In a sharply worded Der Spiegel commentary, the argument is that Europe has spent the early months of Donald Trump’s second term trying to manage the United States rather than prepare for it: lots of charm, careful...
January 2026
NGRNTrump’s “Board of Peace”: a new driver of global fragmentation?
The launch of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Davos on 22 January 2026 has already moved well beyond its advertised starting mandate on Gaza. In an internal assessment, the EU flags risks linked to an excessive...
Fedorov at Defence: Quantum Leap – or the Hardest Job in Kyiv?
When Mykhailo Fedorov took the helm at Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence on 14 January 2026, the expectation was not merely a change of faces, but a change of operating system. His first weeks in office suggest an attempt...
Mykhailo SamusThe Battlefield in Orbit: Military Space Technologies and the War against Ukraine
Analytical review by New Geopolitics Research Network Russia’s full-scale invasion has confirmed what many defence planners suspected but few had fully internalised: space is no longer a supporting backdrop to...
U.S. 2026 National Defense Strategy
“Peace through strength” with a hard shift to homeland defense, China deterrence, and allied burden-sharing The unclassified 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) recasts U.S. defense priorities around a single idea:...
How Japan Assesses the U.S. Operation in Venezuela from a Regional Security Perspective
The U.S. military operation in Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro triggered intense debate among politicians and international experts regarding its legality and its consequences for regional and...
Daryna KukharHow Japanese defense experts suggest to improve security in the Taiwan Strait
Key findings: Trilateral cooperation is critical: Japan, the U.S., and Taiwan need trilateral coordinated defense communication channels to avoid fatal mistakes during a crisis. Situational awareness and monitoring:...
Tetiana IshchykBiden and Trump’s Competing Visions for China Strategy
This article analyzes the difference in approaches toward China between the US National Security Strategies (NSS) under the Biden and Trump administrations (the 2022 National Security Strategy under President Joe Biden...
Sofiia Hudyma