Pre-empting defeat: In search of North Korea’s nuclear doctrine
Pyongyang’s is prepared to carry out a pre-emptive nuclear strike against both military and civilian targets if it detects an imminent attack
European Security
Pesco, the impotent gorilla
Criticisms of PESCO could equally be applied to Germany’s broader security and defence policy
EU defence efforts miss the open goal again
PESCO’s commitments have been watered down so as to become virtually meaningless
Time for the Sleeping Beauty to wake
Whether Europe will be able to make a difference in foreign policy depends on whether member states can fulfil PESCO’s commitments
Attribution is what states make of it
It is high-time for the Europeans to wake up from their hopes and dreams to build norms and rules for state behaviour in cyberspace
The coming clash: Why Iran will divide Europe from the United States
Europe must salvage the nuclear deal with Iran and step-up robust diplomacy with Teran on regional issues
The UN GGE is dead: Time to fall forward
The top down UN GGE process appears dead in the water. International norms and laws for responding to cyber attacks must now be built from the bottom up
Countering online radicalisation
Part of the solution is to rely on the internet’s most essential strength – its vast army of ordinary users
At last, the stars are aligned for European defence
It is beginning to look as though the concept of ring-fencing or reserving a portion of national budgets to be spent collaboratively might finally get airborne
Influence by default: Europe’s impact on military security in East Asia
In the continued absence of a policy, European commercial actions in the armament sector could have a destabilising impact on Asian security