Politico
Hegseth is winning the battle over the Pentagon’s future
Outgoing Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s effort to modernize the service was a large part of his undoing.
North America · Defense
Outgoing Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s effort to modernize the service was a large part of his undoing.
North America · Defense
Dan Driscoll, in submitting his resignation, brought up concerns with the direction of the Army.
North America · Defense · Global politics
With mirror life, scientists have given world leaders both the foresight and the time to address the danger. What's needed isn't alarm but action to ensure that mirror life remains just a footnote in human history—and not its final chapter.
North America
Deterrence in the Pacific The Class of 2006 War Studies Conference is the culminating event of a yearlong MWI Fellowship bringing together both MWI Fellows and subject matter experts to […]
East Asia · North America · Defense · Global politics
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. On a June night in 1996, in a basement apartment in Boston’s Chinatown, a killer put a pistol to the back of a young man’s head and pulled the trigger. The victim’s body was wrapped in quilts, lowered into the trunk of […] The post Investigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case appeared first on bellingcat .
North America
Germany’s political centre is crumbling—but its leaders appear unable to get ahead of the impending crisis
Europe · East Asia · North America · Oil & energy · Global politics
Now, when OpenAI's system predicts that an account belongs to someone under 18, teen protections are automatically applied without waiting for a parent to activate them. But even ambitious efforts can fall short, and the public needs a way to discover when they do.
North America
At July’s NATO summit in Ankara, European leaders accepted that they must carry more of their own defence. Turning that promise into money means winning a fight over the EU’s next seven-year budget, against coalitions that have defended farm and cohesion spending for decades
Europe · West & Central Asia · North America · Defense · Global politics
In this episode, Colonel Chaveso “Chevy” Cook sits down with MWI’s Charlie Faint to recount a career that took him from a South Carolina JROTC classroom to West Point and […]
North America · Defense · Cybersecurity
The United States is embarking on a vast build-out of its electric system. Transparent cost data would help regulators pinpoint avoidable delays, help developers assess risk, and help communities judge the value they are being asked to host.
North America · Oil & energy
Saskia Popescu is an epidemiologist by training and a policy researcher at RAND. In this Q&A, she discusses what the United States can do to prepare for future outbreaks like Cyclospora and other biological threats.
North America · Defense
Across contemporary battlefields, inexpensive drones increasingly operate as components of distributed systems that combine software processing, computing hardware, and tactical networks to accelerate AI-enabled detection, analysis, and engagement. These technologies […]
North America · Defense
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Satellite images obtained and analysed by Bellingcat show over five miles of new road constructed in Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas, part of a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “Smart Wall” installation, which includes roads, barriers, […] The post Satellite Imagery Documents New Border Patrol Road Construction in Big Bend National Park appeared first on bellingcat .
North America · Defense
Welcome back to Five Questions for a General, a production of the Modern War Institute at West Point. This series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development […]
North America · Defense
The United States invests billions of dollars in advanced weapons. And yet it could still be unable to generate combat power at the rate a campaign requires—because of low-visibility frailties […]
North America · Defense
RAND has spent more than a decade surveying educators across the United States and has expanded this effort to include the perspectives of students and parents. Among the hundreds of survey questions we fielded this past year, the results depicted in these five charts stood out the most.
North America
Anti-corruption sanctions—and even the prospect of them—under the next US administration will be crucial to chances of peace in many parts of the world. Here’s how Europeans can play their part
West & Central Asia · North America · Global politics
Welcome back to Five Questions for a General, a production of the Modern War Institute at West Point. This series features specially selected cadet hosts who are given an incredible professional development […]
North America · Defense
Football fans wagered more than US $14 billion on the FIFA World Cup through prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi, a Bellingcat analysis has found. On the crypto-based Polymarket, which provides more information about individual trading accounts than its rival American site Kalshi, we also found that just 1% of users collected the vast majority of […] The post Will Ronaldo Cry? World Cup Fans Bet Billions Through Prediction Markets appeared first on bellingcat .
North America
Whether you’re heading off on holiday or staying home this summer, ECFR’s entertainment recommendations—spanning books, podcasts and tv series—will help you reconnect with your internal and external wellbeing
Europe · West Africa · North America
