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USA – Space Force launches fifth GPS III satellite for more secure positioning (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

(SpaceX)  The U.S. Space Force sent the fifth GPS III satellite into orbit June 17, the last piece of a constellation that will one day...

USA – Verizon wins $495 million contract for DoD research network (Andrew Eversden, Defense News)

 (Getty Images) The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Verizon Public Sector a $495 million contract to deliver the network that connects 200 research labs and...

TechInnovation – You go to war with the data you have: next-generation AI for national security (Angela M. Sheffield, Defense News)

(T'Jae Ellis/U.S. Army photo illustration) (Army Research Laboratory) Artificial intelligence is the most powerful technology in generations with the potential to impact U.S. security, welfare and global...

USA – Navy releases long-range shipbuilding plan that drops emphasis on 355 ships, lays out fleet design priorities (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The Navy submitted an update to Congress to its annual long-range shipbuilding plans, one that takes a step back from the much-talked-about standard of...

USA – Lawmakers crunching the numbers on potential surface Navy additions to FY22 spending plan (Megan Eckstein and Joe Gould, Defense News)

Lawmakers seem interested in adding to the surface navy budget in fiscal 2022 and are doing some early number-crunching to figure out what that...

International Governance/Soft Law – Influence of soft law grows in international governance (Kumaravadivel Guruparan, Jennifer Zerk, Chatham House)

As the UK government’s recent Integrated Review points out, international law-making in a fragmented international order is becoming increasingly difficult. Geopolitical tensions, and the length of time required...

Ethiopia – Imperfect elections do not fortify Ethiopia’s transition (Ahmed Soliman, Chatham House)

Ethiopia’s current government is hoping gaining a new electoral mandate will give them the authority needed to pursue their reform agenda, which includes drafting...

Nordic Countries/IS – How Nordic Countries are Handling the Question of Repatriating Islamic State Women (Herbert Maack, The Jamestown Foundation)

As the self-styled Islamic State (IS) “caliphate” collapsed in March 2019, the international community was faced with the problem of more than 70,000 IS...

Somaliland – Somaliland Elections Disrupt al-Shabaab’s Regional Expansion (Michael Horton, The Jamestown Foundation)

On May 31, the independent, but unrecognized, Republic of Somaliland held parliamentary and local district elections. These internationally observed elections, which saw a high...

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