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Russian Gas, German Elections, and US sanctions (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Two high-resonance processes have been simultaneously unfolding in Europe in the last few weeks: the sharp increase in the prices on natural gas (see EDM,...

More continuity than change in Biden’s Asia strategy (Nick Bisley, East Asia Forum)

The contours of US Asia policy under the Biden administration have become clearer through the recent high-profile visits to the region by Vice President...

COVID-19 is a weak excuse for changing Japan’s Constitution (Lawrence Repeta, East Asia Forum)

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, while governments in many countries issued mandatory lockdown orders backed by penalties for non-compliance, Japan’s did...

New US Navy task group taps destroyers to focus on countering Russian undersea threat (Diana Stancy Correll and Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The Navy is organizing East Coast destroyers to better protect the homeland from Russian threats — specifically those undersea — as part of a...

Space Force awards $88 million in contracts for launch system prototyping (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The Space Force issued four awards worth a combined $88 million as an investment in next-generation rocket capabilities, Space Systems Command announced Sept. 24. Space...

New UK space strategy sets the stage for defense investments (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

Britain gave a broad view of where the country is heading in the defense space sector as it launched a national space strategy Sept....

US Navy reorganizes submarine enterprise to address challenges in construction, maintenance (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The U.S. Navy has reorganized its entire submarine acquisition and sustainment enterprise to address attack submarine readiness as well as potential future challenges building...

Lockheed scores US Army contract for major electronic warfare, intel and cyber platform (Mark Pomerleau, Defense News)

Lockheed Martin has won a second-round contract worth $9.6 million to continue work on the U.S. Army’s first integrated electronic warfare, signals intelligence and...

Boeing delivers first Block III Super Hornets to the US Navy (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The U.S. Navy this month accepted the first two Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet jets from Boeing, the company announced Sept. 27, kicking off...

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