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Russia orders top rights group shut, capping year of crackdowns (Reuters)

Russia's Supreme Court ordered the country's best-known human rights group on Tuesday to be liquidated for breaking a law requiring groups to register as...

U.S., Russia set for Jan. 10 security talks amid Ukraine tensions (Trevor Hunnicutt, Andrew Osborn, Reuters)

U.S. and Russian officials will hold security talks on Jan. 10 to discuss concerns about their respective military activity and confront rising tensions over...

The Pentagon’s Cloud War is (Finally) Nearing Conclusion (Frank Konkel, Nextgov)

The Defense Department began 2021 notifying Congress that it could abandon its years-long Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract should litigation continue to delay its execution. In July,...

Biden Administration Made Major Customer Experience Moves in 2021 (Frank Konkel, Nextgov)

Federal agencies continued making progress improving customer experience in 2021, achieving record high scores in Forrester’s annual U.S. Federal Customer Experience Index. Those ratings took place...

Biden signs $740B defense policy bill to overhaul sexual assault prosecutions, review Afghan war (Stephen Losey, Defense News)

President Joe Biden on Monday signed a $740 billion bill authorizing funding for the Defense Department in fiscal 2022. The National Defense Authorization Act includes a spending...

With first shipboard radar now running, Raytheon looks to upgrade SPY-6 for distributed operations (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

Even as Raytheon Missiles and Defense is building and installing its first SPY-6 radars, it’s also working with the U.S. Navy to add new...

Sweden’s top general on watching Russia and responding to an invasion of Ukraine (Joe Gould, Defense News)

The supreme commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Gen. Micael Bydén, recently met in person with the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chief’s of...

Belarus Unveils Draft Constitutional Changes To Tighten Strongman’s Grip On Power (RFE RL)

Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka has published draft constitutional amendments that would allow him to further strengthen his authoritarian rule and remain in office until...

U.S., Russia To Hold Ukraine Talks In Geneva On January 10 (RFE RL)

U.S. and Russian officials will hold security talks on January 10 amid mounting tensions over Ukraine. The bilateral talks will focus on nuclear arms control...

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