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Ajax acquisition debacle prompts legal probe at UK Defence Ministry (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

What started as a misfiring armored-vehicle program has grown into a full-blown investigation of British Army safety and procurement culture, with the Ministry of...

US Air Force cyber team demonstrates first ever in-flight mission (Mark Pomerleau, Defense News)

A U.S. Air Force mission defense team demonstrated the ability to conduct near real-time cyber threat analysis aboard an for the first time earlier...

US Navy Triton UAV returns from Guam, ahead of transition to more capable variant (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

One of two U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles operating in the Pacific for the last two years has returned home, allowing the...

What the Taliban–IS rivalry means for South Asia (Kabir Taneja, ORF)

Afghanistan has vacated the front pages of the global news cycle as the Taliban consolidates its hold on the country after 20 years of...

Compulsions behind Japan Arming Itself (Rajaram Panda, VIF)

Japan’s security posture seems to be heading for a dramatic overhaul as it feels compelled to respond to the emerging challenges in the altered...

Africa Cannot Confront Climate Change Alone (Kristalina Georgieva, Félix Tshisekedi, Project-Syndicate)

Despite having played a negligible role in creating the climate crisis, African countries already find themselves paying the price for it. More creative and...

Italy’s Consumer-Blind Trustbusting (Alberto Mingardi, Project-Syndicate)

After many decades in which antitrust enforcement adhered to the principle of consumer welfare, regulators have begun to explore new options for reining in...

GDP’s Days Are Numbered (Diane Coyle, Project-Syndicate)

Ditching gross domestic product as the main gauge of prosperity was always impossible in the absence of broad agreement about what the alternative might...

Biden Administration Aligns With Kremlin Push for Minsk ‘Agreements’ on Ukraine (Part Three) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Recent statements by the United States—namely, the White House and the State Department—reveal the misunderstanding and/or improper use of the vocabulary related to Russia’s...

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