2026

CHINA: ‘The state is using generative AI to engineer reality through informational gaslighting’

EU: ‘Funding civil society advocacy isn’t just legitimate – it’s a legal duty’

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

NIGERIA: ‘Air power can’t address complex and deeply rooted security challenges’

CONFLICT | CRISIS

THE NETHERLANDS: ‘The direction of policy-making will depend on where the government seeks support’

NEPAL: ‘The political system only moves when threatened directly’

VENEZUELA: ‘An economically stable authoritarian model could become entrenched’

International tensions spark new nuclear threat

2026 Munich Security Conference confirms transatlantic rupture and the erosion of non-proliferation norms

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

BURKINA FASO: ‘The dissolution of parties complicates the return to constitutional order’

THAILAND: ‘Electoral periods are particularly sensitive moments for civic space’

Iran: revolt crushed but crisis unresolved

Thousands killed, tens of thousands detained – and the repression is far from over