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Space Shock: 18 Threats That Will Define Space Power
China isn't aiming for the Moon-it is planning for control of space itself. By 2045, Beijing plans to dominate a $10 trillion Cislunar economy, beam power to Earth from orbit, and mine asteroids worth quintillions.
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We’ve Lost Control of Our Air Space
Without immediate legal and technological reforms, the U.S. will remain vulnerable to adversarial drone incursions that exploit current jurisdictional and strategic gaps in our existing system.
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Africa Political Monitor No. 56
An attempted coup in Mali;
A solar surge across Africa;
Israel, South Sudan in Gaza resettlement talks;
A push to recognize Somaliland;
An M23 massacre in Eastern DRC
China Policy Monitor No. 1647
China launches national campaign against deflation;
Bejing exports surveillance system to the Solomons;
U.S. business confidence in China hits new lows;
Rents are falling in China's top-tier cities;
China aims to double new energy storage capacity by 2027
Defense Technology Monitor No. 113
Robots that walk, no circuits needed;
Army produces cheap drone swarms;
...While Navy directed energy weapon shoots them down;
Quantum sensing for defense;
French interceptor takes aim at orbital debris
Global Islamism Monitor No. 134
Yemen's real government keeps up the fight;
Pakistan's problematic curriculum;
Beirut pushes for disarmament;
Counterterrorism cooperation of a different sort
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 48
Japan writes a bigger defense check;
The Philippines plant another flag in the Luzon Strait;
Seoul bids on better relations with Beijing;
India joins Russia & Co. in armed exercise;
Australia-PNG defense pact delayed, but not derailed
Information Warfare Watch No. 49
Messaging target: MAGA;
An assault on Russian filmmaking;
The mind battle with China;
The cost of Iranian connectivity
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 245
Iran Invests In European Crime;
Tehran's Caucasian Conduit;
Tehran Accelerates Its Afghan Purge;
Persistent Support For Proxies
Resource Security Watch No. 61
Water treaty suspension escalates Kashmir conflict;
China's global mining surge;
Kabul's deepening water crisis;
Tehran heatwave sparks emergency closure;
China, EU clash over trade
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2695
A steadily worsening economy;
Blood diamonds of a different sort;
Russia and China deepen their energy partnership;
Russia drones over Germany;
Moscow green lights torture
South Asia Strategy Monitor No. 25
Connectivity Comes To Kashmir;
Bangladesh Looks Ahead To National Elections;
Chinese-Backed Militia Secures Control of Mines in Myanmar;
In Islamabad, Fears of Iranian Instability
Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 18
A tug-of-war over anti-corruption;
A defense consolidation;
Ukraine's drone surge