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China’s Leaders Point to Economic Threats but Show No Sign of Changing Tack

July 22, 2024

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and several hundred other top Communist Party officials huddled in Beijing this week to plot a path forward for their country’s sagging economy. The outline they…

Collective Defense in Space

July 22, 2024

In the future, NATO member states will increase their interoperability to confront space-based threats. New technical standards and exercises will extend the alliance’s collective security framework into new domains.

China suspends nuclear talks with Washington

July 22, 2024

China has halted nascent nuclear-arms-control talks with the United States, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, in a protest of Washington’s arms sales to the democratically governed island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as…

One-third of US military could be robotic by 2039: Milley

July 22, 2024

The 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff believes growing artificial intelligence and unmanned technology could lead to robotic military forces in the future.

How dangerous is the new US-Russia missile race?

July 22, 2024

Four decades ago, the United States deployed cruise and Pershing II nuclear missiles in Europe to counter Soviet SS-20s – a move that stoked Cold War tensions but led within…

Can NATO Really Cut Off China?

July 22, 2024

At the NATO summit in Washington, the alliance issued its strongest indictment yet of China’s support for Russia, accusing Beijing of supplying critical materials for Russia’s war machine and signaling…

Sustainable Sustainment: Supplying War In The Age Of Strategic Competition

July 22, 2024

“This is about winning a war. We don’t have time for some politically correct publicity stunt.” This is the typical response we encountered when proposing sustainable logistics and sustainment practices…

Silicon Valley Wins Few Government Contracts

July 22, 2024

The federal government has spent $22 billion in recent years on technology from the top 100 national-security startups, a paltry portion of overall contract spending and less than half of…

Investment in critical minerals in web of doubt, industry says

July 22, 2024

Many companies are reluctant to invest in critical minerals and energy transition projects due to uncertainty about consumer demand for EVs and government commitment to zero-carbon goals, industry players said.