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The Mecca Pact’s Real Test

Key Points : Türkiye must control every mission accepted under the pact. Intelligence support can create exposure without combat deployment. Defending Saudi territory must not determine Yemen’s settlement. Iranian stability remains a Turkish and Pakistani interest. The next attack will test consent, reciprocity and restraint. Summary+ The Mecca...
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European Combat Vessel: Can Seven Navies Deliver?

Key Points : Seven EU states plan a modular warship family for 2040 Requirements released in January 2026 now await national...
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The Emotion of Wars

Key Points : Wars rarely end for strategic reasons alone. Fear, pride, anger, humiliation and hope keep them going. Russia-Ukraine and...
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Beyond the Airframe: How Advanced Materials Are Shaping the Future of Air Power

Key Points : Future air power increasingly relies on distributed, autonomous and networked operations. Collaborative Combat Aircraft and unmanned systems are...
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Escalation Architecture From Black Sea to Red Sea

Key Points : Crisis theatres are becoming connected systems. Maritime routes now transmit escalation. Energy chokepoints bind distant theatres. Critical infrastructure expands the...
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How can maritime drones navigate/survive in a jammed environment?

Key Points : Electronic warfare threatens the core functionality of maritime robotics by actively targeting maritime drones’  ability to navigate...
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Who Sets Syria’s Security Limits?

Key Points : Israel struck Abu al-Duhur after talks on prospective Turkish deployments. In April 2025, Israel struck T4, Palmyra and...
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The Mecca Pact Connects Two Wars

Key Points : Türkiye is losing its strategic non-entry position. The pact links Gulf security to NATO. Israel is its main indirect...
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Defence Innovation as Protection

Key Points: NATO’s central defense innovation challenge is conversion, not invention. Emerging and disruptive technology (EDT) adoption should be driven by...
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The Northern Front After Iran

Key Points: Israeli security discourse should be analysed, not accepted. Lebanon may be theatre shaping before Iran. Hezbollah is the output of...
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