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Ilan Goldenberg, Middle East Expert, named Senior Advisor to Capstone LLC Goldenberg is a highly experienced and respected leader in national security, defense, and Middle East policy. He will be a Senior Adviser at Capstone. News provided by Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ilan Goldenberg, a Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, was named a Senior Adviser to Capstone LLC, a global...

Article content WASHINGTON — Ninety minutes before President Joe Biden took office on January 20th, the United States signed a $23 billion dollar deal to sell F-35 jets, drones and advanced missiles to the United Arab Emirates. It was part of flurry of last minute deals President Donald Trump had told Congress were coming in his last two months in office, forcing the Biden administration to make quick decisions on whether or not to stick with the geopolitically sensitive weapons sales. We apo...

Analysis-Biden poised to pivot U.S. arms deals toward security, human rights Reuters 2 hrs ago By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ninety minutes before President Joe Biden took office on January 20th, the United States signed a $23 billion dollar deal to sell F-35 jets, drones and advanced missiles to the United Arab Emirates. It was part of flurry of last minute deals President Donald Trump had told Congress were coming in his last two months in office, forcing the Biden administration t...

By Mike Stone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ninety minutes before President Joe Biden took office on January 20th, the United States signed a $23 billion dollar deal to sell F-35 jets, drones and advanced missiles to the United Arab Emirates.
It was part of flurry of last minute deals President Donald Trum...

Longer-term, however, those executives and five more people in and around the administration told Reuters that Bidens policy will shift to emphasize human rights over Trumps more commercial approach to exporting military equipment.

Billions Spent on Hypersonic Development is Driving a Costly Arms Race Published May 5, 2021 A new technical analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) finds that hypersonic weapons offer few meaningful advantages over existing missiles in terms of speed, maneuverability, accuracy, stealth, or the evasion of missile defenses. It recommends that the United States slow its development and acquisition of these weapons to better align funding with their limited tactical and stra...

USA-BIDEN/ARMS (REPEAT, UPDATE 1, ANALYSIS, PIX):RPT-ANALYSIS-Unlike Trump, Biden arms export policy strikes balance on human rights, economics

United StatesAnalysis: Biden poised to pivot U.S. arms deals toward security, human rights Mike Stone 6 minute read U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Jim Watson/Pool via REUTERS Ninety minutes before President Joe Biden took office on January 20th, the United States signed a $23 billion dollar deal to sell F-35 jets, drones and advanced missiles to the United Arab...

Article content WASHINGTON — Ninety minutes before President Joe Biden took office on January 20th, the United States signed a $23 billion dollar deal to sell F-35 jets, drones and advanced missiles to the United Arab Emirates. It was part of flurry of last minute deals President Donald Trump had told Congress were coming in his last two months in office, forcing the Biden administration to make quick decisions on whether or not to stick with the geopolitically sensitive weapons sales. We apo...

UPDATE 1-Unlike Trump, Biden arms export policy strikes balance on human rights, economics Reuters 5/5/2021 By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - Ninety minutes before President Joe Biden took office on January 20th, the United States signed a $23 billion dollar deal to sell F-35 jets, drones and advanced missiles to the United Arab Emirates. It was part of flurry of last minute deals President Donald Trump had told Congress were coming in his last two months in office, forcing the Bide...