Department

Department of Strategic Monitoring

U.S. strikes ISIL targets in northwestern Nigeria

26 December 2025

U.S. strikes ISIL targets in northwestern Nigeria. What is officially confirmed and what remains unknownThe United States carried out strikes against ISIL targets in Nigeria on December 25, 2025. The episode drew particu...

Falcon 50 Crash in Turkey

23 December 2025

Falcon 50 Crash in Turkey: Libyan Chief of Staff Was on BoardOn the evening of December 23, 2025, a Dassault Falcon 50 business jet crashed in Turkey after departing from Ankara. The crash has been confirmed by video foo...

Aleppo: Clashes in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah

23 December 2025

Aleppo, December 22 Clashes in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah, civilian casualties, a ceasefire, and the wider debate over the future of the SDFOn Monday, December 22, 2025, security conditions in Aleppo sharply deteriora...

Tests in the Bay of Bengal

22 December 2025

Tests in the Bay of Bengal: Indian NOTAMs, the Maritime Leg of Deterrence, and Strategic Intelligence Competition with ChinaА signal, not merely a noticeThe series of NOTAMs issued by India over the Bay of Bengal for the...

The $11 Billion Taiwan Package

21 December 2025

The $11 Billion Taiwan Package: Technological Leaps, Operational Risks, and the Architecture of New DeterrenceThe events of December 2025 regarding the U.S. Congressional notification of a massive arms sale to Taiwan rep...

China Leads Nearly 90% of Key Technologies

17 December 2025

China is leading global scientific research across the overwhelming majority of critical and emerging technological domains, according to the latest update of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI) Critical T...