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$1.2T Infrastructure Plan Offers Lucrative Target for Fraud (Jetson Leder-Luis, Nextgov)

Lawmakers passed the US$1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Nov. 5, 2021, with negotiations still ongoing over Democrats’ $1.75 trillion plan to expand the social safety net and...

What Worked, What Didn’t at Army’s Second Connect-Everything Experiment (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

If last year’s edition of the U.S. Army’s massive connect-everything experiment was a proof of concept, this year’s was a far bigger effort to...

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...

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