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24 June 2020

Locust Invasion in India

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Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF It has been a double whammy. As the nation is reeling under the effects of COVID-19 p...

The Failure of India’s “Strategic Autonomy”

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Lindsay Hughes Source Link Background The Non-Aligned Movement came into being in the aftermath of the Asian-African Conference...

The Bloody China-India Border Fight Is a Lot Like the Last One

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BY MICHAEL ROWAND Source Link Chinese and Indian troops killing each other in the thin air of the Himalayas. America torn by violen...

U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Reduced to 8,600, General Says

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By Mujib Mashal Source Link KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States has reduced the number of troops it has in Afghanistan to 8,600 i...

China’s Post-Coronavirus Aggression Is Reshaping Asia

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BY LINDSEY W. FORD, JULIAN GEWIRTZ Source Link The gloves—or masks—are off in Asia. China’s coronavirus mask diplomacy has given wa...

Chinese President Xi asks PLA to improve strategic management of armed forces

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Source Link Xi, who heads the country's military “made the important instruction at a teleconference on strategic management train...

WATER POWER, WATER WORRIES: CHINA’S GOALS AND CHALLENGES AS THE BRAHMAPUTRA’S UPPERMOST RIPARIAN

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By JOEL WUTHNOW  Source Link In September 2016, China announced that it would temporarily divert the Xiabuqu, a tributary of the Bra...

Pompeo Quietly Meets Chinese Counterpart Amid Mounting Tensions

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BY ROBBIE GRAMER, JACK DETSCH, DAN HAVERTY  Source Link Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Security Brief. What’s on tap today: U.S. Secre...

Why the U.S. Can’t Get Israel to Break Up With China

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BY JOSHUA MITNICK Source Link After years of blooming Israeli-Chinese commercial relations and the awarding of a string of port and...

U.S.-Aligned Countries in Asia Are Under Pressure From China

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BY TOM O'CONNOR   Source Link China is turning up the pressure on U.S.-aligned countries in Asia in an attempt to capitalize o...

Congress Hears of Fresh Cyberthreats to US Financial Firms

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Source Link U.S. financial institutions are vulnerable to a new array of attacks from cybercriminals and nation-state hackers as a resu...

The dangers of tech-driven solutions to COVID-19

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Julie E. Cohen, Woodrow Hartzog, and Laura Moy Source Link Imagine a world in which governments and tech firms collaborate seamless...

America Gave Up On Coronavirus — Now the Worst-Case Scenario’s Coming True

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umair haque Source Link The nation with the world’s highest Coronavirus death toll — where the first wave hasn’t even plateaued or ...

RE OPEN ING THE WORLD

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Leave it to the Germans to come up with a sinuous, unpronounceable, and entirely perfect word to describe the slew of debates over how and...

Europe After Coronavirus: The EU and a New Political Economy

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Source Link The COVID-19 crisis could lead to a wider rethink of Europe’s political economy. This paper explores what such a model mig...

Colin Gray: The Strategist’s Strategist

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Source Link In February of this year, Colin S. Gray, the most consequential Anglo-American strategist of our time, died after a decade...

Air University

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Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Spring 2020, v. 3, no. 2 Terrorism in the Indo-Pacific Comparing Space Sectors Down Under...

Why cutting American forces in Germany will harm this alliance

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Michael E. O’Hanlon Source Link President Trump has approved a plan, hatched more by his ambassador in Berlin than by the Pentagon, ...

Can Middle Powers Lead the World Out of the Pandemic?

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By Bruce Jone Source Link In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, much of the world looked anxiously to Washington to see i...

The Free World’s Leader Isn’t Free Anymore

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BY JAMES TRAUB Source Link Virtually everything good, and everything bad, that American leaders have done in the world over the las...

Leading Pentagon Official Exits After White House Axes Nomination

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BY JACK DETSCH Source Link Aleading U.S. Defense Department policy official resigned Thursday after the Trump administration passed ov...

Can Putin Change Russia’s Role From Spoiler to Global Power?

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Source Link Russia occupies an unusual position on the world stage. Under President Vladimir Putin, Moscow has repeatedly demonstrat...

What Cyber Command’s ISIS operations means for the future of information warfare

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Mark Pomerleau Source Link The Defense Department’s information warfare leaders want to know what they can learn from U.S. Cyber Com...

The Cyber Revolution – akin to the Industrial Revolution

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By TALIA LEVIN, ALAN ROSENBAUM Source Link We did not need the latest Iranian cyberattack on Israeli sites or their attempt a few wee...

Australia cyber attacks: PM Morrison warns of 'sophisticated' state hack

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Source Link Australia's government and institutions are being targeted by ongoing sophisticated state-based cyber hacks, Prime Min...

Cybersecurity Expert Discusses DOD's Role in National Security

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BY DAVID VERGUN Source Link The Defense Department is involved in its own cybersecurity efforts at every level, and DOD also assists...
23 June 2020

Mapping U.S.-India Partnerships in Electric Mobility

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Source Link The report, made possible by generous support from the ClimateWorks Foundation and part of the CSIS Electric Mobility Init...

Taliban Ramps Up Attacks After Ending Unilateral Ceasefire

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By Bill Roggio Source Link The Taliban has resumed its offensive against Afghan security forces throughout the country after a lull i...

Uncharted Territory: Asian Security after Covid-19

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by Dennis C. Blair Source Link Dennis C. Blair surveys the legacy of natural disasters in Asia and finds no comparable historical...

Why is China on a Hyper-Aggressive Streak during a Global Pandemic?

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Source Link In this OpEd, Dr. Srini Sitaraman offers three explanations as to why China is engaged in hyper-aggressive behavior in the...

To protect frontline workers during and after COVID-19, we must define who they are

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Adie Tomer and Joseph W. Kane Source Link As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, America’s frontline workers are still valiantly reporti...

The U.S. needs multilateral initiatives to counter Chinese tech transfer

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Remco Zwetsloot Source Link China’s efforts to acquire dual-use technology through overseas talent have sparked intense debates in ...

Cooperation, Competition, or Both? Options for U.S. Land Forces vis-à-vis Chinese Interests in Africa

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James McDonnell  Source Link This paper responds to a topic from the Army War College’s Key Strategic Issues List, 2018-2020: Evalua...

Religious and Cultural Obstacles to China’s BRI in the Middle East

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By Dr. Mordechai Chaziza Source Link EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The successful implementation of China’s BRI strategy will largely depend on...