Articles for Military Technologies

The Strategic Case for New Zealand to Join AUKUS
1 year, 7 months ago

The Strategic Case for New Zealand to Join AUKUS

The Diplomat  

New Zealand’s ruling Labor government has floated the idea of seeking access to the AUKUS trilateral security pact – specifically Pillar II – in order to share advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cyber, undersea capabilities, hypersonic weaponry, information-sharing and electronic warfare. AUKUS Is a Package Deal The first argument is that it’s critical for New Zealand to secure …

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US busts network providing technology to Russian military
2 years, 2 months ago

US busts network providing technology to Russian military

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a round of criminal charges and sanctions related to a complicated scheme to procure military technologies from U.S. manufacturers and illegally supply them to Russia for its war in Ukraine. The Justice Department charged nearly a dozen people in separate cases in New York and Connecticut, including Russian nationals accused of purchasing …

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US busts network providing technology to Russian military
2 years, 2 months ago

US busts network providing technology to Russian military

Daily Mail  

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a round of criminal charges and sanctions related to a complicated scheme to procure military technologies from U.S. manufacturers and illegally supply them to Russia for its war in Ukraine. The Biden administration has announced a round of criminal charges and sanctions related to a complicated scheme to procure military technologies from U.S. manufacturers …

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The impending beatitude of Xi Jinping
2 years, 3 months ago

The impending beatitude of Xi Jinping

New Indian Express  

Much of the developed world now sees an assertive China—flexing its muscles in its neighbourhood, upgrading its naval presence in the Indo Pacific, expanding its global economic influence, flaunting its advanced technologies and manipulating multilateral institutions—as a strategic competitor. The United States had recognised China as a potential superpower rival even in the early 2000s, but the lure of business …

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Biden administration issues rules to curtail China’s access to microchip technology
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden administration issues rules to curtail China’s access to microchip technology

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration on Friday imposed sweeping new curbs designed to curtail China’s access to technology critical to the manufacturing and operations of its military power. The Commerce Department action applies new export controls to restrict China’s access to advanced computing chips, its ability to develop and maintain super computers and manufacture semiconductors. But the scale of the …

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Key player in war on climate change? The Pentagon (Opinion)
4 years, 2 months ago

Key player in war on climate change? The Pentagon (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michèle A. Flournoy is managing partner of WestExec Advisors, a strategic advisory firm, and former Undersecretary of Defense in the Obama administration. These innovations could transform operational energy for the military while also spinning out civilian applications, much as the DoD’s original investments in GPS and the internet stimulated whole new sectors of the US economy. Similarly, retrofitting …

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