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India’s Food-Security Problem Is Also the World’s
Climate change is already beginning to reshape global agriculture. India, the world’s most populous country, looks particularly vulnerable: not just because of extreme weather, but because of government price controls.
The year in clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges
Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn away from fossil fuels and prevent…
How the CDAO’s GIDE series is bringing benefits of AI to the Pentagon
The Office of the Secretary of Defense’s establishment of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office in 2022 marked a pivotal moment in the Defense Department’s progress toward becoming a data-centric, AI-enabled…
Even more US-Australia submarine collaboration on the horizon
The U.S. and Australian navies will see their submarine-specific partnerships grow in multiple ways throughout 2024. The Navy plans to conduct its first-ever submarine maintenance work in Australia this summer…
China’s new Fusion Energy Inc to pool national resources in push to build ‘artificial sun’
China is setting up a new state-owned company to pool resources from across the country to bring a nuclear fusion reactor – known as an artificial sun – to life,…
Russia Dramatically Increased Weapons Production in 2023 Despite Sanctions
Despite facing international sanctions, Russia significantly ramped up its military production in 2023, delivering over 1,500 tanks and 22,000 drones to its armed forces.
America Should Be More Like Operation Warp Speed
The u.s. government can achieve great things quickly when it has to. In November 2020, the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency-use authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19. Seven days…
How to use the ‘MRAP mindset’ to get US industrial base on a wartime footing
The Pentagon has long worried over its ability to move at the speed of conflict, as entrenched acquisition processes can delay getting the right weapons to the right warfighters. In…
Building the Base Episode 42: Jim Hake
In this episode of “Building the Base,” hosts Lauren Bedula and Hondo Geurts welcome Jim Hake, the founder of Spirit of America, a unique nonprofit organization. The podcast delves into…