Iran War: first cracks in Israel's missile shield 26/03/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In recent days, Iranian missiles have been breaching Israel's defensive shield with increasing frequency. This is the result of several converging factors. The first is… [read more]

More US aircraft head to the Middle East 26/03/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA As the broader US military build-up in the region continues to gather pace — with 2 Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG) and 2 Marine Expeditionary Units… [read more]

Ukraine, the case of the LANCET loitering munition over Kyiv 20/03/2026 | Igor Markic In the early hours of March 16th, Russian forces carried out a new drone attack on Kyiv and its surroundings, launching over 30 drones of… [read more]

Oil&Gas, drones and missiles: the Middle East's energy infrastructure war is now open 19/03/2026 | Editorial Team In the last 24 hours, the Middle East has witnessed the most concentrated sequence of strikes against energy infrastructure since the start of the War,… [read more]

The EU and the Iran crisis: tightrope walking amid growing assertiveness 17/03/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The European Union is navigating the Iran crisis with a clear line: protect its interests, assert its strategic autonomy, and refuse - for now -… [read more]

Iran: the costs of War and the global geoeconomic shock 09/03/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The Third Gulf War - allow us to name it so for simplicity —is now escalating to alarming levels. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed for… [read more]

Sustained US–Israeli strikes in Iran and Tehran’s response in the Gulf 03/03/2026 | Andrea Mottola US-Israeli air operations in Iran have continued at a steady pace over the last 36 hours. Since the early hours of yesterday, Israel has also… [read more]

NATO stakeholders set out steps for further increasing CUI security 03/03/2026 | Dr Lee Willett (reporting from Gothenburg) Further enhancing cross-government and multinational collaboration, and further harnessing technology, are key steps NATO stakeholders can take in continuing to augment capacity and capability to… [read more]

More warheads, less transparency - the hardening of French nuclear strategy 02/03/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone Today, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech at Île Longue, officially updating France’s nuclear posture. The speech confirmed the five-pillar architecture of French deterrence… [read more]

War on Iran: preliminary analysis of the operations 02/03/2026 | Andrea Mottola Yesterday, Israeli-US operations against Iran continued, with missile responses from the regime, while details emerged regarding saturday's Iranian attacks and counterattacks. On this last point,… [read more]

Iran: objectives, stakes, and the risk of chaos 28/02/2026 | Pietro Batacchi At dawn this morning, the US and Israel initiated hostilities against Iran, launching a war whose duration and outcomes remain uncertain. What is certain is… [read more]

Iran responds to USA and Israel with ballistic missile launches: several american bases hit 28/02/2026 | Tommaso Massa Following this morning's U.S. and Israeli strikes - which, after the first two waves previously reported, continued throughout the day targeting ballistic missile launchers, radar… [read more]

Iran: it’s War 28/02/2026 | Tommaso Massa and Carolina Paizs Around 10:00 AM Iranian time (07:00 AM CET), Israel and the United States launched a series of air raids defined as "preemptive" against various targets… [read more]

International Fleet Review 2026 and the Indian Navy’s Great Ambitions 18/02/2026 | Carolina Paizs (Reporting from India) On 18 February, the first of three major events officially began in Visakhapatnam, in the State of Andhra Pradesh (Southern India), placing India at the… [read more]

Battle-tested innovation: Defense Tech Expo 2026 opens in Tel Aviv 17/02/2026 | Editorial Team (reporting from Tel Aviv) As the shadow of war looms over Tehran and the US continues to reinforce its military footprint in the Middle East, the gates of Expo… [read more]

Iran: the US further reinforces its military posture in the area. The Jordanian Muwaffaq Salti base is pivotal 17/02/2026 | Editorial Team While talks continue, and President Trump keeps repeating that Iran wants a deal, the United States is pressing ahead with efforts to reinforce its presence… [read more]

MSC 2026: Transatlantic Cognitive Dissonance 17/02/2026 | Caterina Tani Looking at transatlantic relations today, the true protagonist of this year’s Munich Security Conference was a form of strategic ‘cognitive dissonance.’ In psychology, cognitive dissonance… [read more]

US bolsters military presence in Puerto Rico 16/02/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Over a month after the US arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, American forces remain not only active in the Caribbean but are operating under… [read more]

NATO 3.0: proclaimed unity and the new transatlantic contract 13/02/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) After weeks of underlying tensions - from the “Greenland dossier” revived by Donald Trump to the collapse of US-EU trade talks that included defence procurement… [read more]

Second US Carrier Strike Group could reinforce the LINCOLN CSG in the Gulf 12/02/2026 | Editorial Team According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon has reportedly ordered a second Carrier Strike Group (CSG) to prepare for deployment to the Middle East,… [read more]