LSESU WAR STUDIES SOCIETY

Sudan has always been a land of multiplicity, a crossroads of Africa and the Arab world, home to hundreds of ethnic communities and more than a hundred languages. For centuries, it has been a meeting place of trade, poetry, and memory. The very name Bilad al-Sudan once referred to a vast region of powerful kingdoms, but it also encoded racial hierarchies that shaped how Africa was imagined by Arab and European worlds.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024 transformed Syria into a vacuum, pitting interests of regional powers against one another. Nearly a year later, Türkiye, Israel, Iran, and the Ahmed al-Sharaa government continue to champion competing visions for Syria’s future.

That modern warfare will unfold on a cyber front, as well as on the physical battlefield, has long been expected. Yet, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, awareness of the weaponisation of information has grown sharply.

Sudan's conflict recently dominated the news for satellite images proving large-scale civilian massacres. As the civil war enters its third year, the humanitarian catastrophe is deepening. Over 100,000 people have died, while 12 million have fled their homes (Booty & Chothia, 2025). More than 24 million Sudanese face acute food insecurity.

On the 26th of October, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured El-Fasher, the last major city held by the national army (SAF) in the Darfur region.

This article is a snap insight into Japan’s defence posture since Prime Minister (PM) Sanae Takaichi from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) took office on 21 October 2025, and the implications for regional security in East Asia.

On the 9th of October, trade war tensions were reignited, with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announcing the strengthening of its export controls on rare earth elements (REEs).

The last month has seen the continuation and expansion of the Russian deep strike campaign against Ukraine.

On November 26, five bodies bearing signs of torture were dumped outside the Autonomus University of Sinaloa, names have been numerated...

On 30 January, March 23 Movement (M23) insurgents captured Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Within the first few weeks of his presidency, Trump has announced an arguably shocking policy development; the freezing of USAID.

The start of December 2024 saw the demise of one of the most notorious regimes in the Middle East.

Late Tuesday night, South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol, declared martial law for the first time since the 1979 military coup.

The rapid collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria this past week, after more than a decade of civil war, came as a shock to many.

Historically, the Korean Peninsula has been a source of interest for US foreign policy.

 We often mistake the visible tip for the entire iceberg, especially when it comes to the murky world of espionage.

The Review Eastern European Edition examines aid to Ukraine during war with Russia, and NATO's presence in the Baltics.

In the Review Africa Edition, Mr. Boucher examines Equatorial Guinea, analyzing the potential for civil war.

The Review Middle East Edition delves into the region's Proxy wars, and Assad's regime in Syria.

A single encrypted military transmission might seem irrelevant to everyday life—until it isn’t.