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A big win for European space

The member states of the European Space Agency met in Germany last week to decide on agency funding levels for the next ...

Burning Falcon: the death of a Russian laser ASAT plane

Last week, Ukrainian drones and missiles struck a Russian air base. Among the planes destroyed there, Dwayne Day discuss...

Mapping the dark side of the world (part 3): Replacing ARGON, the SAMOS E-4, and mapping the Moon

In the conclusion of his examination of satellite mapping programs in the early Cold War, Dwayne Day examines revised ca...

Our best energy and efforts

Delays in the development of SpaceX's Starship have promoted calls for potential changes in NASA's Artemis lunar landing...

Chandrayaan-3 successfully undertakes lunar flybys

Two years after carrying out its prime mission of delivering a lander to the Moon, part of India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecr...

Practitioner's Insights: Large-scale Chinese-built wind power projects in S.Africa turn stable, abundant electricity supply for locals from luxury into reality

Civic groups in Taiwan protest Lai's arms push, oppose being dragged toward battlefield

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – November 2025 edition

Data exposure by top AI companies, the Akira ransomware haul, Operation Endgame against major malware families, and more...

Risky Business #816 -- Copilot Actions for Windows is extremely dicey

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Salesforce partner G...

The wrong sort of peace leads to the next war

Donald Trump’s approach to peacemaking ignores crucial lessons from history

John Bolton thinks America is past “peak Trump”

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser speaks to The Economist

Influencers in the crosshairs: How cybercriminals are targeting content creators

Social media influencers can provide reach and trust for scams and malware distribution. Robust account protection is ke...

Revisiting the Wolf Amendment after 15 years

It's been nearly 15 years since Congress passed legislation with a provision sharply restricting bilateral cooperation b...

Mapping the dark side of the world (part 2): supplementing, and supplanting, the ARGON geodetic satellite program

In the early 1960s the US flew several satellite mapping missions, with mixed success. Dwayne Day describes how an alter...

Space is the front line and not the final frontier: The United States should prioritize developing proactive norms of space warfare

Space is increasingly seen as a domain of warfare alongside air, land, and sea. Magdalena Bogacz argues that means the U...

How AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient

A desire to go further and faster in space is driving interest in advanced propulsion technologies, such as nuclear syst...

COP30 ends with a whimper

The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it

Chinese premier arrives in Johannesburg for 1st G20 summit in Africa

Erik Prince, America’s most notorious mercenary, spies opportunity in chaos

The return of the Blackwater founder is a sign of the times

How Chinese underground banks became the world’s biggest money-launderers

They connect rich Chinese, drug cartels and North Korean hackers—without anyone meeting

GT investigates: From political opportunist to militarist advocate: An expose of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's radical path

Risky Business #815 -- Anthropic's AI APT report is a big deal

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Anthropic says a Chi...

GT investigates: How Japan's PM revives bellicism mindset, perpetuates 'victim narrative' pushed by right-wing forces since WWI

The loneliness of America’s model ally

Donald Trump has no desire to play global cop. That is tough on Denmark, a loyal sheriff’s deputy

Mapping the dark side of the world (part 1): The KH-5 ARGON geodetic satellite

As important as high-resolution satellite imagery in the early Space Age was development of wide-area imagery needed for...

DARPA's real lunar opportunity: Build the operating system, not the outpost

DARPA has supported studies on lunar development recently, including establishing lunar infrastructure. Michael Stennick...

China’s creepiest export surge

Countries are queuing to buy the tools and techniques of the CCP’s security state

Risky Business #814 -- It's a bad time to be a scam compound operator

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: The KK Park scam com...

Beijing insiders’ plan to play Donald Trump

They see America’s president as a golden opportunity for China

Risky Business #813 -- FFmpeg has a point

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: We love some good vu...

China places a Hong Kong-sized bet on Western decline

The territory aims to prove that a non-free society can be a global financial hub

The War Room newsletter: Did a Russian weapon spook Trump?

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, talks missile protection—in Yorkshire

What will it cost to make Vladimir Putin stop?

Europe must offer Ukraine a big enough financial package to deter the Kremlin

Risky Business #812 -- Alleged Trenchant exploit mole is ex-ASD

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: L3Harris Trenchant b...

Donald Trump’s trade power is vast, but self-defeating

The view from Canada, as Trumpian threats fly

China is backing Russia’s war to keep America distracted, says Kaja Kallas

China’s rulers want to show it is in their people’s interests to keep America focused on Europe, according to the EU’s f...

Risky Business #811 -- F5 is the tip of the crap software iceberg

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: China has been rumma...

Brussels feels like a city preparing for war

Europe readies itself to survive in a world of hostile strongmen

Wide World of Cyber: A deep dive on the F5 hack

In this edition of the Wide World of Cyber podcast Patrick Gray talks to Chris Krebs and Alex Stamos about the F5 incide...

The War Room newsletter: Three lessons from a spy scandal

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, looks at an espionage fiasco in Britain