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Defense. New war-gaming center to speed up weapon deliveries to US Marines (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division play a game of Memoir '44 on Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan. The war-themed strategy game is based...

USA/Israel. Why Israel’s transfer to US Central Command could help deter Iran (Bradley Bowman and Behnam Ben Taleblu,

An Israeli Iron Dome anti-rocket system, right, and an American Patriot missile defense system are shown during a joint U.S.-Israel military exercise on March...

Defense. Rafael aims to supply Spike LR2 missiles to Serbia, Poland (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

Israeli company Rafael makes the anti-tank guided missile Spike LR II. (Courtesy of Rafael) Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems hopes to add Serbia to its...

USA/Israel. US Central Command absorbs Israel into its area of responsibility (Seth Frantzman, Defense News)

U.S. Air Force F-35A jets and Israeli Air Force F-35I Adirs fly in formation during exercise Enduring Lightning III over Israel on Oct. 12,...

Defense/DESI 2021/UK. Major London arms fair proceeds amid COVID fears, Afghanistan shock (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

Delegates socialize in front of a large display on the Saab stand during the 2019 iteration of the DSEI arms fair in London. (Leon...

Space. Lockheed, Northrop invest in a startup that wants to refuel satellites in space (Valerie Insinna, Defense News)

An artist's rendition of Orbit Fab's space-based fueling station. (Orbit Fab) Defense industry giants Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are investing in Orbit Fab, a San...

Taiwan. Realising Taiwan’s indigenous potential (Niki Alsford, East Asia Forum)

In 2019, members of Taiwan’s Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Committee published a strongly-worded response to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s New Year message espousing unification. The historic...

G20/Debt Service Suspension Initiative. The failures of the G20’s Debt Service Suspension Initiative (William N Kring, East Asia Forum)

As the more lethal and contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 rips across the globe, the prospects of multilateral efforts to combat the virus, tackle the looming...

China. The digital renminbi and the rise of central bank digital currencies (Michael Sung, East Asia Forum)

A few years ago, governments were not prepared to accept any potential systemic disruption that digital currencies could have on the international monetary system....

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