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The Tribalist Threat to Climate Action (Andrew Sheng, Xiao Geng, Project-Syndicate)

Two global struggles – Cold War II and the fight against climate change – are colliding. By agreeing to hold a virtual summit before...

Gen. Milley calls Chinese weapon test ‘very concerning’ (Robert Burns, The Associated Press, Defense News)

China recently conducted a “very concerning” test of a hypersonic weapon system as part of its aggressive advance in space and military technologies, the top U.S....

Here’s when General Dynamics thinks a sale of Abrams tanks to Poland will move forward (Jen Judson, Defense News)

Poland announced earlier this year it planned to buy 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks, with hopes deliveries would be made as early as 2022, but General...

DISA director announces agency reorganization (Mark Pomerlau, Defense News)

The Defense Information Systems Agency earlier this month underwent a major reorganization, according to its director. “The reason that we did the reorganization on 1...

US senators urge Biden to waive sanctions for India’s S-400 purchase (Joe Gould, Defense News)

Two key senators are urging President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India for its purchase of a Russian S-400 air defense system, saying such a...

Kongsberg, Raytheon ready to keep up as Naval Strike Missile demand grows (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

As the U.S. Marine Corps begins launching the Naval Strike Missile from unmanned ground vehicles and the U.S. Navy continues installing NSM on its...

Ukraine uses Turkish drone for first time against pro-Russian forces (Al Monitor)

Ukraine has used a Turkish drone for the first time in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, according to Turkish media. The General Staff of the...

Egyptians clerics denounce first pig kidney transplant into human body (Baher al-Kady, Al Monitor)

Doctors at the NYU Langone Health Center in New York City have successfully transplanted a pig’s kidney to a human after scientists removed the molecule from...

Iraq sends troops to Diyala after attack by Islamic State (Hassan Ali Ahmed, Al Monitor)

A group of Islamic State militants carried out an attack in the village of al-Rashad in Diyala province early on Oct. 26, killing 15...

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