Great Global Arms Race; Iran Prefers Forever War?; Humanoid Robots
There is a number in this year's Sipri yearbook that should stop everyone cold. In 2025, the world spent $2.887 trillion on its militaries. The eleventh straight year of increase, pushing the global military burden to 2.5% of world GDP, the highest since 2009. On the other hand, the man who built one of the world's most formidable surveillance states may now be afraid of the very cameras designed to protect him. In a stunning revelation, reports suggest the kremlin temporarily shut down parts of Vladimir Putin's security CCTV network amid fears that artificial intelligence could turn Russia's own surveillance infrastructure into a tool for assassination.
