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Military technology is advancing at a speed that established defence institutions struggle to match. Drones, AI, and autonomous systems can evolve within months, while doctrine, procurement, and force ...

In 2025, China enacted several export controls on rare earth elements (REEs), critical minerals that are essential for consumer electronics, renewable technologies, and the aerospace and defence ...

Reports and information disclosures by threat intelligence providers, government agencies, think tanks, and online hacktivists have exposed China’s elaborate multifaceted “hack-for-hire” ecosystem ...

Gorana Grgić and Daniel Möckli place this year’s edition of Strategic Trends in the context of profound changes in the international order, characterized by shifting power balances, increasing rivalry ...

For a long time, peacebuilding has focused on international actors building social cohesion in mostly non-Western countries following violent conflict, rather than thinking about problems at home. Yet ...

The Ukrainian military situational awareness platform Delta (Дельта) is at the heart of this CSS report. Initially developed in 2015 by Aerorozvidka (Аеророзвідка – then military unit A2724), the ...

The proliferation of emerging technologies including drones, AI, hypersonic missiles, advanced communication networks, cyber, and space-based assets, is increasingly shaping contemporary conflicts.

The Center for Security Studies’ annual flagship publication, Strategic Trends, identifies key developments shaping international politics and global order. Today’s geopolitical landscape is marked by ...

The space sector has become an increasingly attractive target for cyber threat actors. In 2025, 407 cyber incidents affecting 183 distinct space-related entities were identified through open-source ...

Any analyst writing about Donald Trump’s presidency faces a choice: treat his actions as personal idiosyncrasies or place them in a broader theoretical frame. This analysis considers both. The past ...

Recent revelations of Chinese government-backed hacking show a recurring pattern: prominent hackers behind groups such as APT17, APT27, APT41, Flax Typhoon, and Red Hotel—monikers given by ...