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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....

Pakistan. Reality bites for Imran Khan’s ‘New Pakistan’ (Shuja Nawaz, East Asia Forum)

Imran Khan became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018 after defeating entrenched dynastic political parties that had been alternating in government for decades. His...

USA. Why is blue-collar work still male-dominated? (Alice Evans, Brookings)

Sex segregation of middle-class and working-class occupations in the United States Source: Cotter et al 2004. In the 20th century, women smashed glass ceilings across the world....

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