Defense - Hex Index

Debate: Is a viable mediator for peace?

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Dec 17, 2025 · 14 min read · Defense

Debate: Is a viable mediator for peace?

Sudan’s recent history

Rebecca Gordon · ·Dec 17, 2025 · 13 min read · Defense

Sudan’s recent history

Going into 2026: What founders and security leaders need to know

Ross Haleliuk · Venture in Security ·Dec 16, 2025 · 14 min read · Defense

Going into 2026: What founders and security leaders need to know

Shelter materials for 1.3 million in gaza blocked at the border by Israel, as Israel facilitates…

Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 16, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense

Shelter materials for 1.3 million in gaza blocked at the border by Israel, as Israel facilitates…

No place to rest: Ukraine’s burial crisis

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Dec 16, 2025 · 10 min read · Defense

No place to rest: Ukraine’s burial crisis

What the US is doing to Ukraine is far worse than yalta

Phillips P. O'Brien · Phillips P. O'Brien ·Dec 16, 2025 · 14 min read · Defense

What the US is doing to Ukraine is far worse than yalta

London council deploys speed cameras to catch cyclists

Michael Macleod · London Centric ·Dec 16, 2025 · 14 min read · Defense

London council deploys speed cameras to catch cyclists

Cfr's mike froman on détente 2.0 and running a think tank

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Dec 15, 2025 · 41 min read · Defense

Cfr's mike froman on détente 2.0 and running a think tank

Israel assassinates qassam commander in gaza; rsf shell military hospital and advance in South…

Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 15, 2025 · 15 min read · Defense

Israel assassinates qassam commander in gaza; rsf shell military hospital and advance in South…

Morocco & the North African arms race - strategy, American equipment & the algerian build-up

Perun · Perun ·Dec 14, 2025 · 62 min read · Defense

Morocco & the North African arms race - strategy, American equipment & the algerian build-up

Weekend update #163: Ukraine goes from collapsing to liberating kupyansk

Phillips P. O'Brien · Phillips P. O'Brien ·Dec 14, 2025 · 13 min read · Defense

Weekend update #163: Ukraine goes from collapsing to liberating kupyansk

Mr zelenskyy goes to kupiansk. Putin huddles in Moscow. Chinese carrier off Japan. The big five, 14…

Mick Ryan · Mick Ryan ·Dec 13, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense

Mr zelenskyy goes to kupiansk. Putin huddles in Moscow. Chinese carrier off Japan. The big five, 14…

Army / navy in advancing AI and drones

Various · Defense Tech and Acquisition ·Dec 13, 2025 · 57 min read · Defense

Army / navy in advancing AI and drones

Will Ukraine face the hardest vote in decades?

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Dec 13, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense

Will Ukraine face the hardest vote in decades?

Facing Ukraine’s exhaustion

Good Times Bad Times · Good Times Bad Times ·Dec 12, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense

Facing Ukraine’s exhaustion

Zelenskyy presses u.s. For stonger security guarantees

Laura Rozen · Diplomatic ·Dec 11, 2025 · 8 min read · Defense

Zelenskyy presses u.s. For stonger security guarantees

Venezuela rhetoric echoes Bush sr’s 1989 push to oust panama’s noriega

Jeff Stein · SpyTalk ·Dec 11, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense

Venezuela rhetoric echoes Bush sr’s 1989 push to oust panama’s noriega

This black soldier went to Europe to fight Nazis. He was killed by white Americans before he got…

Kahlil Greene · History Can't Hide ·Dec 11, 2025 · 11 min read · Defense

This black soldier went to Europe to fight Nazis. He was killed by white Americans before he got…

U.s. Seizes oil tanker off Venezuela; palestinian baby dies of exposure as winter storms ravage gaza

Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 11, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense

U.s. Seizes oil tanker off Venezuela; palestinian baby dies of exposure as winter storms ravage gaza

Yesterday’s war

Doomberg · Doomberg ·Dec 11, 2025 · 3 min read · Defense

Yesterday’s war

A life amid spies: The two koreas

Jeff Stein · SpyTalk ·Dec 11, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense

A life amid spies: The two koreas

Brutal winter storms in gaza put 850,000 people at imminent flood risk; over 100 palestinians…

Ryan Grim & Jeremy Scahill · Drop Site ·Dec 10, 2025 · 15 min read · Defense

Brutal winter storms in gaza put 850,000 people at imminent flood risk; over 100 palestinians…

Going deeper into layer zero: Must-know for the cyber industry insiders

Ross Haleliuk · Venture in Security ·Dec 9, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense

Going deeper into layer zero: Must-know for the cyber industry insiders

How we gave Ukrainian orphans a visit from santa

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Dec 9, 2025 · 10 min read · Defense

How we gave Ukrainian orphans a visit from santa

Are India’s new himalayan tunnels too risky?

Fred Mills · The B1M ·Dec 8, 2025 · 12 min read · Defense

Are India’s new himalayan tunnels too risky?

Reagan recap

Various · Defense Tech and Acquisition ·Dec 8, 2025 · 17 min read · Defense

(Another) u.s. Shipbuilding disaster - the constellation class & u.s. Fleet modernisation

Perun · Perun ·Dec 7, 2025 · 64 min read · Defense

(Another) u.s. Shipbuilding disaster - the constellation class & u.s. Fleet modernisation

Weekend update #162: The best week since November 5, 2024

Phillips P. O'Brien · Phillips P. O'Brien ·Dec 7, 2025 · 13 min read · Defense

Weekend update #162: The best week since November 5, 2024

Headlines: New strategy, old problems

Various · Defense Tech and Acquisition ·Dec 6, 2025 · 79 min read · Defense

Headlines: New strategy, old problems

How China would cut Taiwan off

Tim Mak · The Counteroffensive ·Dec 6, 2025 · 15 min read · Defense

How China would cut Taiwan off