Europe’s dependency on foreign-made arms is here to stay

Latin American voters frustrated by crime elected populist security-focused leaders, but economic shocks from Hormuz Strait disruptions and El Niño are forcing them to pivot toward economic demands, threatening further political instability across the region.

India endorsed strong pro-Palestinian language at the BRICS summit while its state-owned arms makers and private companies continued supplying Israel’s military with weapons, drones and ammunition components throughout Gaza’s war.

The United States and Iran remain locked in an unwinnable conflict where neither side can achieve its strategic objectives, yet both possess sufficient resources to sustain indefinite fighting. Neither will decisively defeat the other, but mutual distrust and fears of vulnerability prevent any negotiated resolution.