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Marine Corps Seeks ‘Fundamental Redesign’ to Recruiting, Retention, Careers (Caitlin M. Kenney, Defense One)

The Marines, long known for their high turnover rate, can no longer afford to let so many experienced troops leave, the commandant said in...

China Likely to Have ‘At Least’ 1,000 Nukes by 2030, Pentagon Estimates (Tara Copp, Defense One)

A new report says China’s nuclear arsenal is likely to be far bigger than the Pentagon predicted last year—the latest sign of what Joint...

Belarus’s Weaponized Migrants Offer a Primer on Gray-Zone Warfare (Elisabeth Braw, Defense One)

First Belarus arranged for a few hundred migrants to cross the border into Lithuania. Then the number grew to several thousand. Then Belarus brought...

‘A continuation of colonialism’: indigenous activists say their voices are missing at Cop26 (Nina Lakhani, The Guardian)

As world leaders inside the Cop26 conference centre in Glasgow boasted about pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions and end deforestation, indigenous delegates gathered across the...

The world will burn through its ‘carbon budget’ in 11 years without big emissions cuts, scientists say (Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post)

Global greenhouse gas emissions have almost completely rebounded after slumping during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the world with just 11 years of burning carbon at the...

US envoy to visit Ethiopia in effort to de-escalate ‘dire’ civil conflict (Joseph Choi, The Hill)

A U.S. special envoy will travel to Ethiopia this week as concerns about the violence in the eastern African country's Tigray region grow. Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S....

Facebook deletes Ethiopia PM’s post that urged citizens to ‘bury’ rebels (BBC News)

Facebook has removed a post from Ethiopia's prime minister for violating its policies against inciting violence. On Sunday, Abiy Ahmed called on citizens take up...

‘We need to be much clearer’: leading Democrat questions US strategy on defending Taiwan (Helen Davidson, The Guardian)

Adam Schiff, the US chair of the influential House intelligence committee, has called for the US to be less ambiguous about its defence plans...

China expanding nuclear arsenal faster than expected: Pentagon report (Jordan Williams, The Hill)

China is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than expected as it seeks to build global influence, the Pentagon said in a report released Wednesday. The report...

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