Ireland's defence is cyber, and the politics needs to catch up
Three quarters of Northern Hemisphere subsea cables pass through or near Irish waters. The Defence Forces have just signed a €60 million Thales sonar contract …
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Tagged: Maritime Security
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This Is Not Normal
You already know something is wrong. You've known for a while. The news cycle confirms it daily: climate collapse accelerating past every guardrail, genocide broadcast …
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The Map That Cannot Be Printed
The phrase "new world order" has been in circulation for so long, in so many registers, by so many speakers with so many different intentions, …
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The Fab and the Island
For two decades, the strategic conversation about Taiwan has been organised around the wrong question. The wrong question is whether China will invade Taiwan, and …
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It Is Too Much
It is too much. That is the first thing to say, and most of the writing about the present moment will not say it, because …
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The Blockade That Blinked
On Sunday, a Russian oil tanker called the Anatoly Kolodkin was sailing at 12 knots off the eastern tip of Cuba, carrying 730,000 barrels of …
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Is This Neutrality?
The 'rebooted' UK-Ireland defence agreement signed in Cork on 14 March 2026 updates a 2016 memorandum to cover subsea cable threats and cyber-attacks. It is …
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Persistent Maritime Monitoring for Ireland's Exclusive Economic Zone
Ireland faces a critical maritime security gap. The Naval Service, operating at 65% of authorised strength, completed only 428 patrol days in 2024. This concept …
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