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Milley’s Hypersonic Hyperbole May Have Been His ‘Missile Gap’ Moment (William D. Hartung, Defense One)

After last month’s Chinese test of a hypersonic missile, Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Mark Milley described it as “very close” to a “Sputnik moment,”...

UN’s ‘deep concern’ at Myanmar fighting between Rakhine rebels and military (Agence France-Presse)

The UN security council has expressed its “deep concern” about unrest in Myanmar and called for an “immediate cessation of violence” as well as efforts to...

Climate change: Iran says lift sanctions and we’ll ratify Paris agreement (Matt McGrath, BBC News)

Ali Salajegheh said sanctions were impeding Iran in areas like renewable energy. Iran is the world's eighth largest CO2 emitter, yet is one of the...

Harris, Macron unveil new initiatives on space, cybersecurity after meeting (Morgan Chalfant, The Hill)

Vice President Harris on Wednesday announced new initiatives with France on space and cybersecurity following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Harris, Macron unveil...

Rivalry with China in Pacific need not lead to new Cold War, says U.S. security advisor (Kirsty Needham, Reuters)

The "stiff competition" between the United States and China in the Indo-Pacific does not have to turn into a new Cold War, U.S. national...

Biden-Xi virtual summit tentatively set for Monday (Phelim Kine, Nahal Toosi, Politico)

The much-anticipated virtual summit between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is tentatively scheduled for the evening of Nov. 15, a U.S....

Neighbours of Belarus say migrant crisis risks military clash (Andrius Sytas, Joanna Plucinska, Reuters)

Countries bordering Belarus on Thursday warned the migrant crisis on the European Union’s eastern borders could escalate into a military confrontation while Ukraine said...

Migrants face hypothermia and broken bones in freezing forests as Poland-Belarus crisis deepens (Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Antonia Mortensen and Magda Chodownik, CNN)

Migrants trapped on the border between Poland and Belarus have made hundreds of attempts to breach the frontier, but were repelled by 15,000 Polish...

Belarus leader says he needs Russian nuclear-capable bombers to navigate border crisis (Reuters)

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday he needed Russian nuclear-capable bombers to help him navigate a migrant crisis at the Poland-Belarus border after...

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