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  • Indo-Pacific

Intelligence committee leadership — Democrat Mark R. Warner and GOP’s Marco Rubio — want more sanctions, export controls related to Xinjiang By: Ellen Nakashima February 17, 2023 Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), left, and Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) attend a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on May 22, 2012….

  • Defense and Aerospace

The Abrams demonstrates the pitfalls of Washington’s overcomplicated defence procurement system By: Steff Chávez February 5, 2023 As originally appeared in Financial Times. A US soldier stands atop an Abrams M1/A1 tank below a picture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on the outskirts of Kuwait City in March 1991 ©…

  • BGS Announcement

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Beacon Global Strategies (BGS), a leading strategic advisory firm focusing on global public policy, government procurement, and geopolitical risk analysis, today announced it will be expanding its growing team by adding Mr. Klon Kitchen as Managing Director and Mr. Jon Darby as Senior Advisor. In these roles, Mr. Kitchen will lead…

  • Indo-Pacific

By: Zack Cooper and Eric Sayers As originally appeared in War on the Rocks. Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Japan focused on the threat from the Soviet Union, but with tensions increasing around Taiwan, Tokyo has turned to its south, adopting principles that former Prime Minister Shinzo…

  • Defense and Aerospace

Jennifer Jacobs, Alberto Nardelli and Tony Capaccio As originally appeared in Bloomberg News. The US government is considering sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine as part of a further package of military support, according to people familiar with the matter. A final decision hasn’t yet been made, one of the…