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North Korea’s talk about Taiwan is bad news for the US

Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Rob York, director for regional affairs at the Pacific Forum...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Industry is building the capability and industrial base northern Australia needs

Last week in Darwin, I saw an example of what Australia needs more of: industry investing in sovereign capability before...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Cambodia, Thailand Begin Compulsory Conciliation in Maritime Boundary Dispute

The process, convened under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, follows Thailand’s revocation of a 2001 MoU gover...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Kim Jong Un vows firm support for Russia’s ‘sacred’ Ukraine war before election

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed Russia-DPRK ties in a message to his counterpart Vladimir Putin ahead of Russia’s...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
How the US tried (and failed) to learn from 'The Battle of Algiers'

The stern Colonel Mathieu, in shades and camouflage, stands cross-armed as flashbulbs pop a few feet away. The photograp...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Ukraine war spreads to Arctic as nuclear tensions escalate

Last week, the war in Ukraine reached deep inside the Russian Arctic.On September 9, Ukrainian drones struck two gas pro...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
The New Chinese Way of Cyberwar

How Beijing will weaponize digital chokepoints.

No location · Sep 15, 2026
The Crumbling Defense of Europe

Trump has already undermined NATO and allied deterrence.

No location · Sep 15, 2026
For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit

"The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."

No location · Sep 15, 2026
India-hosted BRICS Summit Steers Clear of Contentious Moves

The Delhi Declaration made no mention of de-dollarization. But it did back trade in national currencies.

Delhi, India · Sep 15, 2026
State Department Launches Space Catalyst Partnership

During Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to Peru last week, the State Department announced a new Space Catalyst Part...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Fighters Without Borders: Mercenaries, Adventurers, and Volunteers in Myanmar’s Civil War

The country's civil wars have long attracted foreign nationals seeking adventure or driven by a mission. Are Russians th...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Indonesia Replaces Finance Minister Amid Growing Investor Skepticism

The appointment of Suahasil Nazara, who has served as deputy finance minister since 2019, is intended to calm investors ...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
Japan’s record defence budget request is really about AI

Japan is moving from a defence buildup centered on adding hardware capacity to a defence transformation centered on inte...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
WTO Public Forum 2026 spotlights role of services in driving world trade

The 2026 edition of the WTO's Public Forum kicked off on 15 September in Geneva under the theme Powering the Future. Ove...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
World Trade Report: Trade reform to boost growth; inaction can cost 10% global GDP

The 2026 edition of the World Trade Report – issued on 15 September - finds that a strengthened multilateral trading sys...

No location · Sep 15, 2026
What Africa Put Forward at the International Space Summit in Paris

Championed by French President Emmanuel Macron, the International Space Summit brought together around 120 delegates in ...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
When Policy and War Collapse Into One: Fighting in the Sixth Domain

We may soon face conflict with nation-states in a new model of warfare—one not defined by geography, but instead defined...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
US 10-year Treasury yields top 5% as energy outlook darkens

The 10-year US Treasury yield topped 5% Monday for the first time since 2023 as the widening Middle East conflict pushed...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Britain’s Defence Industrial Strategy Has a University-Shaped Gap

The 2025 Defence Industrial Strategy casts universities as suppliers of graduates and research. To deliver it, they must...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Germany says AI slowdown 'not viable' for Europe

As American tech leaders and policymakers debate the existential risks of AI and the necessity of regulating frontier de...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
AI slowdown calls prompt chip selloff

Global AI stocks fell Monday after top AI leaders endorsed slowing down the development of frontier models.

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Ukraine signals openness to pausing strikes on Russian energy targets

Kyiv contradicted US President Donald Trump’s claim Monday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to pause strikes against e...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Houthis, Yemen Fighting Continues, Saudi Arabia Faces Pipeline Challenges

Fighting between the Houthis and Yemen’s National Government continued over the weekend after the Iranian-backed rebel g...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Djibouti Becomes Eighth African Nation to Sign the Artemis Accords

The Republic of Djibouti has become the eighth African country to sign the Artemis Accords, joining a growing coalition ...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Saudi Arabia eyes more tanker transits through Strait of Hormuz

The kingdom is looking to boost oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after drone attacks took out a key pipeline b...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Trump dismisses calls for AI guardrails

Trump said the only guardrails AI needs is a “STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.”

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Don’t count on Trump and Xi to slow down AI. Don’t count them out either.

Concerns about catastrophic risks to humanity have put artificial intelligence at the top of the agenda for the leaders’...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Why Some of Southeast Asia’s Digital Banks are Starting to Scale

Can these institutions threaten the entrenched conventional mega-banks that dominate the region’s financial landscape?

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Building Trust in AI Is Critical to the Frontier’s Future

Voluntary AI lab commitments are a start, but genuine security and safety will require enforceable standards and indepen...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
'Sandworm' Chains Cisco Vulnerabilities to Deploy Cyclops Blink

The notorious Russian threat group is spreading an upgraded version of the botnet malware, which the FBI disrupted in 20...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Thales Alenia Space Wins Contract to Build NigComSat-2A

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been awarded a contract by the state...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft

"NASA’s award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria."

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Meink: U.S. Has Orbiting Space Control Weapons

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed today that the United States has orbiting space control weapons. Speaking at the...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Maximum Severity GitLab Flaw Puts Supply Chains at Risk

CVE-2026-85706 is a path traversal vulnerability with a 10 out of 10 CVSS score, affecting both GitLab Community Edition...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
China’s military research absorbs HK, Macau. Track the links with ASPI’s updated China Defence Universities Tracker

The tendency to treat universities in Hong Kong and Macau as somehow separated from the mainstream of Chinese research i...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 14, 2026

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throug...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Reading the Kremlin’s Mind: Ukrainian Writers Attempt to Understand Putin

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum,...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Banking scandal rocks Brazil’s politics and the country’s presidential election in October

After ten months of investigation, the Banco Master case points to banker Daniel Vorcaro managing to take the country’s ...

No location · Sep 14, 2026
Brick by BRICS: Where countries in conflict seek common ground

As developing and emerging-market countries met for their annual summit in India, they and other alliances are looking t...

No location · Sep 14, 2026

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