Tag: USA

Can Biden rally the powerful democracies? (Bruce Jones, Brookings)

From the earliest days of his presidential campaign, Joe Biden has made the restoration and defense of democracy a centerpiece of his foreign policy...
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Ukraine’s Troubles, Putin’s ‘Red Lines’ and Biden’s Warnings (Pavel K. Baev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Crisis is brewing yet again in the intrinsically antagonistic relations between Russia and Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin seeks to harvest richer political dividends...
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US global posture review targets China; exposes weakness in 1st island chain (Liu Xuanzun, Global Times)

US President Joe Biden recently accepted recommendations from the Pentagon in a global posture review to prioritize the Indo-Pacific region, with a particular focus...
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Revocation of the Terrorist Designations of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Additional Terrorist Designations (US Department of State)

The Department of State is revoking the designations of the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under the Immigration...
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Washington caps year of drills to deter China with ten-day military exercise (Tim Kelly, Reuters)

The United States on Tuesday completed ten days of joint military drills in Asian waters with Japan and other allies as it ups the...
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Space Force official: Satellites in orbit have become pawns in geopolitical chess games (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

China and Russia for decades have watched the United States display its military power, much of it enabled by satellites in space. China’s recent...
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DARPA to launch DoD’s first in-space manufacturing research program (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in a new program will explore options to conduct biomanufacturing in space, using biological systems like microbes to...
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Getting Ready for the Next Budget Showdown (Patience Wait, Nextgov)

Thanksgiving is past, Christmas is ahead—it must be time for that annual ritual, the threatened government shutdown over the federal budget. A shutdown hits...
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Commerce Proposes Third Party Audits as Criteria in Supply Chain Rule for Software (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The Commerce secretary should consider whether connected software applications have been evaluated for security by a reliable third party when reviewing transactions with U.S....
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US Needs Indo-Pacific Force ‘Enhancements,’ Global Posture Review Finds (Tara Copp, Defense One)

The Biden administration has approved the Pentagon’s 2021 Global Posture Review, which calls for more rotations and presence in the Indo-Pacific at the cost...
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Space Force Has a Plan for Training Its Troops. Now It Needs to Figure Out What They Need to Learn to Do (Patrick Tucker,...

Unlike its earthbound sister services, the Space Force can’t simply head out to some terrestrial exercise range to train its troops, develop new tactics,...
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Inside the Data-Driven Operation that Moved Afghan Refugees from Dulles to Safe Havens (Col. Matthew Strohmeyer, Grace Hwang, Lt. Col. Cichelle Macander, Erol YayBoke,...

When the phone rang for Brig. Gen. Mark Weber on Aug. 22, it wasn’t the order that the chief of staff of the Montana...
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Raytheon acquires SEAKR Engineering (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

Raytheon Technologies has completed the acquisition of space electronics provider SEAKR Engineering, the company announced Nov. 29. The Colorado-based privately-owned company is now a wholly-owned...
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Blue Canyon Technologies to build cislunar sensing micro-satellite for Air Force Research Laboratory (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Blue Canyon Technologies a $14.6 million contract to build a small satellite that can explore deep space,...
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U.S. Senate Blocks Defense Spending Bill As Republicans Push For Sanctions Over Nord Stream 2 (Al Jazeera)

The U.S. Senate blocked an annual defense spending bill on November 29 amid objections from Republicans who said there had not been enough votes...
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US Fed chief says Omicron poses ‘downside risks’ (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in his first public remarks on the omicron variant of the coronavirus, said it poses risks to both sides...
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