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India – Can India’s development cooperation reshape the global arc of sustainable multilateralism? (ORF)

SWATI PRABHU Multilateralism is currently experiencing a freefall. The efficacy of multilateral institutions and agencies have been increasingly questioned in light of the renewed threats...

Water scarcity in the Middle East: Beyond an environmental risk (ORF)

VALI GOLMOHAMMADI In the Middle East, which continuously suffers from chronic disorder, water supply systems are increasingly becoming both political lever and objectives of strategic...

Unsocial Media: Inclusion, Representation, and Safety for Women on Social Networking Platforms (ORF)

MITALI MUKHERJEE, ADITI RATHO, SHRUTI JAIN Social media has had a transformative impact on how people live, engage with one another, and work. However, it...

India – The tyranny of vanity metrics and impractical tech solutions in India’s COVID-19 second wave (ORF)

SHASHIDHAR K.J. Two statements were made by a senior minister and a bureaucrat regarding the criteria for the Indian COVID-19 vaccination programme last week....

Space Force wants to be the world’s first fully digital service (Defense News)

Nathan Strout The U.S. Space Force unveiled its latest vision document May 6, laying out its desire to become the world’s first fully digital service. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2021/05/06/space-force-wants-to-be-the-worlds-first-fully-digital-service/

How commercial satellite constellations fit into the Army’s future tactical network designs (Defense News)

Andrew Eversden The U.S. Army will begin implementing advanced satellite communications technology to increase network resiliency as part of its next iteration of tactical network tools. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/it-networks/2021/05/06/how-commercial-satellite-constellations-fit-into-the-armys-future-tactical-network-designs/

Army fires are at the center of a major NATO exercise — as Russia watches (Defense News)

Todd South The Army this week kicked off a key element of Defender Europe 2021, a series of Army-led military exercises across Europe and Africa, as the...

The Air Force’s first Skyborg autonomous drone prototype made its first flight (Defense News)

Valerie Insinna The Air Force carried out the first flight test of a “Skyborg” drone last month with an Kratos UTAP-22 Mako equipped with a bespoke autonomy...

Air Force aborts test launch of unarmed Minuteman III nuclear missile (Defense News)

Rachel S. Cohen The Air Force said Wednesday it called off a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III nuclear missile at Vandenberg Air Force...

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