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What’s Next for the Quad? (Sheila A. Smith, Councin on Foreign Relations, Defense One)

For the first time, the leaders of the four countries that make up the Quad—the United States, Australia, India, and Japan—met together in person. Their...

A debt limit default looms. Here’s why the Pentagon should be concerned (Joe Gould, Defense News)

The Pentagon, as of Monday, had not issued departmentwide guidance about the possibility of a debt limit default — an event experts say would...

Navy’s new Middle East task force to find ways to apply AI and unmanned to complex region (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The head of a new unmanned and artificial intelligence task force in the Middle East said the U.S. Navy will begin using off-the-shelf gear...

Swarm grammar: DARPA to test whether single user can control 200 drones (Mark Pomerlau)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is gearing up for a major exercise in which it plans to demonstrate a single user controlling a...

Iranian and Armenian FMs meet in Tehran (Al-Monitor)

The Iranian and Armenian foreign ministers met in Tehran on Monday. Iran’s Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed bilateral relations with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan, who is on a...

Egypt threatens to send military to remove encroachments along Nile (George Mikhail, Al-Monitor)

The Egyptian government is sparing no efforts to protect and preserve its share in the Nile River and to confront any phenomena that negatively...

Iran’s foreign minister says economy won’t be tied to nuclear talks (Al-Monitor)

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has been making headlines recently with comments on when the nuclear talks with world powers in Vienna will resume....

Turkish sovereign wealth fund reportedly considering stake in Turk Telekom (Mustafa Sonmez, Al-Monitor)

Turkey’s telecommunication giant Turk Telekom — sold off for $6.55 billion in 2005 in what was Ankara’s largest-ever privatization — appears back on its way...

Intel: Top general joins US diplomats in urging Libya’s reunification (Jared Szuba, Al-Monitor)

The top commander of US forces in Africa paid a surprise visit to Tripoli last week to sit down with officials from both sides...

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