Geopolitics & Worlds

Waiting for spring to come in China–US relations (Jia Qingguo, East Asia Forum)

As the poet Shelley once hopefully wrote, ‘if winter comes, can spring be far behind?’ When it comes to China–US relations now, it seems...

Generational change in Singapore’s politics (Chia Siow Yue, East Asia Forum)

After a roller-coaster year, Singapore enters 2022 with its economy, government and society all proving resilient. Singapore managed the impacts of external pressures on...

Space Force expands on-orbit ‘neighborhood watch’ mission with two new tracking satellites (Courtney Albon, Defense News)

The U.S. Space Force just launched two new space domain awareness satellites, expanding the capability of its Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program and boosting...

Baltic states tout US-approved weapon shipments to Ukraine (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

The Baltic states have received approval from Washington to send American-made weaponry to Ukraine to help the country fend off a potential Russian invasion, according...

THAAD, in first operational use, destroys midrange ballistic missile in Houthi attack (Jen Judson and Joe Gould, Defense News)

A multibillion-dollar missile defense system owned by the United Arab Emirates and developed by the U.S. military intercepted a ballistic missile on Monday during...

Biden must act now to better arm Ukraine. Here’s what that should look like (Bradley Bowman, John Hardie and Jack Sullivan, Defense News)

As Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to add troops on Ukraine’s borders in preparation for a potential large-scale military operation, the Biden administration is reportedly weighing...

Defense industry frets as funding talks crawl (Joe Gould, Defense News)

Despite repeated warnings from uniformed Pentagon leaders and lawmakers of both parties that a full-year continuing resolution will hurt national security, some defense industry advocates are...

US hits Chinese defense companies with sanctions (The Associated Press, Defense News)

China on Friday criticized Washington for imposing sanctions on Chinese companies the U.S. says exported missile technology, and accused the United States of hypocrisy...

With blade issues resolved, Navy seeking four Ship to Shore Connectors a year (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The U.S. Navy’s program office for amphibious connectors is confident it can get its Ship to Shore Connector production line up to the desired...

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