Power Moves: How China’s Energy Investments Provide Durable Influence in South America  - CSIS Americas Associate Fellow Henry Ziemer evaluates China's investments in energy generation and distribution infrastructure in South America.

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 Spike NLOS Advances to Phase 2 of M-LRPSM Competition  - WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2025 – The U.S. Army down selected Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) system capability for Phase 2 of the Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike...

 Seth Jones and Tom Karako in WSJ: A Step Toward Peace: ‘I’m Going to Send Them Tomahawks’  - “As with Hamas in Gaza, ending the Ukraine war will require speaking Moscow’s language: force,” write CSIS Defense and Security Department experts Seth G. Jones and Tom Karako.

 Hudson Statement on China’s Detention of Zion Church Leaders

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 Renewed China-DPRK Diplomacy: Symbolism or Substance?  - CSIS experts address critical questions regarding Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s recent visit to North Korea and its significance for bilateral ties.

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 Realising Societal Resilience for a Whole of Society Approach to Defence

 Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan… A Wedding Without a Bride and Groom  - Donald Trump garnered some major political optics today as he signed his Gaza Peace Plan, with a raft of Euopean, Asian and Arab leaders sitting in the cheap seats watching…

 L3Harris Announces Quarterly Dividend  - The Board of Directors of L3Harris Technologies has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.20 per common share

 Next-gen tank to reach soldiers for testing by end of 2026  - General Dynamics is working on a "pre-prototype" of the M1E3 Abrams for soldiers to try out.

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 No drones for Army squads, teams, 25th Infantry Division leader says  - Amid a push to put more small drones in soldiers' hands, the Army is learning there’s a ceiling to the number of unmanned systems that units can handle.

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 Army Korea’s move to longer duty tours to come in stages, general says  - The new model will see soldiers accompanied by their families serving a three-year tour in Korea and unaccompanied troops serving two years.

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 Lockheed Martin and Belgium Celebrate Arrival of First Belgian F-35 Aircraft  - Belgium's first F-35A Lightning II aircraft to be stationed in country arrived at Florennes Air Base. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) joined the arrival ceremony hosted by the Belgian Air Force at the...

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 Army accelerates PrSM output as ATACMS nears sunset  - The Army is expecting to enter a production contract with Lockheed Martin soon to deliver Precision Strike Missiles.

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 The Return of the Hostages, an AfPak War, and India

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 Escalating Border Conflict Between Pakistan and Afghanistan

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 Wanted: More Batteries for Defence

 More on the Delusional Thinking of Western Zionists  - If you think that Donald Trump is the only one living in a fantasy land when it comes to the genocide in Palestine and the war in Ukraine, think again….

 Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics Expedite Solid Rocket Motor Development, Strengthening U.S. Supply Chain Resilience  - WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2025 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) announced significant progress in the joint development of solid rocket motor (SRM) production. The two...

 The Army’s new watercraft plan banks on autonomy, commercial ships  - The Army's plan for establishing a fleet of watercraft in the Pacific includes a commitment to deeper experimentation with autonomous vessels.

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 Renewed China-DPRK Diplomacy: Symbolism or Substance?  - CSIS experts address critical questions regarding Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s recent visit to North Korea and the significance for bilateral ties.

 President Donald Trump in Israel

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