Intelligence

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...

IOS SAGAR: An Experiment in Maritime Cooperation (Sayantan Haldar – Observer Research Foundation)

On 8 May, the Indian Navy concluded the inaugural edition of its new initiative, IOS SAGAR. It involved a month-long deployment of the INS...

US should rethink current views of Russia’s cyber might, new report says (David DiMolfetta – NextGov)

U.S. policymakers should reassess their assumptions about Russia’s cyber capabilities to include its murky cybercrime ecosystem that doesn’t always have clear ties to Kremlin...

NATO aims to bolster investments in space, intelligence sharing (Theresa Hitchens – Breaking Defense)

NATO is working to up its game when it comes to intelligence gathering and sharing, in particular increasing investment in space capabilities, a senior...

US and UAE ink agreement formalizing Major Defense Partnership (Agnes Helou – Breaking Defense)

During President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf, the US and United Arab Emirates signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) formalizing the establishment of...

What Will the U.S. Golden Dome Missile Defense Mean for Russia? (James D.J. Brown – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Just one week after U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January this year, he used an executive order to request a new missile shield...

The Pacific needs to upgrade regional intelligence cooperation (Mary Kalola – The Strategist)

Strengthening regional partnerships can help Pacific intelligence capabilities overcome rising challenges. The Pacific should establish a centralised intelligence hub alongside or through the expansion...

Ensuring Australia’s defence through complex interdependence (Peter Layton – The Strategist)

Australia’s defence thinking is based on outdated grand strategies. Adopting a complex interdependence grand strategy could create robust connections with many countries, enhancing national...

EU, UK agree defense partnership as prelude to tighter cooperation (Rudy Ruitenberg – Defense News)

The European Union’s executive arm and the United Kingdom agreed on a security and defense partnership which they said will allow for closer cooperation...

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