Wires Brief: Taliban & North Korea hold military cooperation talks; German police arrest former intelligence chief on espionage charges
6 October 2026 Iran War The chief of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco said rebuilding global oil inventories while meeting demand could take up to two years once the Strait of Hormuz…
Book Watch: Digital (Dis)Information Operations: Fooling the Five Eyes.
5 October 2026 Digital (Dis)Information Operations: Fooling the Five Eyes. Edited by Melissa-Ellen Dowling. Routledge, 2025. ISBN 978-1-032-60180-9. Notes. Index. Pp. xii, 179. $64.99 (paperback). Digital (Dis)Information Operations: Fooling the…
Wires Brief: Russian plague worker dies, nearly 200 isolated; US removes B-1 Bombers from RAF Fairford
5 October 2026 Iran War Iran says that there is no military solution to the US’ war with Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi “If our enemies again choose the…
Wires Brief: US Treasury cracks down on Russian-Iranian shadow banking; Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt expel diplomats
2 October 2026 Iran War The US Treasury Department announced restrictions on the A7 Network, which is a Russian shadow banking system Iran uses to evade sanctions. According to the…
Wires Brief: Ukraine nearing goal of 50,000 Russians killed per month; Elon Musk to join Project Meridian
1 October 2026 Yemen The Wall Street Journal reported that Iranian weapons and supplies of Chinese dual-use components assisted the Houthis with their territorial expansion. It has been well-documented for…
Podcast: Conversation with Jeff Kibble MP, Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement
29 September 2026 Stewart Webb sits down with Jeff Kibble, CD and the Member of Parliament for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford and Conservative Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement. Both discuss Kibble’s feasibility study…
Wires Brief: Russia Boosts 2027 Military Spending; N. Korean Landmine Injuring S. Korean Soldiers May Have Been Intentional
29 September 2026 Iran War Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said that any obstruction to the export of Iranian oil will prompt Iran to ensure that “no one in…
Wires Brief: UK probes Iran link to suspected air base plot; Less than 40% of South Koreans believe unification is necessary
28 September 2026 Iran War President Trump expects peace talks to resume with Iran in the coming week after he rejected Iran’s peace proposal. Iran continues its stance that it…
Wires Brief: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Türkiye still working out Mekka Agreement; TPLF say they are in full-blown war with Ethiopia
25 September 2026 Iran War The United States and Iran are discussing a phased path out of war, which would have Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United…
Wires Brief: CIA warns of Russian shadow fleet drone incursion in southern Europe; Pakistan strikes 10 Taliban facilities
24 September 2026 Iran War Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN General Assembly that Iran would never bend the knee to aggression. Pezeshkian held up a photo of the…
