On 11th September 2025, HCSS welcomed Iskander Rehman, author and Senior Political Scientist at the RAND corporation for a lecture on the Lessons Learnt from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) applicab...

In Japan and South Korea there is deepening concern over the reliability of long-time American security guarantees – whether the U.S. will come to their aid in the event of a war. This has been turbo-charged by Donald Trump’s tough treatment of traditional U.S. allies, which has some in Tokyo and Seoul calling for a reassessment of their non-nuclear policies.

Elbridge Colby and others push allies to ramp up defence spending

Russia once controlled 20 percent of U.S. territory. That legacy helps explain its aggression against Ukraine.

Crypto, minerals and flattery paved Islamabad’s improbable rise in White House favour

Iskander Rehman, Sir Peter Stothard · Audiobook

Among the least ambitious of Roman emperors, Tiberius seemed content to remain a general, leading his legions.

In the American Revolutionary War, British soldiers employed orderly, neat formations that they had perfected in European battlefields, but that were worthless against colonial rebels. More than two c...

Engineers suggest a solution that could dramatically boost UAVs’ prospects of evading advanced air defences.

RAND staff profile for Iskander Rehman.

This year’s apparent lull may be the calm before another storm