By Genevieve Feely, Rhys De Wilde, Mali Walker and Luke Courtois The beat Facial recognition challenged in UK court The first test case against the use of facial recognition technology by police in Britain...

By Dominique Moisi The need for a strong, unified Europe has never been greater. But enthusiasm for the European project has rarely been so weak, at least among the young. According to a recent...

By Colin Clark Gen. Robert Abrams tells Breaking Defense, “Recent activities on the peninsula have not changed that palpable reduction of tension on the peninsula.” …read more From:: Breaking Defense (Policy)

By Katie Bo Williams, Defense One Military action against Syria over the use of chlorine would represent a de facto shift in policy. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)

By Emily Schmidt The dinghy ride up the Ramu River takes nine long hours, but my excitement mounted as we approached the small villages in the lowlands of northern Papua New Guinea (PNG). Upon...

By Brendan Nicholson Seventy years after the signing of the Geneva Conventions, geopolitics has brought humankind to the brink of another arms race with new weapons and non-human combatants, a senior Red Cross official...

By Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One She once landed an F/A-18 Hornet on an aircraft carrier. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)

By Barry Rosenberg Can artificial intelligence, machine learning, and agile development help clear the massive backlog? …read more From:: Breaking Defense (Policy)

By Patrick Tucker, Defense One The new Congress is cold on many of the Pentagon’s most elaborate projects and plans. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)

By Connor Dilleen The dramatic escalation of tensions between the US and Iran over the past few weeks has significantly changed the dynamic of Washington’s approach to Tehran, increasing the likelihood of military confrontation...

By Shashi Jayakumar ASEAN, the common refrain goes, moves slowly, especially on sensitive issues that touch on sovereignty and security, where the pace of consensus-forming adjusts to fit the comfort level of the most...

By Stephen Loosley At first thought, the Whitlam Institute on the campus of Western Sydney University is an odd place to have an exhibition supported by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and dedicated to...

By Colin Clark Join me as I explore the intricacies of ethics, technology, policy and politics with three experts on this somewhat arcane subject. …read more From:: Breaking Defense (Policy)

By Paul McLeary The Pentagon’s new Special Ops leader is looking to the defense industry for help in meeting peer adversaries, but he also has a bone to pick. …read more From:: Breaking Defense...

By Denghua Zhang, Diego Leiva and Melodie Ruwet Chinese aid to Pacific island countries (PICs) has received increasing attention from academic and policy circles in Australia in recent years. But is the Pacific unique...

By Alexander Arifianto After a campaign that was called ‘one of the most divisive election campaigns in Indonesia’s history’, incumbent president Joko Widodo, or ‘Jokowi’, handily won his re-election bid against long-time rival Prabowo...

By Theresa Hitchens House appropriators rejected Trump’s plan to put satellite regulation under the Commerce Department and chide Secretary Wilbur Ross for his refusal to testify on the 2020 budget request. …read more From::...

By Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One The Pentagon’s arguments are unconvincing, a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee says. …read more From:: Government Executive (Policy)

By Solomon Birch The armistice that ended World War I was signed at around 5 am on 11 November 1918 but didn’t come into force until 11 am. In those six hours, when both...

By Rhys De Wilde, Luke Courtois, Mali Walker and Genevieve Feely Sea state Two new Chinese warships have been launched at Dalian shipyard in northeastern China. Chinese media say that the new Type 052D...