American AI

The release of the Chinese open-weight AI model Kimi K3 has compressed a year’s worth of unresolved AI policy debate int...

No location · Aug 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
11 nations issue first-ever joint alert on North Korean IT worker schemes

The 11 member states of a multilateral initiative monitoring DPRK sanctions evasion issued a joint alert for the first t...

No location · Aug 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
Stick with it until you win: why Beijing keeps sovereignty disputes alive

No one should expect diplomatic pressure alone to make Beijing abandon a sovereignty claim. Ten years ago this month, a ...

No location · Aug 03, 2026 · Wedgetail
The Atlantic Brief: The Strait of Hormuz and the Future of Free Navigation

In February 2026, the United States and Israel initiated a war in the Middle East against Iran. Since then, the warring ...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Alone at the border: Ceuta and Europe’s solidarity failure

By failing to show solidarity with a member state under pressure, the EU is encouraging Morocco and others to keep using...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Chinese Hacker Uses DeepSeek AI to Orchestrate Vulnerability Exploits

A Chinese-speaking threat actor has been using DeepSeek’s AI models to orchestrate cyber-attacks targeting Asian organiz...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
How splits on the right may threaten Poland’s pro-European camp

More than 40 MPs have walked out of Law and Justice, Poland’s largest opposition party, and will court centre-right vote...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Radio broadcasts to North Korea important for would-be defectors: US official

The nominee to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) invoked the struggles of North Korean defectors during her ...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
North Korea slams US Forces Japan expansion as Tokyo tests Tomahawk missile

Pyongyang accused Washington of turning U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) into a “de facto war command” aimed at a regional confl...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
A bit of hedging: like others, Australia looks more to its region for security

In Australian foreign policy, there has long been a tension between those who place preponderant weight on our alliance ...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Defining modernity in South-East Asia

Mark Leonard welcomes LuHan Gabel, Ooi Kee Beng and Chelsea Nguyen to explore how younger generations in China, Malaysia...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russia used North Korean missile in Ukraine for first time since 2025: Kyiv

Russia attacked Ukraine with a North Korean ballistic missile for the first time since last year, Ukrainian authorities ...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
Global goods trade resilient in the first quarter of 2026 despite war in Middle East

World merchandise trade growth exceeded expectations in the first quarter of 2026 as surging trade in electronic compone...

No location · Jul 31, 2026 · Wedgetail
China pushes harder in South China Sea – as global attention drifts away

In the South China Sea, China is expanding its presence in disputed waters and adopting increasingly dangerous tactics a...

No location · Jul 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
Korean War concert in Moscow reveals North Korean labor supply scheme: footage

Russian officials exposed an apparent labor recruitment scheme in the Moscow region while attending a Korean War commemo...

No location · Jul 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
Russia seeks to open new car bridge to North Korea in September: official

Russia aims to open its new car bridge across the Tumen River with North Korea in early September, a local official said...

No location · Jul 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
Brazil initiates dispute regarding additional duties imposed by the United States

Brazil has requested WTO dispute consultations with the United States regarding additional US duties on products origina...

No location · Jul 30, 2026 · Wedgetail
Australia and Japan are stewards of a wavering order

The Australia–Japan quasi-alliance is not a hedge against US unreliability, nor should it be seen in purely bilateral te...

No location · Jul 29, 2026 · Wedgetail
How Mexico Locked In Its Militarized Police State

In 2021, Andrew Ivey wrote, “‘I Have Other Data’: The Guardia Nacional and the Entrenchment of Mexico’s Militarization’,...

No location · Jul 29, 2026 · Wedgetail
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 · Wedgetail
ASML’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 · Wedgetail
Parsing 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 · Wedgetail
Trump 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 · Wedgetail
Russia 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 · Wedgetail
Can 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 · Wedgetail
Co-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 · Wedgetail
Key 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 · Wedgetail
The 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 · Wedgetail
North 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 · Wedgetail

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