Drones with autonomous functions reduce dependence on communications links and can escape attempts at jamming. But they come with huge ethical risks.
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Change Management expert Dr Dino Dogan offers insights on an early warning signs initiative for detecting weak signals and avoidable pitfalls that lead to businesses going bust.
Moscow’s influence is Eastern Europe has been slipping of late, including with the loss of a stalwart ally in Hungary. The battleground, as ever, remains Ukraine.
A key challenge facing Magyar will be to undo the system Orbán has put in place to exercise control over Hungary.
Ukraine has warned that Russia could soon be pumping out 1,000 drones a day. Iranian technology has driven that growth.
Building in safeguards, including third-party monitoring, can increase the chances of a successful peace by almost a third, research shows.
Donald Trump is reportedly ‘sick’ of being presented with maps of Ukraine’s battlefronts. The problem may be he and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy are looking at different things.
The series may not be accurate in detail, but it is valuable in spirit – and hilariously opens a window onto a forgotten corner of European history.
NATO jets scrambled to shoot down at least 10 Russian drones after they were spotted in Polish airspace.
The US president has announced that arrangements are in the works for a meeting between the wartime leaders.
For all the talk of security guarantees for Ukraine, the peace being looked at by the US president looks to be aligned with that desired by his Russian counterpart.
A new textbook soon to be taught in Russian schools leans on the works of a 16th-century monk. It fits a pattern of ‘political neomedievalism’ by the Kremlin.
Sofi Oksanen draws on her family’s history of Soviet colonisation and reports of the war in Ukraine to argue Russia uses violence against women as a weapon of war.
Georgian legislation directly mirrors a contentious law Russia passed more than a decade ago to stifle dissent and quash the power of civil society groups.
More Ukrainians are willing to negotiate for peace now than in the early stages of the conflict − but clear red lines remain for the public.
Even if US financial aid is restored, Ukraine will have to mitigate the risk of future disruption – and that could mean a more timid approach.
A fractious meeting in Washington has left Ukrainians wondering what will become of relations with the US.
A majority of Russians are in favor of peace talks, but a very vocal minority eye US overtures with suspicion and contempt.
Ukraine’s leader and opposition leaders have said ‘no’ to elections during wartime – and they have the backing of the majority of Ukrainians.
In power since 1994, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko has aligned the country with Russia in an ideological battle with the West.
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