Tag: USA

DoD seeks ideas for connecting government and commercial satellites (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

The Defense Innovation Unit in a new solicitation is asking space and information-technology companies for ideas on how to build a “hybrid architecture” of government and...
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Space Force says upcoming meeting with industry won’t be business as usual (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

When Space Force officials meet with defense contractors later this month they will share intelligence about threats to U.S. satellites at an unusual level of detail.  “The...
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Exclusive: China’s victory on Huawei Meng Wanzhou’s case to curb use of US long-arm jurisdiction: ex-Alstom exec ( Chen Qingqing, Global Times)

China's victory on the incident of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou could help slow down the process during which the US uses its legal system to...
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The price of American hegemony in Asia (Sam Roggeveen, IPS)

When US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the formation of AUKUS on 16 September,...
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How to ensure Afghanistan isn’t the graveyard of European defense (Federica Fazio and Nicolas Adams, Atlantic Council)

French Navy Rafale fighter jets are parked onboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier at the port of Limassol, Cyprus, on February 21, 2020....
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Majority of US Muslims have experienced Islamophobia, poll finds (Middle East Eye)

Demonstrators take part in a protest against growing Islamophobia, white supremacy and anti-immigrant bigotry, on 24 March 2019 in New York City (AFP) More than...
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Guantanamo Bay: US court grapples with detainees’ constitutional rights (Middle East Eye)

Thirty-nine prisoners remain at the Guantanamo Bay prison (AFP/File photo) A United States federal appeals court in Washington DC has found itself at the centre of the...
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Israel’s Lapid visits Bahrain-based US warship in warning to Iran (Rina Bassist, Al Monitor)

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, second from left, visits the USS Pearl Harbor in Bahrain, Sept. 30, 2021. - Shlomi Amsalem/GPO Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh criticized...
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Soldiers’ Super Suits Will Sense Surroundings Soon (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

GETTY IMAGES / MR.COLE_PHOTOGRAPHER Imagine being able to communicate hands-free, with no visible earbuds or headset, via a small microphone that lives in your mouth...
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Air Force squeezes new cyber defense teams out of its communications squadrons (Mark Pomerleau, Defense News)

The Air Force has officially created three new mission defense teams focused on cyber defense of local installations and missions. (U.S. Air Force photo...
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Navy acquisition chief outlines FY22 priorities (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

Maintainers with the 421st Fightrer Generation Squadron perform maintenance on a F-35A Lightning II at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, March 18, 2021. Training...
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Oshkosh wins $16M deal to boost military mobility for Iraq, Lebanon and Malaysia (Agnes Helou, Defense News)

U.S. Staff Sgt. Edward Dinkins ground guides an M1070A1 HET in an uncoupling exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., in June 2015. (Sgt. Leticia Samuels/U.S....
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Biden’s underwhelming engagement with Southeast Asia (See Seng Tan, East Asia Forum)

President Joe Biden’s failure to personally contact any Southeast Asian leader since taking office in January 2021 has not won the United States any...
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Gauging the Mexican view of US-China rivalry (Timothy S Rich, Ian Milden, Madelynn Einhorn, Olivia Blackmon, East Asia Forum)

As US public opinion of China drops to historic lows, China has an opportunity to enhance relations and shape public perceptions through America’s neighbour Mexico....
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The exemplary U.S. sanctions regime for Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict and its limitations (Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)

On September 17, the Biden administration unveiled a new sanctions regime that in the coming weeks could be applied to a wide set of warring parties...
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For COVID-19 vaccinations, party affiliation matters more than race and ethnicity (William A. Galston, Brookings)

At the beginning of the COVID-19 vaccination push nine months ago, many experts worried—with justification—that people of color would be left behind. Sadly, it...
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