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Decisions on new British-French cruise missile are left hanging after submarine row (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

Progress on the development of a new cruise missile for the British and French militaries could become a victim in the row over the...

Space enterprise more unified than ever, says Space Force chief (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The head of the U.S. Space Force said the new service has successfully put the various space organizations in the Department of Defense and...

$1B Iron Dome fund stripped from new continuing resolution (Joe Gould, Defense News)

A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to...

Air Force cyber defense taking aim at core weapon systems (Mark Pomerleau, Defense News)

The Air Force’s information warfare entity is focusing more attention toward defending weapon systems from adversary probes. Enemies have begun to be more active below...

Demographic Decline and Urbanization Threaten Moscow’s Control over Borderlands (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Demography is not destiny except over the long term, it is often said. But for Russia, that time may be now. Accelerating population decline,...

Iran’s Full Membership in the SCO: A Win-Win Game? (Omid Shokri, The Jamestown Foundation)

Iran’s bid to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) dates to one year after it received observer status in 2005....

Mikheil Saakashvili Vows Return to Georgia (Giorgi Menabde, The Jamestown Foundation)

On September 6, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who now heads the Executive Committee of the National Council of Reforms in Ukraine, announced that...

LDP dominance still cripples Japanese democracy (Jiro Yamaguchi, East Asia Forum)

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has long dominated Japanese politics, losing power on only two occasions since 1955. But despite this dominance, it has...

The fall of Afghanistan and its implications for China (Stefanie Kam, East Asia Forum)

The political vacuum left in the wake of the US exit from Afghanistan and swift Taliban takeover is likely to embolden jihadi militant groups,...

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