Uncategorized

Hopes for Solution to Belarus’s Political Crisis Derailed Again (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

On September 30, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka gave an hour-and-seven-minutes-long interview to CNN (President.gov.by, September 30). He agreed to speak under the condition that the cable...

The Realities of Russian Military Shipbuilding (Part One) (Andriy Ryzhenko, The Jamestown Foundation)

In the last decade, Russia has increasingly sought to show off its muscles to the rest of the world. Extensive Russian propaganda has focused...

Clashes Intensify Between Moscow and Circassians on Key Issues (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

The range of issues on which Moscow and the Circassian nation are in conflict is expanding, and the Russian government, along with its agents...

Pentagon Begins ‘Continuous Vetting’ of All Troops for Insider Threats, Extremism; Social Media May Come Next (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

All Defense Department personnel are now subject to “continuous vetting” designed to spot extremists and other insider threats, with surveillance of their public social-media...

America’s First Exascale Supercomputer Is ‘On Track’ for 2021 Deployment (Brandi Vincent, Defense One)

After years of preparation and a change of plans, the United States’ first exascale supercomputer will soon be in full function. “Frontier is being installed...

The 9/11 Commission Said National Security Vacancies Were A Problem. Biden’s Pentagon Is ‘Far Worse’ (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Senate committees this week are considering more than a dozen national security and foreign policy officials in what experts hope is an effort to...

More Than Just Subs: AUKUS Will Change Pacific Air Ops as Well (Douglas D. Jackson, Defense One)

The Biden administration’s moves to strengthen diplomatic and military ties to Australia by—among other actions—sharing U.K. and U.S. nuclear-powered submarine technology through the creation...

Navy secretary’s new strategic guidance focuses on deterring China from invading Taiwan (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The Navy secretary will release a strategic guidance document this week outlining how the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps will maintain maritime dominance...

UK convenes top defense official to fix – or end – the Army’s Ajax vehicle program (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

A top Ministry of Defence official has been given charge of resetting or recommending termination of the troubled Ajax armored reconnaissance vehicle program destined...

Latest articles