Geopolitics

Hacktivist Proxy Operations as an Emerging Repeatable Model of Geopolitical Cyber Pressure

Hacktivist proxy operations - A new research report highlights the growing trend of Hacktivist Proxy Operations, a modern form of cyber. 

Oil futures: Crude opens week firmer, geopolitics monitored

WTI Brent LPG 36min ago Crude oil futures opened the week higher as benchmarks rebounded from the pre-weekend sell-off as geopolitical events again vied with glut...

Politics were predictably unpredictable

We asked a handful of geopolitical questions last year, and it wasn’t your strongest subject. If this were a test where you could earn...

John Simpson: ‘I’ve never seen a year as worrying as 2025’

John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025' 7 hours ago John SimpsonBBC world affairs editor BBC Sensitive content: This...

Mogadishu Encircled: Is Al-Shabaab  a Functional Proxy for Rival Maritime Powers in the Red Sea?

Along the strategic corridors of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, Somalia has reached a critical inflection point that poses a fundamental threat...

What will climate, geopolitics, demography and technology be like in 2040?

If ever a future defied prediction, ours does. Who living in the pre-virtual 1980s could have foreseen the wonders and marvels that we’ve already...

Middle East Geopolitical Risk 2026

Executive Summary This report evaluates the Middle East’s geopolitical risk for 2026, a year defined by the precarious “armed peace” following the 2025 Israel-Iran kinetic...

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