America's Chief Warmonger Says the U.S. is "Checkmated" by Iran open.substack.com/pub/arnaudbe...

Brazilian delegate at the NPT Review Conference: "the indefinite possession of nuclear weapons by a few cannot remain the organizing principle of international security" reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...

When a state or organisation views its own population as a ‘front’ in a conflict, ‘information superiority’ is crucial to ensure that the domestic press and media echo state-sanctioned perspectives to maintain public morale or manufacture consent for a conflict. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

"Violations of the rule of law have become the air Americans breathe". Drawing parallels between the US War on Terror and the Department of Homeland Security’s current immigration crackdown. tomdispatch.com/the-global-w...

In 2025 military spending by European NATO members rose faster than at any time since 1953, reflecting the ongoing pursuit of European self-reliance alongside increasing US pressure to strengthen alliance burden sharing. www.sipri.org/media/press-...

The political and human rights that defined Starmer's legal career were won through the same types of protest his government and UK universities are seeking to limit. A resilient democracy manages dissent through transparency and the protection of civil liberties. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Washington think tanks that provided the intellectual architecture for the Iraq War in 2003 are also the primary drivers of the narrative favouring military action against Iran in 2026, AI analysis finds. responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-war-thi...

The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies earned more than $30 million every hour in windfall profits during the first month of the US-Israeli war on Iran, generating an estimated $23 billion in excess earnings in March alone as oil averaged $100 a barrel. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On Monday Spain became the first Western nation to reopen its embassy in Tehran since the ceasefire, with Ambassador Antonio Sánchez-Benedito declaring he had returned “in order to join in efforts for peace from every possible quarter.” Spain has been the most vocal NATO state against the conflict.

Total additional military spending by European NATO members to meet the 5% NATO spending goal will amount to 5,100 billion Euros (€5.1 trillion) between 2025 and 2035. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2026/04/15/p...

A new NATO Watch discussion paper by Michael Brzoska warns that NATO’s 2025 decision to raise military spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 could more than double alliance-wide military expenditures and place a heavy burden on European NATO member states. natowatch.org/default/2026...

This Freudian slip in the NYT comes as President Trump has renewed threats to pull the US out of NATO, saying he is “absolutely” and “strongly” considering an exit while attacking allies for doing “absolutely nothing” to support (illegal) US operations in Iran. www.deccanherald.com/world/rest-o...

Should Nordic countries be backing the Europeanization of nuclear 'deterrence' or living up to their commitments to risk reduction? thebulletin.org/2026/03/the-...

The Transatlantic Relationship You Knew Is Gone www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Boom! Kerching! "it is worth asking who the barbarians are, when the richest country in the world fires missiles from halfway across the world at targets it knows nothing about, because its sleazy, ignorant president wants some positive headlines" open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...

How has NATO responded to the US-Israeli war on Iran? Member states are split: some have voiced strong support for the strikes; others have expressed varying degrees of veiled criticism;  only Spain and Turkey have been unequivocally critical natowatch.org/default/2026...

US and Israeli strikes - in the middle of of a second negotiation process with Ian - are irresponsible, highly dangerous and illegal. The NATO Secretary General and member states must call out these Rogue state actions and use all diplomatic levers to end the attacks and uphold international law.

A convincing counter-thesis to the MSC echo chamber. Instead of the US and Europe drifting apart the reality is a "security architecture that gives Europe more mass, but no sovereignty; more responsibility, but no autonomy". Munich in the Bunker open.substack.com/pub/themindn...