The fact that Africans have better access to strategic minerals is going to work in the interest of Africa.

It is extraordinary that they keep defending these countries and doing their bidding when there’s absolutely no trade and no investment advantage for South Africa.

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.

Ambassador Holliday called for the re-establishment of robust diplomatic networks to prevent misunderstandings and conflicts in space.

Donald Trump will return to the White House as America’s 47th president after victory in one of the most bitterly contested elections in the history of the United States. Trump was also on track to win the national popular vote, the first time a Republican has done so since George W Bush in 2004. After winning the biggest swing state prize of Pennsylvania, Trump had won (at the time of writing) 279 electoral college votes of the 270 he needed to win against Kamala Harris, his Democratic rival. Trump, 78, hailed his “incredible movement” after taking the stage in Florida…

A fire bomb hidden in a DHL package that caught fire in Germany in July was due to be sent by air to the UK as part of a suspected Russian sabotage plot.The sabotage mission – believed to have been ordered by the Russian military intelligence organisation known as the GRU, may have also been a dry run for a similar attack on the US and Canada, Western Intelligence sources believe.The magnesium-based device, reported to have been hidden in shipments of massage pillows and electronic gadgets, started a fire on the ground in Leipzig.Intelligence sources believe that if the device…

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 threats we face today. Firstly, let me be crystal clear, deterrence is the watchword here, – no sane person wants a nuclear exchange or war to ever occur – regrettably today, that means ensuring that you convince an enemy that the cost of starting a nuclear exchange is far, far greater than any perceived benefit. Many use the reference point…

Adm Mike Hewitt: If we don’t create an exit strategy for Putin, we’re not going to find an end state to the war in Ukraine.

NSN celebrates the exceptional contribution made by women across national security. 

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Hamas cannot continue to govern in Gaza and that Israel must allow for a new structure of governance to take shape in the territory. Speaking at a conference in London, Blair said: “It’s been over a year since the October 7 assault on Israel by Hamas, which has left Israelis deeply scarred and traumatised, while the pursuant Israel-Hamas war has led to unprecedented Palestinian casualties, displacement and destruction in Gaza.” The former Prime Minister made his comments in an address he delivered at Haaretz’s newspaper London conference titled “Israel after October 7:…

Two people are kidnapped for ransom per day in South Africa according to the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).

Up to 3,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, according to the United States government.US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said it would be “very, very serious” if the North Koreans were preparing to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, as Kyiv has alleged. But he said it remained to be seen what they would be doing there.Speaking in Rome, he said: “There is evidence that there are Democratic People’s Republic of Korea troops are in Russia.”White House spokesperson John Kirby said the United States believes at least 3,000 North Korean troops are undergoing training…