Global Security

The world of global security is in a state of profound transition. For decades, the Euro-Atlantic security architecture has been underpinned by a simple, yet powerful, principle: collective defense anchored by the United States. This model, a legacy of the post-World War II era, is now facing unprecedented stress. As the US recalibrates its strategic […]

On September 11, 2001, the world watched in horror as the deadliest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil unfolded in real time. Nearly 3,000 lives were lost when four commercial planes were hijacked, two crashing into the Twin Towers in New York, one into the Pentagon, and the fourth into a field in Pennsylvania. These attacks didn’t

Europe stands at a critical junction in the face of accelerating climate change. As the fastest-warming continent, it grapples with intensifying extreme weather, cascading environmental risks, and mounting economic losses. The convergence of climate impacts with security, economic stability, and social cohesion calls for urgent action: will Europe successfully build climate resilience, or will it

Recent developments have brought the threat of space warfare into sharp focus. In mid‑2025, Russia launched a satellite, widely referred to as a “killer satellite,” that deployed a smaller object into close proximity with a U.S. intelligence satellite, behaving much like an anti‑satellite weapon. This escalation of orbital aggression underscores the increasing militarization of space.

As humanity moves beyond Earth’s atmosphere and into the vast realm of space, the geopolitical implications of our extraterrestrial ambitions have become increasingly complex. What was once the domain of Cold War superpower rivalry has evolved into a multi-faceted arena involving state actors, private enterprises, emerging economies, and international institutions. This new dimension of global

On June 25, 2025, NASA leadership convened an agency-wide town hall to address the fallout from the proposed FY2026 budget. The atmosphere was tense. With a nearly 50% cut to the agency’s science division, the message was clear: missions will be canceled, programs will be dissolved, and thousands of civil servants and contractors will be

On May 29, 2025, the European Commission unveiled its Strategic Approach to the Black Sea, a long-anticipated roadmap that repositions this once-overlooked region at the heart of European and global security planning. For years, Romania and its neighbors have argued that the Black Sea is not a peripheral space but a strategic frontier where security,

In a stunning shift in U.S. space priorities, the 2026 presidential budget proposal calls for a 50 percent cut to NASA’s science programs. Among the casualties is one of the most ambitious robotic missions ever conceived: the Mars Sample Return (MSR). This mission, a decades-long international collaboration, was set to bring back Martian soil and