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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Utilities
      Chinese-made wind farms could become a new sabotage risk

      These turbines cost less than half the average price of those manufactured elsewhere

      Offshore wind turbines silhouetted against a dramatic sunset
    • Thursday, 5 October, 2023
      Political espionage
      Why Russian and Chinese spy scandals are a threat to us all

      As western governments increasingly call out foreign spies, the risks to travellers in Moscow and Beijing will grow

      Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor disembark from a plane in Canada after being released
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Sweden
      How tolerance makes nations vulnerable

      The disinformation surrounding Koran burnings in Sweden bear out philosopher Karl Popper’s warnings

      A woman protester wearing sunglasses and a hijab holds a Koran
    • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
      Shipping
      How surreptitious shipping is helping Russia

      Vessels masking their transmission signals explain the surprising resilience of Moscow’s wartime economy

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Finland
      We can all learn from the Finnish approach to defence

      The country has instilled a national will to protect in the majority of its citizens — this is no mean feat

      Conscripts take part in a military training at the Karelia Brigade Pahkajärvi firing range in Vekaranjärvi, north of Kääpälä, Finland on May 19 2022
    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Technology sector
      The 6G showdown with China is coming

      Huawei is gearing up its new-generation telecoms technology. Will Ericsson and others be able to compete?

      Customers wearing facemasks use Huawei smartphones in China
    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      Political espionage
      Norway’s Russian spy scandal should be a warning to all universities

      The suspected infiltration of Tromsø’s Arctic research centre highlights the hostile state threat to academia

      The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. Academic institutions that are active in defence and security will now have to become even more judicious in their hiring
    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Military technology
      Tech experts need defence training for Nato’s race against China

      Innovation is found in the start-up community, but these companies have minimal interest in national security

      Crew members onboard French long-range maritime patrol aircraft Atlantique 2 on its way from Souda military air base on Crete towards the Black sea last week
    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Food security
      Insurers will have to bear the risk of getting grain out of Ukraine

      They need to be convinced that any naval corridor established in the Black Sea will be safe

      A Russian soldier guards a pier, with grain storage in the background, at the Mariupol seaport
    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Insurers are scrambling to update the definition of war

      The Ukraine crisis demonstrates how far businesses have become a target for sanctions or retaliation

      KFC and McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow last week. The companies suspended their business in Russia
    • Monday, 14 February, 2022
      Cyber Security
      Modern warfare is catching companies in its crossfire

      States are increasingly using IP theft, business acquisitions and cyber attacks to harm adversaries

      Börje Ekholm, Ericsson’s chief executive
    • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
      Fake news
      Psy-ops are a crucial weapon in the war against disinformation

      Sweden’s new psychological operations agency will attack falsehoods that spread online like a virus

      A person uses a laptop computer with illuminated English and Russian Cyrillic character keys in Moscow, Russia
    • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
      War in Ukraine
      Russia’s ‘greyzone’ aggression is already harming Ukraine

      By frightening investors, Moscow’s troop build-up can hurt Kyiv even if it stops short of full-scale invasion

      Ukrainian soldiers patrol the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Katerinivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine
    • Monday, 5 July, 2021
      Cyber Security
      Older workers are a secret weapon against cyber attacks

      The value of employees who began their careers before the digital age is underestimated

    • Sunday, 16 May, 2021
      Globalisation
      Geopolitics spells the demise of the global chief executive

      As tensions between rival countries rise, borderless business becomes more difficult

      India-born Microsoft chief, Satya Nadella, addresses a summit. Executives’ supposed allegiance is to their shareholders but, as geopolitical confrontation intensifies, the matter of national allegiance will resurface
    • Sunday, 21 March, 2021
      Management consulting
      Military knowhow can help business navigate a hostile world

      Understanding how countries jockey for power by using the private sector as a proxy requires specialist skills

      Jim Mattis, a retired US general who can bring the military concept of Vuca (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) to company leadership
    • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
      Cyber warfare
      The temptation for cyber attackers to become short-sellers

      A lucrative and new field of criminal gain has opened up for sophisticated hackers

      The vulnerabilities of governments and companies are increasingly exposed
    • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
      Aerospace & Defence
      US interest in German space start-ups is not rocket science

      Berlin needs to do more to support its homegrown industry if it wants to retain talent

      Isar Aerospace is named after the river that flows through Munich as homage to the city becoming Europe’s space start-up hub
    • Sunday, 31 May, 2020
      Corporate governance
      Companies should start showing more national loyalty

      This crisis has taught us that governments would achieve more with some goodwill from business

      LUTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: A Ryanair passenger plane lands on the runway at Luton airport on September 19, 2017 in Luton, England. Passengers are facing severe travel disruption after the airline has announced it will be cancelling 40-50 flights every day over the coming six weeks, due to an error in their planning of pilot holidays. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
      Cyber Security
      Cyber attacks are a new front in assessing corporate risk

      As ‘acts of war’ proliferate and become harder to define, who will insure businesses?

      ATLANTIC OCEAN - SEPTEMBER 1: In this NOAA GOES-East satellite handout image, Hurricane Dorian, now a Cat. 5 storm, tracks towards the Florida coast taken at 13:20Z September 1, 2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. A hurricane warning is in effect for much of the northwestern Bahamas as it gets hit with 175 mph winds. According to the National Hurricane Center Dorian is predicted to hit the U.S. as a Category 4 storm. (Photo by NOAA via Getty Images)
    • Monday, 7 October, 2019
      Foreign direct investment
      Cutting-edge tech takeovers are a strategic threat to the west

      Governments should be more vigilant about foreign acquisitions in critical sectors

      Kuka AG 'LBR iiwa', left, and 'KR3 Agilus' robotic arms assemble a miniature car during a demonstration at the RoboDEX (Robot Development & Application Expo) in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. The business expo on robots and its development technologies runs through to Jan. 18. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
    • Saturday, 10 August, 2019
      Cyber warfare
      Business must prepare for aggression by states

      Companies should consider participating in military exercises

      ELVAL, NORWAY - NOVEMBER 03: Norwegian soldiers run for cover during an attempt to storm an opposing British Army position, during the live exercise on November 3, 2018 in Elval, Norway. 2018 has been a busy year for the British military with troops joining 50000 military personnel from 31 countries in central and eastern Norway for the NATO-led Exercise Trident Juncture 18 (TRJE18). The objective being that NATO forces are trained to operate together ready to respond to threats from any direction. Concurrently to Trident Juncture, 5500 British military personnel and Reserves from the Navy, Army and Air Force joined 60000 of their Omani counterparts train across the country in Exercise Saif Sareea (SS3). The UK has a long and established defence relationship with Oman and SS3 underpinned the UKs commitment to international allies and the ability to conduct a strategic deployment of a war fighting force to the Middle East. HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain's newest aircraft carrier, returns to her home port of Portsmouth next week in time for Christmas. During the past few months the ship has completed sea trials in the Atlantic Sea and successfully tested her capability to land the F-35 Fighter Jets on deck. By 2021 HMS Queen Elizabeth should be deployed on global operations. It can be said that the British military is operating and co-operating on a truly global stage. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
    • Tuesday, 23 April, 2019
      Cyber Security
      What ‘The Godfather’ can teach us about fighting cyber attacks

      Countries can defend against individual hackers by sending them a ‘horse head’ message

      Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5886165o) John Marley The Godfather - 1972 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Paramount Pictures USA Scene Still Drama Le Parrain
    • Monday, 25 March, 2019
      Cyber warfare
      Silicon Valley and the US defence department must work together

      Ministries cannot deal with non-military attacks by themselves

      Cyber defense operations using ArcSight at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, U.S., June 25, 2014. Picture taken June 25, 2014. David Vergun/U.S. Army Services/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1CFD9F6DA0
    • Monday, 4 February, 2019
      Cyber warfare
      Companies must become active participants in national cyber security

      Today’s hybrid warfare targets the private sector, so businesses and governments should work together

      The headquarters of A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S stands in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. For the first time in almost three years, the central bank of Denmark has bought kroner to support its euro peg through a direct intervention in the currency market. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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