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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 16, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian milbloggers continue to loudly reject the alternate battlefield reality that Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior Russian military commanders are trying to create. The...

China & Taiwan Update, January 16, 2026 (Institute for the Study of War)

Taiwanese Special Defense Budget: Taiwan’s opposition party, the Kuomintang(KMT), voted to block the Special Budget for Asymmetric War for the sixth time on January...

Zelensky Announces Government Overhaul (Anastasiia Lapatina – Lawfare)

No one has taken the “new year, new me” mantra this year as seriously as President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who announced “a substantial...

Key Trends that Will Shape Tech Policy in 2026 (Just Security)

The global technology policy landscape is entering a pivotal year. In the United States, the AI governance debate has evolved from whether to preempt...

Bipartisan plan aims to create U.S. reserve for critical minerals (Hans Nichols – Axios)

A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce (today) new legislation to establish a $2.5 billion "Strategic Resilience Reserve" (SRR) for critical minerals, Axios has...

Serbia let Putin’s spies zap dogs with ‘sound cannons’ (Una Hajdari – Politico)

Serbian intelligence officers tested sound cannons on dogs in collaboration with Russia’s notorious security service, according to government documents seen by POLITICO. The Serbian...

The Trump Administration Targets Europe’s Content Moderation Laws (Kenneth Propp – Lawfare)

Just before Christmas, the Trump administration raised the stakes in its campaign against laws in Europe that require social media platforms to exercise vigilance...

G7 Sets 2034 Deadline for Finance to Adopt Quantum-Safe Systems (Kevin Poireault – Infosecurity Magazine)

Financial businesses and public entities should have fully transitioned to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by 2034 at the latest, according to the G7. In a...

Impersonation Fraud Drives Record $17bn in Crypto Losses (Phil Muncaster – Infosecurity Magazine)

Cryptocurrency-related fraud losses hit record highs last year, thanks in part to AI tooling and sophisticated Asian crime networks, according to Chainalysis. The blockchain...

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