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Biden tells Macron US ‘clumsy’ in Australian submarine deal (Sylvie Corbet and Zeke Miller, The Associated Press, Defense News)

Working to patch things up with an old ally, President Joe Biden told French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday that the U.S. had been...

China could invade Taiwan ‘soon,’ says former Australian PM Abbott (Joe Gould, Defense News)

 A former Australian prime minister said Friday he thinks China could “soon” invade Taiwan or otherwise escalate the situation and that the West should now be...

New variants of Chinese stealth fighters break cover (Mike Yeo, Defense News)

Two new variants of China’s stealth fighters have broken cover in the past three days, including China’s next carrier-based fighter, hinted at during a...

The unintended consequences of the AUKUS deal (Lyle Goldstein, Defense News)

Washington and other allied capitals have been abuzz with talk of nuclear submarines since the surprise announcement of the new trilateral pact known as AUKUS in...

Joint Statement of the Ministerial Meeting in Bogotá on the Causes and Challenges of Migration (US Department of State)

The text of the following Joint Statement was released by the Governments of Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El...

The Developing World Needs Energy—and Lots of It (Jason Bordoff, Foreign Policy)

When the world gathers in Glasgow, Scotland, next week for the United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, many climate leaders and activists from Africa and...

FinTech in MENA: How to build an ecosystem that promotes innovation and regulation (Stefanie H. Ali, Atlantic Council)

The Atlantic Council’s empowerME Initiative in partnership with ABANA is convening a virtual event series to shed light on the changing financial technology (FinTech)...

With crisis deepening in Mali, UN top envoy says ‘all is not lost’ (UN News)

The UN Special Representative for Mali told the Security Council on Friday that despite collective efforts, “the reality is that the security situation has deteriorated and the crisis is deepening”, across the northwest African nation. With...

World leaders urged to prioritize action on water and climate (UN News)

Countries must step up urgent action to address the water-related consequences of climate change, the head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and nine...

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