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USA – Navy, Marine Corps aim to refine, test modern warfighting concepts in Large Scale Exercise 2021 (Defense News)

Diana Stancy Correll The Navy and the Marine Corps are testing out modern warfighting concepts on a scale never seen before as part of Large Scale...

USA – Navy conducts final blast in Ford full-ship shock trials (Defense News)

Megan Eckstein The U.S. Navy completed its three-part explosive shock trials on aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford on Aug. 8, with no major casualties on...

Emirates/Ukraine – Emirati firm signs agreement with Ukrainian Armor on robotic vehicles (Defense News)

Agnes Helou Emirati company Milanion Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukrainian Armor to give the latter distribution rights of unmanned ground vehicle...

USA – Senate Dems’ $3.5T budget proposes small increases to defense spending (Defense News)

Joe Gould Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that proposes limited increases for defense budgets through 2031. While non-binding, the numbers are...

Israel – Israel’s “Citizenship and Entry into Israel” Law (JCPA)

Amb. Alan Baker The Israel-Palestinian conflict is typified by periodic outbreaks of violence and terror carried out against Israel’s citizens within Israel by Palestinian terror...

Syria – Humanitarian Aid in Northern Syria – But What About the South? (INSS)

Carmit Valensi In July 2021, the UN Mandate to operate the border crossing for conveying humanitarian aid to the Idlib region, which is controlled by...

Israel – Minister Bar-Lev Is Mistaken About the Origins of Violence Among Israeli Arabs (BESA Center)

Dr. Doron Matza Members of the new Israeli government are finding it difficult to reconcile their desire to find practical solutions to problems and their adherence...

Europe/Black Sea Region – Will the EU Shake off Its Lethargy Over the Protracted Conflicts in the Black Sea Region? (Part Four) (The Jamestown...

Vladimir Socor The European Union has a 30-year handicap to overcome in tackling the Russia-orchestrated conflicts in the wider Black Sea region. Midway through that...

Belarus – A Year On: The International Dimension of Belarus’s Political Crisis (The Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe The international situation both triggered the ongoing crisis in Belarus—at least in the minds of some observers—and continues to have implications for its...

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