Governments rarely monitor and evaluate their diplomatic outcomes and study lessons learned. That’s strange given the extent to which they evaluate and scrutinise foreign aid spending, defence acquisitions and intelligence-collection efforts. Because so much of …
Sea state A Moroccan navy ship fired at a migrant boat headed to Spain, injuring one person on board. The incident occurred as the boat allegedly performed hostile manoeuvres and attempted to collide with the …
Sea state The US Navy’s Pacific Fleet has drawn up a plan to conduct freedom-of-navigation exercises involving warships, aircraft and troops next month in response to a Chinese destroyer’s harassment of a US ship near …
To some fanfare, the White House announced a national cyber strategy last week. It breaks little new ground but still sends an important message that cyber continues to be a priority. Now action is needed …
In 2015 then-US President Barack Obama metaphorically arm-wrestled Chinese President Xi Jinping into agreeing to stop engaging in commercial cyber espionage. Since then, China has made a similar pact with G20 members and made bilateral …
