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Understanding the Drone Warfare Revolution, Part 1: From ISIS to Ukraine

Alexander Stavropoulos

Alexander Stavropoulos
July 25, 2026

Unmanned aerial vehicles have evolved from guerrilla spy platforms and grenade-dropping toys into advanced weapons that are rapidly changing how wars are fought. The drone revolution is only beginning. Understanding the drone warfare revolution - how it began and where it is headed - is becoming essential for anyone seeking a grasp of the novel tactics and countermeasures linked to the rise of drones.

Same Hollywood, Different America: Summer Movies 1996 versus 2026

Dave Oates

Dave Oates
July 11, 2026

The surge in positive sentiments in the early 1990s when the Cold War ended and the internet was launched find few parallels today. Americans' edgy, less optimistic mood is driving them toward darker cinematic genres and themes in the 2020s, many of them reflected most prominently in the horror genre.

Kickstarting a Revolution: A British Officer’s Perspective, Part 2: Chaos in Concord

Roger Kennedy

Roger Kennedy
July 4, 2026

Popular legend named it “the shot heard ‘round the world”, but on the morning of April 19, 1775, the shot that began America’s War of Independence seemed like a regrettable nuisance to British officers commanding the ‘redcoats’ marching through Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. The events of that fateful day astounded and disturbed the British, who soon realized they had badly misjudged the colonists’ mentality and mood.

Kickstarting a Revolution: A British Officer’s Perspective, Part 1: Shots Fired in Lexington

Roger Kennedy

Roger Kennedy
June 27, 2026

Some of history’s biggest turning points have occurred in small frontier towns of no consequence, witnessed by observers who could not guess their long-term impact. One such town was Lexington in the Crown Colony of Massachusetts. On the morning of April 19, 1775, a group of British soldiers entered Lexington on a routine mission: to confiscate weapons belonging to a colonial militia. The shots fired in Lexington that day took them by surprise.

Understanding Cryptocurrency, Part 3: Politics, Power and the Future of Crypto

Ivor Greymantle

Ivor Greymantle
June 21, 2026

In this third and final part of our 3-part series "Understanding Cryptocurrency", we delve into the deepening connections between the crypto industry and America's populist right-wing, examine the mainstreaming of crypto starting in the late 2010s, and venture some predictions about the future of crypto.

Understanding Cryptocurrency, Part 2: Digital Gold and Crypto Billionaires

Ivor Greymantle

Ivor Greymantle
June 13, 2026

The growth of Bitcoin revealed an important truth about cryptocurrency: blockchain technology had been created to solve a technical problem, but enthusiasm surrounding Bitcoin was never solely about technology. For some supporters, Bitcoin was an act of protest against centralized financial institutions. For others, it was an opportunity to become rich. Competing motivations helped fuel the explosive growth of crypto in the 2010s and are essential to understanding cryptocurrency.