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Africa – Figure of the week: Increasing access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa (Mary Blankenship and Christina Golubski, Brookings)

his month, the custodian agencies of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 released a joint report, “Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report,” which examines...

SDGs – Ensuring the durability of local commitments to the SDGs (Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet, Brookings)

The long-term horizon of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) poses a challenge to any elected government since their achievement depends on sustained efforts across...

USA – Around the halls: Impressions and conclusions from President Biden’s first international trip (Madiha Afzal, Giovanna De Maio, James Goldgeier, Patrick W. Quirk,...

Joe Biden’s first international trip of his presidency took him to Europe for a series of summits with the leaders of key U.S. allies...

USA – Make US Army Aviation More Lethal (R.D. Hooker, Jr., Defense One)

 TYLER GREENLEES/US ARMY For speed, lethality and decisive influence on the land battle, Army Aviation is the Army’s crown jewel. Yet a few changes could...

USA – US Civil-Military Relations Are Complicated, But Not Broken (Joseph J. Collins, Defense One)

LISA FERDINANDO, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS A recent article in Foreign Affairs carried this shocking title: “Crisis of Command: America’s Broken Civil-Military Relationship Imperils National...

Defense – Defense Business Brief: Why Navy is killing its railgun; HASC to markup in Sept.; GBSD to fly in 2023; and more… (Marcus...

 U.S. NAVY / JOHN F. WILLIAMS The Navy plans to abandon its electromagnetic railgun, citing unsolved technological hurdles. The service lacks a good way to store...

Defense – The Army Brief: Missing guns; Malpractice reform; 2002 AUMF bill; and more (Caitlin M. Kenney, Defense One)

U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO / STAFF SGT. MARGARET TAYLOR Welcome to The Army Brief, a weekly look at the news and ideas shaping the service’s...

NATO – NATO soliciting industry to beef up internal cyber defenses (Vivienne Machi, Defense News)

(Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)  The NATO alliance plans to procure new cyber defense systems to replace aging platforms, with contracts worth tens of millions...

Germany – German defense ministry seeks $5.3 billion for next FCAS research phase (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

(ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images) The German defense ministry has forwarded a request to lawmakers seeking approval for almost 4,5 billion euros, or $5.3 billion, that would...

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