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USA – DHS Tries to Root Out ‘Domestic Violent Extremism’ In Its Ranks (Defense One)

Eric Katz Department will work "with urgency and focus to address" insider threats, secretary says. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/04/dhs-launches-internal-probe-root-out-domestic-violent-extremism-within-its-ranks/173629/

Former NGA Head to Join Satellite-Imagery Firm (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker Planet, the company that uses small, low-Earth-orbit satellites to take daily pictures of the entire globe, has hired Robert Cardillo, the former head...

USA/Middle East – The Biden Administration and the Middle East (JIIA)

Toru Onozawa (Professor, Kyoto University) The Middle East is an area where the Biden administration is likely to make major changes to the policies of...

Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Deterrence Relationship (JIIA)

Hirofumi Tosaki (Senior Research Fellow, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, Japan Institute of International Affairs) The implications of emerging technologies have been an important...

US Export Control of Emerging Technologies (JIIA)

Yoshiaki Takayama (Research Fellow, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology (CDSAT), Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)) Competition among great powers is accelerating moves to...

The Significance of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Today’s World from a SDGs Viewpoint and the Role of the United Nations (JIIA)

The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), the United Nations Information Centre, Tokyo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), with the...

Indo Pacific – The 2nd Tokyo Global Dialogue (JIIA)

The 2nd Tokyo Global Dialogue was held online from February 25 to 27, 2021 under the theme "The Indo-Pacific of Today and Tomorrow: Transformation of...

Next-gen intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor estimated cost? Nearly $18 (Defense News)

Jen Judson The Pentagon’s Next-Generation Interceptor — a weapon the department is competitively developing to replace the current ground-based interceptors within the United States — will cost nearly $18...

How the DoD can win the great tech race with a new workforce model (Defense News)

Air Force Lt. Col. Steven Skipper is a national security affairs fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Despite innovative initiatives to redesign DoD’s future technology and...

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