Strategic Depth

Depth through resources, industry, and geography that enable survival and regeneration under strain while supporting stable returns in defense and infrastructure investments.

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.

Iran’s Strategic Weight: Civilization, Energy, and Geo‐Deterrence

Jan 14, 2026

Iran is not peripheral; its geography, resources, influence networks, and deterrence strategy make it a linchpin of Eurasian and Middle Eastern power balances.

China and the Russian Far East: Strategic Narratives and Future Influence

Jan 12, 2026

Chinese media commentary signals early long‐term thinking about influence and leverage in Russia’s Far East amid Moscow’s geopolitical strain.

InP Substrates: The Hidden Backbone of AI and Photonics Buildouts

Jan 6, 2026

AI scale‐out now hinges on two substrate champions, revealing a systemic bottleneck in optical and photonic supply chains.

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.

Greyshark and the Cable Frontier

Dec 19, 2025

A new shark-shaped autonomous vehicle takes aim at the silent war beneath the waves.

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.

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.

Quantum Anchors: UK Navy Trials Subsea Clock for Positioning Sovereignty

Nov 24, 2025

Timing autonomy dives deeper with quantum-secured precision.

Barcelona’s Space Sovereignty Bet

Nov 18, 2025

From 5G NB-IoT to autonomous satcom production, Spain backs direct-to-device scale-up

Critical Minerals, Critical Leverage

Nov 12, 2025

Rare earths, gallium, graphite: supply sovereignty is now a strategic battlefield.

Indo-Pacific Subsurface Alliance: France and India Extend Submarine Pact

Nov 11, 2025

Submarine sovereignty depends on what’s built below the surface and where.

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

Nov 10, 2025

AI diplomacy is now infrastructure-first.

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.

Hyperscale Sovereignty: Nscale's $1.1B Series B Rewires Europe's AI Backbone

Nov 4, 2025

Infrastructure resilience is no longer about roads and grids. It’s about compute.

Orbital ISR Decoupling: Rheinmetall and ICEYE Build Europe's Radar Constellation

Nov 3, 2025

Sovereignty isn’t just defended on land or sea. It now orbits in LEO.

Italy's AI Law as Sovereignty Infrastructure

Oct 20, 2025

National law asserts strategic ground: Italy won’t leave AI governance to Brussels