Monday 23 March 2026 The emergence of the so-called Corona and DarkSword exploit chains marks a notable moment in the evolution of mobile insecurity. For years, Apple devices were widely regarded as comparatively resilient to remote compromise. That assumption is no longer sustainable. What distinguishes these two exploit frameworks is not merely their technical sophistication, but their proliferation beyond tightly controlled intelligence operations into a wider and less pre

Monday 23 March 2026 The modern international order has always depended as much upon words as upon weapons. Yet the events of the past seventy-two hours — compressed, volatile and contradictory — have cast this proposition into unusually sharp relief. If one wishes to understand whether Donald Trump’s words retain geopolitical weight, one need only examine the sequence of escalation and retreat that unfolded over the weekend in relation to Iran’s energy infrastructure. The pa

Monday 23 March 2026 In the spring of 2026 the Italian Republic finds herself once again at a constitutional crossroads — a familiar condition in a polity whose post-war history has been marked by periodic attempts to recalibrate the delicate balance between political authority and institutional restraint. The proposed amendments to her Constitution, submitted to a confirmatory referendum on 22 and 23 March 2026, are outwardly technical in nature. Yet as so often in Italy, th

Monday 23 March 2026 The voice of experience in matters of war is often a quiet one, but when it speaks plainly it can carry the weight of history. Leon Panetta, who has spent decades within the innermost circles of American intelligence and defence policy, has issued precisely such a warning in response to Donald Trump’s decision to embark upon war with Iran. His criticisms are not those of a partisan opponent, but rather those of a statesman alarmed by the re-emergence of f

Sunday 22 March 2026 The death of Robert Mueller, sixth director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigations, ought to have been an occasion for solemn reflection in the United States — a moment in which a republic, so often riven by faction, might briefly have remembered the quiet virtues that sustain the rule of law. Mueller was not a man of theatrical temperament. He did not seek applause, nor did he trade in slogans. He embodied something older, sterner and altogether more