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ANALYSIS-Unlike Trump, Biden arms export policy strikes balance on human rights, economics By Mike Stone Reuters 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 administrati...

Drone Swarms: the Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful Gary Corn (Colonel, USA Ret.), former Staff Judge Advocate of U.S. Cyber Command, Director of the Tech, Law & Security Program at American University’s Washington College of Law, a Senior Fellow at R Street Institute, and CEO of Jus Novis Consulting LLC, notes that responding to drone swarm threats, even for the Department of Defense (DOD) remains a challenge. The DOD only recently published a counter sUAV strategy [2], and was successful in...

The Cipher Daily Brief Get a daily rundown of the top security stories delivered to your inbox Monday through Friday with exclusive briefs and columns on what matters most to you and your organization. SIGN UP FOR The Free NewsletterSign up How to Integrate Climate in Future National Security May 4, 2021 The Newsletter As part of a special series on climate in partnership with The Intelligence Project at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Cipher Brie...

Last Updated On: May 04 2021 12:28 Gmt+3 The decision to suspend Turkey’s participation in the F-35 program in response to its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system came as no surprise, but the United States and the West must continue trying to resolve political differences through dialogue, James Foggo, a retired United States Navy admiral with 39 years of service and a distinguished fellow with the Transatlantic Defence and Security Program at the Center for European Policy ...

World Military Spending Rose in 2020, India by 34% the Past Decade Indians bear the third largest military burden in the world UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The United Nations—which is desperately seeking funds to help developing nations battling a staggering array of socioeconomic problems, including extreme poverty, hunger, economic inequalities and environmental hazards—has continued to be one of the strongest advocates of disarmament. The world body has relentlessly campaigned for reduced mi...

Energy sanctions can prevent a new Russian offensive in Ukraine UkraineAlert by Ariel Cohen and David Pasmanik A full moon rises over Gazprom Nefts oil refinery in Omsk, Russia, February 10, 2020. (REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko) A major Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine has recently sparked fears of a potentially dramatic escalation in the simmering seven-year conflict between the two countries. Although tensions have eased somewhat following Moscow...

June 10, 2021 last updated 16:56 ET A bank window panel displaying the security markers on the latest 100 Yuan notes in Beijing, China, Feb. 18, 2019 (AP photo by Andy Wong). The Myths and Realities of China’s Digital Currency The Editors Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Since last year, authorities in China have been conducting pilot programs for the country’s new digital currency. The project, which Beijing has been researching since 2014...

Refugees International Launches Task Force on Climate Change and Migration Format Expert Group Includes Former Senior U.S. Government Officials, Climate and Migration Specialists, and Leaders of Major International NGOs WASHINGTON—Refugees International announced today the launch of an expert task force on climate change and migration in response to an Executive Order (EO) issued by President Biden on February 4. The executive order, which focused in large measure on the U.S. refugee admissio...

SIPRI’s research on arms and military spending has been the core of the Institutes work since its foundation in the 1960s. Credit: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) UNITED NATIONS, Apr 26 2021 (IPS) - The United Nations– which is desperately seeking funds to help developing nations battling a staggering array of socio-economic problems, including extreme poverty, hunger, economic inequalities and environmental hazards– has continued to be one of the strongest advoc...

Published April 26, 2021, 3:07 PM The Manila city government distributed over 2,000 food boxes to former Manila residents who were relocated to the nearby provinces of Cavite and Bulacan. FOOD BOXES—Personnel from the Department of Public Services (DPS) distribute food boxes to former Manila residents who were relocated to the nearby provinces of Cavite and Bulacan on April 25, 2021. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The activity was in line with the city’s COVID-19...