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The Pentagon’s next move in expanding zero trust (Defense News)

Andrew Eversden The Pentagon’s top IT office is considering establishing a portfolio management office dedicated to accelerating the adoption of zero-trust cybersecurity architectures, a senior IT official told...

Pentagon AI office wants to match software projects with best cloud environment (Defense News)

Andrew Eversden The Pentagon’s top artificial intelligence office is developing a plan to weave together the department’s cloud-based software development platforms to connect AI projects with cloud...

USA/Middle East – Biden’s Mideast drawdown poses perils (Defense News)

Vice Adm. John W. Miller (ret.) The Biden administration is making a critical mistake by moving vital military assets away from the Middle East. https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/04/15/bidens-mideast-drawdown-poses-perils/

USA/NATO/Russia/Ukraine – US commander warns NATO is ready to respond to aggression (Defense News)

Joe Gould Amid Russia’s massive troop buildup along its border with Ukraine, the top U.S. commander in Europe warned Thursday that NATO was prepared to...

Lebanon/Syrian Refugees – Why Syrian refugees in Lebanon are a crisis within a crisis (Brookings)

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah Lebanon is on the brink of collapse. It has experienced a self-inflicted financial and economic meltdown, the pandemic, and the massive blast at the Port...

USA/Afghanistan – The US decision to withdraw from Afghanistan is the right one (Brookings)

Vanda Felbab-Brown The Biden administration’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 is a wise strategic choice that took significant...

(USA/Afghanistan) Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan: Biden’s unforced error puts America at risk (Brookings)

Madiha Afzal and Michael E. O’Hanlon President Biden’s decision to bring home all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a major mistake. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/04/15/withdrawing-troops-from-afghanistan-bidens-unforced-error-puts-america-at-risk/

(USA) To recover from COVID-19, downtowns must adapt (Brookings)

Tracy Hadden Loh and Joanne Kim The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the many inequities between people and places in the United States, largely heaping health, social, and economic harms on the...

USA – What Americans still want from reform: An April 2021 update (Brookings)

Paul C. Light Even as recent polling shows strong public support for President Biden’s $5 trillion “spend-whatever-it-takes-without-delay” agenda, Americans remain divided on the future of government. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/04/15/what-americans-still-want-from-reform-an-april-2021-update/

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