Is nuclear energy the answer to AI data centers’ power consumption?
Nuclear power will be a key part of a suite of new energy infrastructure built to meet surging data-center power demand driven by artificial intelligence. But nuclear can’t meet all of the increased data-center power needs. Natural gas, renewables, and battery technology…
ONE LAW FOR THEM? Are the SAS victims of a witch hunt? Brigadier (Retd) Phil McEvoy OBE, a former head of Operational Law in the British Army, gives his view
On 06 February 2025, Northern Ireland’s Presiding Coroner, Mr Justice Michael Humphries concluded that the deaths of four members of the Irish Republican Army, killed by British forces at Clonoe on 16 February 1992, was as a result of excessive…
President Trump appoints “legendary” career counter-narcotics agent to lead the DEA
By Washington Staff Reporter A “legendary” counter-narcotics agent who helped capture some of the world’s most dangerous criminals has been appointed to lead the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). President Donald Trump has appointed Derek Maltz as the Acting Administrator…
The British Army is in serious trouble. How did this happen and what can be done about it? Guest writer Colonel (retd) Harry Fullerton OBE gives his view.
The British Army’s regular force now stands at a mere 72,000 soldiers, the smallest it has been since the mid-Eighteenth Century. Whilst it is still a much respected organisation that continues to deliver incredible outputs, it must now contend with…
South Africa at risk of being declared a threat to US security
The pressure to cancel the Agoa trade arrangement is a small matter compared to an initiative in the US Congress to declare South Africa a threat to US security, which will be considered by the Senate early in 2025.
OPINION: What Trump could learn from “Putin’s infiltration of South Africa” – Riva Levinson
Putin’s influence met resistance due to South Africans’ deep respect for their constitutional democracy, “We might not be so lucky the next time,” says Riva Levinson.
Is Trump committed to NATO?
Donald Trump will remain committed to Nato when he becomes the next US President according to one of Britain’s most senior former defence chiefs.
Air Marshal (Retd) Greg Bagwell: Is Our Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Enough?
By Air Marshal Greg Bagwell CB CBE I recently posted a couple of threads on X, which raised the question of whether the UK’s current and planned replacement solution for its nuclear deterrent was sufficient for the nature of the…
South Africa’s kidnapping surge: 17,000 cases in a year fuelled by rising extortion
Two people are kidnapped for ransom per day in South Africa according to the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
‘We believe that in 5 years, Ukraine’s defence sector will attract half a billion dollars;’ Q&A with foreign defense investors
By Andrea Januta. This story was originally published by The Kyiv Independent, 09 October 2024. Ukraine has become a hotbed of defense innovation, as Russia’s deadly invasion fuels a rapid development of new battlefield technologies. Kyiv now aims to become…
