Perspectives

The UK’s expanded sanctions regime against Iran, effective from 29 September 2026, introduces significant new financial, trade and transport restrictions across sectors including energy, oil and petroleum products, petrochemicals, maritime [...]

Every day, high-value medicines move through increasingly complex global supply chains. Before reaching patients, pharmaceutical products may pass through manufacturers, wholesalers, logistics providers, distribution centres, pharmacies and hospitals across multiple [...]

Few pharmaceutical products have entered mainstream public consciousness as quickly as GLP-1. Originally associated primarily with diabetes treatment, medicines such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have become globally recognised through [...]

For many years, pharmaceutical crime has often been presented in terms of a relatively simple distinction: legitimate medicines are supplied through regulated channels, while falsified and illicit medicines circulate outside [...]

On 30 June 2026, the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026 came into force, introducing the most significant overhaul of the UK’s anti-money laundering regime since the regulations [...]

Commentary on AI-generated propaganda in the Iran conflict has tended to focus on the most viral examples: Mr Explosive’s Lego series, or the White House’s blend of military footage and [...]

CONTENT NOTE: AI, conflict & civilian harm AI is no longer confined to the cyber domain of the conflict in Iran and the Gulf. It is now appearing more frequently [...]

AI’s role in the conflict between the US and Israel, and Iran, has dominated news headlines, from Lego AI “slopaganda” created by an Iranian operative calling himself Mr. Explosive, to [...]

Modern wars tend to either create new technologies or accelerate their adoption. The Iran conflict has already left its mark on the world of cryptocurrency, producing new intelligence challenges, but [...]

Russia and China are two of Iran’s key partners in its conflict with the US. Does their support extend to cryptocurrency exchange? Seemingly not – so far. However, existing channels [...]

On 28 February when the US and Israel began their attacks on Iran, the market cap of crypto dropped a worrying 2.5%. However, this has not halted the movement and [...]

In Kuwait, roughly 100,000 people exist in a legal grey zone – stateless Arab residents known as the Bidoon (Arabic for ‘those without documentation or nationality’), constituting around 4% of [...]