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(Afghanistan) The Hail Mary of power-sharing in Afghanistan (Brookings)

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Omar Sharifi Power-sharing with the Taliban is a concept at the heart of the Biden administration’s new strategy for Afghanistan, as it seeks the...

(USA) In Jackson, Miss., a water crisis has revealed the racial costs of legacy infrastructure (Brookings)

Andre M. Perry, Joseph W. Kane, and Carl Romer For nearly five weeks beginning in mid-February, parts of Jackson, Miss.—the state’s capital and most populous city—faced a water...

(USA) What the Great Recession can teach us about the post-pandemic housing market (Brookings)

Sarah Crump and Jenny Schuetz It is difficult to overstate the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on housing markets. Millions of renters have fallen...

(USA/North Korea) Biden administration needs to get real on North Korea (Brookings)

Michael E. O’Hanlon The Biden administration is reportedly completing its new strategy for how to handle the dangerous, nuclear-armed dictatorship of Kim Jong Un in...

(Defense) The US Army wants new software to make its logistics platform ready for multidomain operations (Defense News)

Andrew Eversden The U.S. Army’s is adding a new requirement for its day-to-day business software as the service continues its march toward multidomain operations: the...

(Defense) With a second frigate yard competition on the horizon, Austal USA moves to add steel shipbuilding (Defense News)

Joe Gould and David B. Larter Austal USA has broken ground on a steel production line in Mobile, Ala., as the Navy winds down its aluminum-hulled shipbuilding programs...

(Defense) The infinite game: How the US Army plans to operate in great power competition (Defense News)

Jen Judson The Army has outlined, in a recent white paper obtained by Defense News, its “critical” role in great power competition to include deterring conflict, upholding...

(Defense) Singapore’s new transport helicopters have arrived (Defense News)

Mike Yeo Singapore has taken delivery of its first new transport helicopters from Airbus, as the Southeast Asian nation takes the next step in recapitalizing its transport...

(Defense) Lebanon’s Air Force launches public aircraft bids as part of fleet reorg (Defense News)

Agnes Helou Lebanon is selling five Hawker Hunter fighter jets and three Sikorsky-made S-61 helicopters, the Ministry of National Defense announced, calling for interested parties...

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