Systems and Innovation

How complex systems are designed, scaled, and destroyed — engineering thinking applied to technology, infrastructure, and everything in between.

Analysis of how modern military procurement is increasingly constrained by geology, with a focus on the shift from peer-to-peer warfare to attrition warfare, the rise of drone warfare, and the impact of critical-mineral supply chains on military capabilities.

Germany hid its rearmament behind a shell company. America hides its empire behind the dollar. The mechanism differs; the arithmetic does not.

An investigation into the places that turned geography’s worst cards into winning hands

The dramatic story of the Liberty ships that broke apart at sea, and how these wartime failures led to a revolution in fracture mechanics.

A look at the history of the U.S. auto industry and its relationship with China, and how it led to the current state of the industry.

A monument on Park Lane honours the animals who served and died. But for every sculpted horse, there are millions of unmarked graves that force a deeper question: can a morality built for humans ever do justice to the casualties of another species?

A combat dog is equipment, a dolphin a weapons system, and a zoo animal collateral damage. International humanitarian law was written for humans, and its silence on the sentient victims of war is becoming deafening.

The populations of companion and street animals that wars leave behind—and the informal humanitarian networks that rush in.

When battlefields become killing fields for wildlife, the planet's biodiversity pays a price that no peace treaty can refund