Stalking The Seabed
Sidharth Kaushal | 2023.05.25
With attention increasingly focusing on Russian activity against Western critical infrastructure at sea, what is the nature of the threat and how can it be countered?
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Meatgrinder
Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds | 2023.05.19
The scale of Russian losses in 2022, combined with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation confronting NATO systems they had not previously contended with, has caused a significant deviation in Russian operations from the country’s doctrine.
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Collision On Syria Policy
Daniel R DePetris | 2023.05.19
With Bashar al-Assad having outlasted his armed opponents, Syria’s neighbours have long since given up on trying to oust him. As Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other Arab states normalise their relations with Damascus and welcome the Syrian strongman to his first Arab League summit in 13 years, Syria is no longer the regional pariah it once was – to the West’s dismay.
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Evolving Cyber Defense
James A. Lewis, et al. | 2023.05.18
The war in Ukraine shows that cyber defense requires a different approach with new actors and strategies that will be complex for nations to construct. This report examines cybersecurity in Ukraine, with a look to the larger debate around cyber capabilities and defense.
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Smallpox Eradication
Nellie Bristol | 2023.05.17
This brief for the “Advancing Collaboration in an Era of Strategic Competition” project explores the motivations and mechanisms behind U.S.-Soviet coordination on smallpox eradication, drawing lessons for how rivals can approach collaboration on issues of shared concern.
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UK-German Quiet Alliance
Ed Arnold | 2023.05.16
The UK-German defence and security relationship is sometimes referred to as the “quiet alliance”. It is understudied and underutilised compared to both UK-France and Franco-German cooperation.
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獨媒報導 | 2023.05.16
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Are European Navies Ready?
Mathieu Droin, et al. | 2023.05.16
Faced with increasing threats in the maritime domain, European navies are plagued by fragmentation and decades of underinvestment. What would it take to make them fit for current and future challenges?
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獨媒報導 | 2023.05.15
- 林景楠接受何桂藍一方盤問 曾稱「面對制度敗壞」不參選進出口界惟因朋友游說再參選
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The Global Nuclear Balance
Anthony H. Cordesman | 2023.05.15
This survey uses a wide range of summary official and expert estimates of global nuclear forces to illustrate the rapid changes that are now taking place in the global nuclear balance, which are summarized in the slide that follows this page.
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