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Congress drops Army mandate to buy more ‘Iron Dome’ defenses against cruise missiles (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Congress plans to scrap its requirement for the U.S. Army to procure two additional batteries of the Rafael-Raytheon developed Iron Dome air defense system as...

Congress wants Hawaiian missile defense radar up and running by end of 2028 (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Congress wants the Missile Defense Agency to get a radar installed in Hawaii that can protect the homeland from ballistic missiles by the end of 2028,...

Hungary’s Constitutional Court Strikes Down Bid By Orban To Challenge EU Ruling (RFE RL)

Hungary's Constitutional Court has struck down a bid by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government to challenge a ruling by the EU's top court against...

U.S. Sentences Russian For Malware ‘Crypting’ Services (RFE RL)

Russian national Oleg Koshkin has been sentenced to four years in prison for operating a “crypting” service that helped hackers infect computers around the...

HRW Urges Almaty Authorities To Heed Women’s Demands For Equality, Protections Against Violence (RFE RL)

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized a decision by city authorities in Almaty to deny a permit for a women’s rights march by Kazakh activists, saying...

U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions On Former Ukrainian Government Official (RFE RL)

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on former Ukrainian government official Andriy Portnov, accusing him of buying influence in Ukraine's judiciary. U.S. Treasury Imposes...

Are autocrats winning the internet? Leading activists describe the role of big tech on the ground (Atlantic Council)

Speakers Glacier Chung Ching Kwong, Project Manager, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong; Ph.D. Candidate, University of Hamburg Leonid Volkov, Head, Network of Regional Headquarters for Alexei...

Democracy in Latin America is under threat. These two summits are a chance to fix it (Eguiar Lizundia and Antonio Garrastazu, Atlantic Council)

From authoritarian entrenchment and persistent corruption to widespread human-rights abuses, the democratic ecosystem throughout Latin America is fragile. In El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele has taken a defiant stance by...

Biden’s democracy summit should produce a transatlantic anti-corruption strategy (Ben Judah, Atlantic Council)

Summitry has not been the forte of the Biden administration. European diplomats have commented privately to me that the United States did insufficient prep...

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