The global research landscape is fragmenting as nations balance security demands with scientific openness, leading to high-stakes espionage, policy clashes, and technology diversion. This week, we investigate reports of Canadian tech funneling to Russia's war machine via shell companies, North Korea's cyber campaigns against drone manufacturers, and how lobbying is integrating corporate interests into national security policy. We also examine critical warnings about academic "brain drain" in Quebec and a breakthrough magnet invention threatening China’s rare-earth dominance.