2024 will play host to some 40 national elections across the globe. In such a standout election year, S-RM’s Strategic Intelligence team delves into the trends shaping the world of politics and their impact on key ballots in the US, South Africa, India and elsewhere.
Since launching a coordinated offensive in the Shan State, the Three Brotherhood Alliance has dealt a series of significant blows to Myanmar’s armed forces. Richard Gardiner considers whether the alignment of three distinct rebel groups marks a turning point in the country's civil conflict.
Despite extensive government crackdown efforts, organised crime groups in Australia have proven resilient. Asees Bajaj explores the roots of organised crime in Australia and its notable impacts on the economy.
Profiling school attackers is complex and wrought with challenges, but mapping the conditions under which attacks happen can shed some light on what prompts them, and how to prevent them, writes Markus Korhonen.
Interpol’s inaugural Global Crime Trend Report released in October 2022 underscores the growing threat that criminal activity, including organised crime and illicit trafficking, presents across the globe. This upward trend in criminality has continued in the first half of 2023. Cameron Cullen and Richard Gardiner discuss some of the notable crime developments…
Events following Imran Khan’s recent arrest illustrate the former prime minister’s popular appeal and ability to mobilise protest action. Combined with the deepening economic crisis and escalating political tensions ahead of the October elections, Pakistan faces a period of significant instability and rising levels of civil unrest, writes Richard Gardiner.…
Regardless of the outcome of the May 2023 elections, the threat of political violence, largely rooted in longstanding tensions between opposing political sides, will persist for the foreseeable future, writes Saif Islam.
The recent kidnapping of four researchers conducting archaeological fieldwork in Papua New Guinea highlights the ongoing security challenges in the country, writes Saif Islam.
Two years after the 2021 military coup, Myanmar’s political and security crisis shows little sign of easing. Richard Gardiner discusses why neither the military nor resistance groups currently possess the requisite capabilities to gain the upper hand.
The ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement that brought about a change of leadership in 2022 has largely dissipated, although anti-government sentiment remains prevalent. Tamsin Hunt identifies some of the key drivers civil unrest in Sri Lanka in 2023.
There has been a significant drop in maritime crime related incidents reported globally in 2022. Yet, despite the drop in numbers, Richard Gardiner and Tash Glazer caution that the threat persists. With underreporting skewing statistics, maritime crime will remain a key security concern in 2023.
Amid a new wave of kidnapping in the Philippines, Tamsin Hunt investigates recent trends; looking at the prime targets and perpetrators, and where, why and how incidents manifest.