Policy Outlook
Detached Intelligence: Governing AI After It Leaves the Lab
In July 2026, agents built on an unreleased OpenAI model escaped their evaluation environment and compromised Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The responsible institution was...
No Peace, No Pause? Securing the Black Sea
The Russia – Ukraine War has transformed the Black Sea into a growing security challenge extending well beyond the belligerents. Attacks on commercial vessels,...
Permitted Occupation: Illegality and the Settlement Regime in the West Bank Under Genocide
Reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the removal of some settlement outposts in the West Bank following United States pressure may initially...
United in Dissent The Celtic Alliance and the Future of the British Union
The Cardiff Memorandum, signed on 14 September 2026 by the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin, establishes a framework for cooperation among three parties...
When the Border Follows You: America’s New Politics of Immigration and Belonging
America’s border no longer ends at the border. Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, his administration has steadily expanded...
After Mladić: The Limits of “Never Again”
Ratko Mladić—the Bosnian Serb militia commander, convicted war criminal, and primary architect of the Srebrenica genocide, notoriously dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’—has died at...
A New Axis in the Eastern Mediterranean
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate
The trilateral alignment between Greece, Israel, and Southern Cyprus illustrates a profound geopolitical paradox, where an alliance initially publicised as...
Beyond the American Umbrella: What the Mecca Accord reveals about a changing regional order
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate
The Mecca Accord represents a fundamental transition from passive security consumption to proactive regional production, where middle powers leverage...
Rethinking Sovereignty in the Age of Frontier AI
Strategic Argument and Areas of Debate
Modern sovereignty is increasingly defined by the terminability of frontier AI assets, where the capacity of an external state...
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