Diplomacy & International Relations

Estonia-Russia ship standoff portends a harsher tone on the Baltic Sea (Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo – Defense News)

Russia’s detention of a Greek-owned ship that departed from Estonia – days after Estonian forces tried to intercept a Russia-bound tanker – signals Moscow’s...

Europe’s defense investments signal big wins for American industry (Jovita Neliupšienė – Defense News)

European nations are answering the call to invest more in our own defense readiness with a nearly one trillion-dollar plan to buy new weapons...

Trump: Golden Dome to cost $175B, be ready in three years (Patrick Tucker – Defense One)

An architecture, a price tag, and a development leader have been set for the ambitious Golden Dome anti-missile defense system, President Trump said Tuesday....

How Trump’s Law Firm Settlements Circumvent Congress and Violate Federal Spending Laws (Scott Lewy – Just Security)

The Constitution grants Congress exclusive control over federal spending—an essential check on the executive branch. But a recent wave of settlement agreements between the...

A New Strategy to Counter Chinese Sabotage of Taiwan’s Undersea Cables (Timothy Boyle – Just Security)

Taiwan’s undersea communications cables keep getting cut. In January, Xingshun 39 — a Tanzanian-flagged vessel controlled by a Hong Kong company and crewed by...

South Korea’s Digital Regulation Proposal Sparks U.S. Pushback (Andrew Yeo – Lawfare)

Although the Trump administration’s tariff proposal has sucked much of the wind from U.S.-South Korea trade discussions, a different battle—over South Korea’s proposed online...

On the Path to AI Sovereignty, AI Agency Offers a Shortcut (Aubra Anthony – Lawfare)

Artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) explosive evolution from a niche field of academic study to a ubiquitous and loudly hyped headline has created a pressing sense...

Organized crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain (UN News)

Criminal networks are increasingly seeking to gain control over extraction sites, trade routes, and refining infrastructure. According to a new report from the UN...

Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics (UN News)

After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, countries have adopted the world’s first-ever international agreement to better prevent, prepare for, and...

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