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But Pentagon leaders said the uptick reflects soldiers feeling more comfortable reporting. …read more Read more here:: Government Executive (Policy)

Staunton, December 4 – The violence overnight in the Chechen capital not only underscores the fragility of peace in the North Caucasus but represents “a last warning” to Vladimir Putin that he must change...

Staunton, December 4 – Moscow is waging a highly effective information war in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with its Russia Today television broadcasts in their national languages, a war that the West must respond...

Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index is out. India’s ranking has improved ten places since last year, and is better than China’s for the first time since 1996. As the Lima negotiations loom, will...

Troops are on track to receive a 1 percent pay increase in 2015; bill freezes pay for general and flag officers next year. …read more Read more here:: Government Executive (Policy)

While the Australian Government has already made its decision to go ahead with procuring a total of 72 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, there’s still cause to watch the progress of the development program. Australia...

Staunton, December 4 – Since Vladimir Putin became president, the Muslims of Russia have erected 7,500 mosques or slightly more one per day, a statistic in which the Islamic community of that country can...

Staunton, December 4 – President Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Federal Assembly is the subject of intense interest for the light it will shed on where the Kremlin leader is headed next. But there...

Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please...

UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Sheikhs v shale Israel’s parliament was dissolved and early elections called for March 17th, after the collapse of the governing coalition led by Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister....

UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Sheikhs v shale Fly Title: America’s next defence secretary Rubric: Ashton Carter is well-qualified to lead the Pentagon, if he is allowed to Main image: More hawkish than...

President Obama is expected to announce in the coming days his nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense. Whoever the next Secretary is, the expectation is that the individual will have a wealth...

The US extended deterrent in Northeast Asia is strong. US alliances with Japan and South Korea are each arguably in the best shape in years, with alliance modernization efforts proceeding in tandem with domestic...

Welcome to our new column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our...

DARPA’s Adaptive Vehicle Make program shows the measured promise of innovative approaches for engineering innovative armaments. Anyone up for designing a new swimming tank? For counterattacks against possible Chinese landings in that first island...

The Bay of Bengal has long been the poor cousin of the long Asian littoral. Thailand is often seen as one of the Asian ‘Tigers’, but Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka missed out on...

Last week, the New York Times reported that the post-2014 mission in Afghanistan is expanding, at least for US forces. The move ‘ensures American troops will have a direct role in fighting in the...