States increasingly rely on nuclear weapons as instruments of national power, SIPRI warns
Of the total global inventory of an estimated 12,187 warheads in January 2026, about 9,745 were in military stockpiles for potential use.
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Pentagon floats suspending ‘terrible ally’ Spain out of NATO
An internal Pentagon email has outlined options for punishing NATO allies seen as insufficiently supportive during US operations in the Iran war, including the possibility…
Senior US counterterrorism official resigns to protest Iran war
A senior US counterterrorism official resigned today to protest the US-Israeli war against Iran and said the Islamic Republic posed no imminent threat to the United…
‘US will oppose any attempt by Poland to have nuclear weapons’
The US Undersecretary of War has said his country would “strenuously oppose” European nations such as Poland, Germany or the Scandinavian states from developing…
US urges new three-way nuclear deal with Russia and China
The US has urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons after the last treaty between Washington and Moscow expired.
America’s policy of ‘containing’ China is on the brink
The scenario that Brussels Signal warned about half a year ago in this very column seems to be coming to pass, with Pentagon leaks suggesting that an epochal shift…
UK drops push for Apple encryption ‘back door’ after US challenge
The UK Government has dropped its attempt to require Apple to create a "back door" in its encryption systems, following months of legal and diplomatic challenges.
Security without deterrence
As the geometry of international relations alters under the shockwaves emanating from the White House, old assumptions about alliances begin to fray.
Calm down: the ‘geopolitical crisis’ narrative is overblown
It has become cliché to say that the advent of the second Trump administration has thrown the world into chaos.
Political polarisation and US foreign policy
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Peace requires strength, but also diplomacy
When Ronald Reagan ran for president of the United States in 1980, he put “peace through strength” at the heart of his foreign policy vision.
China’s secret billions buy the soul of Western universities
In a 2019 speech, the internet pioneer Peter Thiel worried about possible high-level infiltration of American companies and universities by the Chinese.
Full-fledged American isolationism would be devastating – for its own interests, first and foremost
In his farewell address George Washington urged his compatriots and their descendants to restrict America’s involvement in the world and avoid entangling alliances.