Russia Policy Monitor No. 2632
A post-election personnel reshuffle;
Russia seizing western assets;
Mobilization by other means;
Nuclear blackmail of a different sort
A post-election personnel reshuffle;
Russia seizing western assets;
Mobilization by other means;
Nuclear blackmail of a different sort
President Biden has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to invade Rafah, Hamas’ last stronghold, while Secretary of State Antony Blinken in recent days blasted Jerusalem for lacking a plan to protect civilians in Gaza. Washington even offered to help Israel gather the intelligence to pinpoint the whereabouts of Hamas officials if Jerusalem abandoned its invasion plans.
A new Indo-European trade deal;
India courts Bhutan...;
...And eyes Africa for strategic minerals;
Pakistan’s new naval assets foreshadow a maritime arms race
After Xi Jinping took power in China in 2012, he promptly began a series of purges and ideological crackdowns that have set the tone for his rule.
Classical computing keeps pace with quantum rivals;
A more bulletproof exoskeleton;
Marine life-inspired armor boosts protection;
Plasma stealth tech could render aircraft invisible;
Electronic warfare and transparent battlefields