Ben Morgan: Putin’s Problems Mean Ukraine War Volatility
Putin is not winning, but that does not make him safer. Ben Morgan warns a cornered Russia may become more volatile.

Putin is not winning, but that does not make him safer. Ben Morgan warns a cornered Russia may become more volatile.

A new US-led Pacific “kill web” linking Japan, South Korea and the Philippines signals how rapidly the Indo-Pacific is militarising.

The future of war may already be here. Ukraine’s drone battlefield is changing military tactics faster than governments, generals or ethicists can keep up.

The Pacific is entering a far more dangerous era. Japan is deploying missiles into the Philippines, Canada is rearming, and New Zealand is deepening military integration with Australia while China escalates pressure in the South China Sea.
Russia needs a win — urgently. But Ukraine is grinding them down, Europe is waking up, and Putin may be running out of road faster than anyone expected.

The Pacific is quietly becoming one of the most militarised regions on earth. Ben Morgan tracks the moves, the risks and the fault lines.

The Iran war is a warning for the Pacific — cheap drones and precision weapons are changing warfare, making ‘area denial’ easier and more dangerous than ever.

Ukraine’s evolving drone tactics are reshaping the battlefield and targeting Russia’s oil economy in a slow, strategic war of attrition.

Ukraine may have slipped from the headlines, but Russia’s war still matters in 2026 for international law, European security and the rules-based order.

New technology is changing land combat and last year several NATO armies got an important ‘wake up’ call during Estonia’s…