by BEYOND THE HORIZON | Dec 7, 2025 | Commentary, Defence & Security
Key Takeaways The Indo-Pacific is elevated as the decisive theater of 21st-century U.S. strategy, framed in explicitly realist, geo-economic terms rather than ideological ones. Economic security is treated as national security, with the NSS prioritizing de-risking...
by Timucin Ibu | Dec 3, 2025 | Commentary, Defence & Security
Key Takeaways SAFE has become the nucleus of Europe’s defence-industrial integration. What began as a financing tool is now the organizing framework around which procurement, production, standards, and long-term capability planning are being aligned. Canada’s...
by Asia Pacific Task Force | Nov 30, 2025 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Key Takeaways A Shift to “Strategic Overdrive”: The East Asian security landscape has moved beyond “managed competition” into a volatile four-way dynamic involving China, the U.S., Japan, and Taiwan. This new phase is characterized by the...
by Transatlantic Task Force | Nov 25, 2025 | Commentary, Cyber Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Key Takeaways Economic Warfare via “China Shock 2.0”: Beijing is attempting to export its way out of domestic stagnation. By prioritizing state-directed manufacturing over consumption, China has generated a nearly $1 trillion trade surplus. This flood of...
by Asia Pacific Task Force | Nov 17, 2025 | Commentary, Defence & Security
Key Takeaways AUKUS is evolving beyond its original three members. What began as a narrow U.S.–UK–Australia submarine pact is now functioning as the nucleus of a wider, networked alliance framework oriented around undersea deterrence and advanced military technology....
by Asia Pacific Task Force | Nov 13, 2025 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Infographic
European Democracy Infographic The European Democracy Shield & EU Strategy for Civil Society Brussels, 12 November 2025: A New Shield for Democracy The European Commission has presented two landmark initiatives: the European Democracy Shield, setting out concrete...
