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Egriselda Aracely González López (centre of photo), Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations, addresses the informal meeting of the General Assembly plenary on the implementation of the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. At right is Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

From launch to delivery, the UN’s new cybersecurity mechanism faces old divides

The Global Mechanism on ICT Security must balance consensus and efficiency and focus on implementation over new commitments in order to succeed

Christina Rupp|

24 April 2026

President Trump Meets with Mark ZuckerbergPresident Donald J. Trump welcomes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. USA - Sept. 19, 2019.
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Online harm taxonomies and changing US technology governance

Theodora Skeadas|

17 March 2026

Bus shelter sign in Windows recovery, after Crowdstrike IT meltdown
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How extreme is the cyber catastrophe insurance protection gap?

Tom Johansmeyer|

3 March 2026

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A fragmented ransomware ecosystem may be more threatening than we recognise

Jason R.C. Nurse|William Lyne|

25 February 2026

From left, pharmaceutical executive Nathalie Dompé, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and President Donald Trump at a White House dinner, 4 September 2025. Photo: White House/Andrea Hanks
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Private power and the unravelling of the international order

Anjuli R K Shere|Neil Ashdown|

5 February 2026

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China is using cyber attribution to pressure Taiwan

Ben Read|

22 July 2025

CYBER CONFLICTCYBER OPERATIONSRUSSIA

Ukraine’s volunteer IT Army is making gains on the cyber front

David Kirichenko|

27 May 2025

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G7 leaders at the June 2024 Apulia Summit. Photo: Adam Schultz/The White House

Sowing the seeds of enhanced cybersecurity cooperation within the G7

Officials from the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency discuss the challenges and successes of creating the new G7 Cybersecurity Working Group

Massimo Marottiet al.|

12 May 2025

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State-backed ransomware at the intersection of espionage, sabotage, and cybercrime

Aleksandar Milenkoskiet al.|

6 May 2025

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Provincial governments play an underappreciated role in China’s cyber operations

Joseph Christian Agbagala|

5 November 2024

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How European and allied cybersecurity strategies are shifting from defence to offence

Matthias Schulze

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27 January 2026

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Local hackers and Russian-speaking cyber criminals stretching UK responses

Jamie MacColl

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William Lyne

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10 December 2025

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How ‘sovereignty-as-a-service’ became a pillar of modern warfare

Tobias Liebetrau

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Jeppe T. Jacobsen

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25 November 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a meeting with representatives from US companies, including Microsoft, Boeing, IBM, and Raytheon, July 2025. Photo: Presidential Office of Ukraine

GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGY

CYBER CONFLICT

LAW AND POLICY

Balancing external pressures and internal restraints, Japan turns toward active defence

Abhishek Sharma

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11 November 2025

Photo: US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda

LAW AND POLICY

CYBERSECURITY

EUROPE

Why don’t small and medium UK enterprises buy cyber insurance?

Spike Lister

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6 November 2025

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India and Indonesia’s approach to publicly attributing cyberattacks? No naming, no shaming

Gatra Priyandita

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Arindrajit Basu

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4 November 2025

Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi speaks at the ASEAN-India Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, 7 September 2023. Photo: Ministry of External Affairs of India

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