Ukraine’s slow counteroffensive is a wake-up call for the West

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Ukraine’s slow counteroffensive is a wake-up call for the West

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How the Houthis’ strikes on US MQ-9 Reaper drones serve a wider regional agenda

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The United States needs to adjust its drone deployment strategy to ensure that MQ-9 Reapers are less vulnerable to the militant group’s attacks. 
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Ukraine’s slow counteroffensive is a wake-up call for the West

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What’s missing from the AI debate? Patience.

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The AI sector is evolving quickly, fueled by a self-reinforcing cycle of investment, commentary, and ambition. In this race for compute, patience is important to sorting out sustainable innovation from speculative excess.
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UkraineAlert

Aug 7, 2023

Ukraine’s slow counteroffensive is a wake-up call for the West

By Maksym Skrypchenko

Ukraine’s lack of counteroffensive progress over the past two months should serve as a wake-up call for Western leaders. Their response will shape the geopolitical landscape for decades to come, writes Maksym Skrypchenko.

Conflict Defense Policy
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People Valdis Dombrovskis, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo attend a meeting, in Lulea, Sweden May 31, 2023.

New Atlanticist

Aug 7, 2023

Policy memo: How the US and EU can advance the green transition along with energy and resource security

By Olga Khakova, Annika Hedberg

The US-EU Trade & Technology Council must work to align climate efforts with geoeconomic goals and leverage new technologies to drive the green transition.

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In the News

Aug 7, 2023

Rich Outzen joins Al-Monitor’s Jack Dutton to discuss Saudi Arabia agreeing to produce Turkey’s Baykar drones
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In the News

Aug 6, 2023

Rich Outzen joins WION news to discuss Russian sanctions busting to make drones
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Members of security services investigate a damaged office building in the Moscow City following a reported Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow Russia, August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2023

Russian War Report: Drones target central Moscow skyscrapers

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

Drone strikes hit central Moscow this week killing none but damaging a skyscraper. Meanwhile, TGStat has restricted access to a Telegram channel that tracks Russian casualties.

Belarus Conflict

UkraineAlert

Aug 3, 2023

Russia is targeting Ukrainian national identity with attacks on heritage sites

By Mercedes Sapuppo

The Russian bombing of Odesa's main Orthodox church in July was the latest in long line of attacks on Ukrainian heritage sites that indicate a deliberate campaign to erase Ukrainian cultural identity, writes Mercedes Sapuppo.

Civil Society Conflict

UkraineAlert

Aug 3, 2023

Russian Orthodox leader Patriarch Kirill’s unholy war against Ukraine

By Borys Gudziak

Russia's Unholy War: Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill has provided the ideological justification for Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Russian efforts to eliminate Ukrainian national identity.

Civil Society Conflict

The 5x5

Aug 3, 2023

The 5×5—Cyber conflict in international relations: A policymaker’s perspective

By Simon Handler

Current and former policymakers address cyber conflict’s fundamental place in international relations, their recommended readings, and ideas for how policymakers and scholars can more effectively engage one another.

Cybersecurity National Security

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2023

Four big geopolitical tests the European Union faces this year

By Jörn Fleck, James Batchik

From Ukraine to artificial intelligence, the second half of 2023 poses major tests that will reveal the realities of the EU’s geopolitical aspirations.  

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Report

Aug 2, 2023

Chinese discourse power: Capabilities and impact

By Kenton Thibaut

An examination of China's online and offline channels for the dissemination of "discourse power" and the mechanisms of oversight on which such communications rely.

China Digital Policy
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