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USA/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – What Trump’s Order on Trustworthy AI Might Mean for Agencies (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)

An executive order recently signed by President Donald Trump governing the federal government’s use of “trustworthy artificial intelligence” goes beyond setting uniform principles for most agencies...

U.S. EMBASSIES/HIGH POWER MICROWAVES – Scientists Suggest U.S. Embassies Were Hit with High-Power Microwaves – Here’s How the Weapons Work (Edl Schamiloglu, Nextgov)

The mystery ailment that has afflicted U.S. embassy staff and CIA officers off and on over the last four years in Cuba, China, Russia...

UK/INDO PACIFIC – Britain tilts towards the Indo-Pacific (James Rogers, The Strategist)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/britain-tilts-towards-the-indo-pacific/

AUSTRALIA/SOVEREIGN DEFENCE INDUSTRY – Cutting-edge simulation facility planned for Townsville (David Burke, The Strategist)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/cutting-edge-simulation-facility-planned-for-townsville/

AUSTRALIA – Defence risks explosion in external workforce costs (Marcus Hellyer, The Strategist)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/defence-risks-explosion-in-external-workforce-costs/

AUSTRALIA/COVID19/SUPPLY CHAINS/SOVEREIGN CAPABILITY – What the coronarvirus crisis has taught us about supply chains and sovereign capability (Anthony Bergin, ASPI)

The supply chain vulnerabilities exposed by the pandemic have important lessons for other types of emergencies. https://www.aspi.org.au/opinion/what-coronarvirus-crisis-has-taught-us-about-supply-chains-and-sovereign-capability  

HONG KONG – Hope despite turmoil in Hong Kong (Jocelyn Chey, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/15/hope-despite-turmoil-in-hong-kong/#more-318764

COVID19/POVERTY – 2.7 billion people did not get state aid during pandemic: Oxfam (Al Jazeera)

The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it have hit millions of people hard, with poverty set to increase sharply in almost...

SOMALIA/KENYA – Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya citing interference (Al Jazeera)

Somalia has severed diplomatic ties with Kenya, accusing it of violating Somali sovereignty and territorial integrity. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/15/somalia-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-kenya-citing-interferences

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