Contested Frontiers

Disputed domains creating volatility in related assets, offering high-risk, high-reward opportunities for frontier market investors.

India-Russia Jet Deal: Aerospace Realignment in the Global South

Feb 6, 2026

New aviation blocs are forming outside Western defence-industrial corridors.

Subterranean Precision: Directional Drilling as Strike Capability

Jan 28, 2026

The tools of energy extraction are already weapons systems, just re-tasked.

Israel Deploys Iron Beam: Laser Air Defence Enters Combat Phase

Jan 27, 2026

Interceptors cost dollars. Lasers cost cents. Israel just flipped the cost curve.

End of the Illusion: The Norms Europe Can No Longer Rely On

Jan 26, 2026

Power has always outranked principles. What’s new is dropping the pretence.

Greenland: The New Arctic Flashpoint. Strategic Ground Zero in the US - Russia - China Contest

Jan 22, 2026

Strategic Arctic geography and resources elevate Greenland from cold periphery to geopolitical tinderbox (Jan 2026)

KVN: Russia’s Fiber‐Optic FPV Munition Scaling Low‐Signal Warfare

Jan 2, 2026

Mass‐produced jam‐resistant loitering drones reshape ground conflict and EW calculus

Subsea Sovereignty and Signal Wars: The Deep Edge is the New High Ground

Jan 1, 2026

Subsea cables and drone swarms redraw escalation thresholds in Taiwan Strait

Subsea Intelligence: Commercial Robotics Enters the Underwater Battlespace

Dec 23, 2025

The seabed has become a new frontier, commercial subsea tech begins to deliver real‐time intelligence and resilience for national security.

Under the Sea: Why the Cloud’s Backbone Is Also a Critical Vulnerability

Dec 17, 2025

The global internet, AI, finance, comms depends on fibre‐optic cables lying on the ocean floor. Their fragility is a silent systemic risk.

Sleeper Drones: Russia’s New Ambush Tactic Alters the Drone Warfare Playbook

Dec 16, 2025

Fiber-guided FPVs enter hibernation mode near the front, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

Electromagnetic Shield: China’s Drone Swarm Test Exposes Starlink Vulnerability

Dec 15, 2025

A simulated “drone wall” over Taiwan challenges assumptions about satellite‐internet invulnerability.

Golden Dome: Space-Based Interceptors Shift Deterrence Above the Atmosphere

Dec 9, 2025

Kinetic missile defence moves to orbit as the U.S. Space Force initiates prototype interceptor contracts.

30% at Home: Britain Rebuilds Sovereignty Through the Mine Shaft

Dec 8, 2025

London sets a domestic extraction and recycling target for critical minerals, cutting exposure to China and Russia.

Sovereignty at 1100km: Why National LEO Constellations Need Partners

Dec 5, 2025

Space autonomy without economic interdependence is structurally unsustainable.

Beyond the Constellation: GEO Lasers Reshape the Satellite Battlefield

Dec 4, 2025

Laser comms from geostationary orbit signal a new model for orbital sovereignty.

Lithium's Strategic Depth: Where the Battery War Is Actually Fought

Dec 3, 2025

Resilience in the energy transition rests on a few mines, in a few hands.

Neros Drone Forge: US Startup Channels DARPA for Tactical Edge

Nov 25, 2025

Small, fast, sovereign: drone prototyping enters battlefield tempo.

Algorithmic Frontiers: Sovereignty and Social Cohesion in the AI Age

Nov 14, 2025

Borders are no longer just fences and flags: they are data layers, codebases, and cognitive infrastructures.

Tech Pact Power: US–Japan Agreement Anchors Sovereignty in Silicon and Code

Nov 10, 2025

AI diplomacy is now infrastructure-first.

Runway‐Free Airpower: Shield AI's X‐BAT Jets Rewrite High‐End Deterrence

Nov 7, 2025

Autonomy now flies where runways cannot reach.

Orbital Alarm Bell: Germany's Defence Minister Exposes Russia's Space Shadowing

Nov 5, 2025

Outer‐space is no longer a backdrop. It’s a contested theatre.

The Sovereignty Infrastructure Europe Never Built

Oct 17, 2025

Without credible sovereignty infrastructure, civic trust in European integration cannot hold.

Civic Trust: Democracy's Hidden Infrastructure

Oct 16, 2025

Pluralism strengthens democracy only if civic trust holds.

Fibre-Optic Drones: Glass Threads of Resilient Sovereignty

Oct 10, 2025

Tethered drones redefine battlefield control, embedding resilience in physical infrastructure.

CV90: From Sensor to Shooter

Oct 8, 2025

CV90 becomes a forward node in sensor-command-fire loops.