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Bus shelter sign in Windows recovery, after Crowdstrike IT meltdown

How extreme is the cyber catastrophe insurance protection gap?

Fears of ‘cybergeddon’ may have been overstated – recent evidence suggests insurers have quietly been expanding capacity.

Tom Johansmeyer|

3 March 2026

RANSOMWARELAW AND POLICYCYBERSECURITY

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
GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGYLAW AND POLICYUSA

Private power and the unravelling of the international order

Anjuli R K Shere|Neil Ashdown|

5 February 2026

Öffentliche Anhörung der Präsidentin und der Präsidenten der Nachrichtendienste des Bundes vor dem Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremium. Hier Blick in den Saal
GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGYEUROPECYBER CONFLICT

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

Matthias Schulze|

27 January 2026

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RANSOMWARELAW AND POLICYSOCIAL MEDIA

Local hackers and Russian-speaking cyber criminals stretching UK responses

Jamie MacColl|William Lyne|

10 December 2025

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CYBER CONFLICTCYBER OPERATIONSINFORMATION WARFARE

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

CYBER DIPLOMACYGEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGYAI
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

RANSOMWAREGEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGYCYBER CONFLICT

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

Aleksandar Milenkoskiet al.|

6 May 2025

CYBER OPERATIONSCYBER CONFLICTCYBERSECURITY

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

Joseph Christian Agbagala|

5 November 2024

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GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGY

CYBER CONFLICT

INFORMATION WARFARE

Self-attribution as strategy in the Russo-Ukrainian War

Peter Schrijver

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9 October 2025

Pamphlets at a HUR recruiting event in September. Photo: Головне управління розвідки Міністерства оборони України/Facebook

GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGY

CYBERSECURITY

HUMAN RIGHTS

How North Korea revamped old tactics for the IT age

Kritika Roy

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2 October 2025

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Korean_Restaurant_in_Shanghai_(15224449552).jpg

SURVEILLANCE

HUMAN RIGHTS

LAW AND POLICY

Digital transnational repression and the limits of international human rights law in a ‘post-territorial’ world

Siena Anstis

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16 September 2025

Elevated Security Camera Surveillance Footage of a Crowd of People Walking on Busy Urban City Streets. CCTV AI Facial Recognition Big Data Analysis Interface Scanning, Showing Personal Information.

CYBER CONFLICT

CYBERSECURITY

LAW AND POLICY

Hybrid conflicts, private companies, and European cybersecurity obligations

Pieter Wolters

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2 September 2025

CCTV camera prominently visible, symbolizing security and monitoring systems at shipment loading car import and export commercial trade business logistic and transportation of international.

HUMAN RIGHTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

DISINFORMATION

The digital repression of the Iranian women’s movement

Anwar Mhajne

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19 August 2025

A person stands outdoors holding up a large protest poster in front of their face. The poster features a woman draped in a blue garment with long flowing hair strands extending outward, symbolically. At the top of the poster are the words “Women Life Freedom” in English and Persian. Hashtags at the bottom read #MahsaAmini #IRAN #Beourvoice. Another person is seen standing in the background with arms crossed, and there are buildings and trees in the distance.

CYBER CONFLICT

CYBER OPERATIONS

INFORMATION WARFARE

China is using cyber attribution to pressure Taiwan

Ben Read

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22 July 2025

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