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DEFENSE
Loitering Munitions: Kamikaze Drones in Modern Warfare
Why this family of drones matters Loitering munitions, often called “kamikaze drones” or one-way attack UAVs, sit at the intersection...
Wagner Group: Structure, Transitions, and the Changing Role of Security Actors
Why Wagner Matters to Industry Readers For a security-energy audience, Wagner Group is primarily a case study in how state-linked...
ENERGY
Breaking the Cost Barrier: A New Era in Global Renewable Energy
Let’s take a fresh, corporate-level look at a transformative shift now underway in international energy markets: the striking cost advantage...
Strengthening Türkiye’s Offshore Energy Fleet: A Strategic Leap Forward
Türkiye has recently expanded its deepwater exploration capabilities with the acquisition of two seventh-generation drillships. These vessels—pioneering in modern offshore...
Pegasus‑1 and the Pipeline Puzzle: How Will the Gas Reach the Market?
The discovery of Pegasus‑1 in the Eastern Mediterranean is being hailed as a turning point not only for Turkey’s energy...
CROSS-SECTOR INSIGHTS
When Oil Pays for Arms: How Energy Revenues Shape Defense Procurement
Energy money is never just energy money. In producer states from the Gulf to North and West Africa, parts of...
Navigating Emerging Seas of Risk: Maritime Security in Energy, Trade & Global Chokepoints
Maritime security is more than naval patrols and gunboats. In today’s interconnected trade and energy ecosystem, every delay, disruption, or...
Erik Prince in Haiti: What This Private-Sector Deployment Tells Us About Security, State Capacity, and Market Risk
Why This Matters Now If you follow Haiti, you already know the security situation is extraordinary: armed groups dominate most...
HISTORY & LEGACY
Inside Iraq’s Security Market: How Private Power Shapes a Fragile State
In the global security discourse, Iraq often appears primarily as an energy story, oil fields, gas pipelines, electricity deficits. But...
After Blackwater: How PMCs Evolved, Professionalized, and Fragmented
Private Military and Security Companies are no longer a curiosity confined to Iraq War retrospectives. Since the Blackwater era, the...
Africa’s Critical Minerals, Energy Security, and the Defense Equation
You keep hearing that Africa is “the next big thing” for energy transition metals. That is true. But it is...
KNOWLEDGE BASE
What Exactly Is a Private Military Company (PMC)?
If you follow defense and security, you keep hearing three letters—PMC. The term gets used loosely, sometimes to describe armed...
ITAR and the USML Explained: Weapons, Software, and Dual-Use Boundaries
Picture this: you are building something innovative, maybe a piece of equipment or software. Suddenly, you hear someone ask, “Is...
What is SAM.gov? The Official U.S. Gateway to Government Contracting
SAM.gov, short for the System for Award Management, is the official portal used by the United States government to manage...
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