Global Watch

Brazil is facing a security challenge shaped by the sheer length of its borders. With nearly 17,000 kilometers of land frontiers—one of the longest continuous stretches in the world—it shares boundaries with ten countries: Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, an overseas territory of France. No other country in South America manages such an extensive continental boundar...

A political storm erupted after remarks by US Senator Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2026. His speech, which praised the West's "missionaries, its pilgrims, its soldiers, its explorers" who helped build and expand "vast empires extending out across the globe," drew sharp criticism from leaders and commentators across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.   For critics, the language echoed colonial nostalgia. Frami...

Missiles lit up the sky on February 28, 2026, after tense talks collapsed and the United States and Israel launched a major strike campaign against Iran. In a dramatic escalation, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a strike, leaving Tehran in shock and the region bracing for wider conflict. Global markets reacted immediately, pushing oil prices sharply higher and hitting families from Asia to Europe with rising fue...

For decades, national security meant tanks, troops, and missiles. The COVID-19 pandemic changed that thinking overnight. A virus brought nations to a standstill, overwhelmed health systems, shut borders, and crashed economies faster than any armed conflict.   COVID-19 exposed the hard truth that weak public health systems are a national security risk. Governments deployed militaries to build hospitals, transport supplies, enforce lockdowns...

The Middle East is entering one of its most unstable periods in decades, with dramatic consequences already extending well beyond the region. The turning point came last Friday in Geneva, where negotiations between Washington and Tehran collapsed. Iran’s foreign minister accused the United States of making “excessive demands.” Less than 24 hours later, Israel and the United States attacked.   The shift did not come withou...