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  • US Official: Iran Deal Keeps UN Restrictions
    US Official: Iran Deal Keeps UN Restrictions

    UN sanctions on arms trade and missile sales that are related to nuclear activity will remain in place in any Iran deal, a US official said Tuesday.

  • Turkey Likely To Soften Foreign Policy
    Turkey Likely To Soften Foreign Policy

    Turkey’s inconclusive June 7 parliamentary elections have not only deprived the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of its parliamentary majority for the first time since 2002, but have also forced the Islamist party to review its foreign policy and security calculus, officials and analysts agree.

  • Election Deadlock Affects Turk Defense Plans
    Election Deadlock Affects Turk Defense Plans

    ANKARA — Turkey’s surprise indecisive parliamentary elections June 7 has left the ruling party in the minority for the first time since 2002, pushing defense procurement decisions and top programs into uncertainty

  • Fallon: Expect UK Defense Review Late 2015
    Fallon: Expect UK Defense Review Late 2015

    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told Parliament on June 8 that the new strategic defense and security review will report “towards the end of this year.”

  • US Boosts Industrial Ties With India, Vietnam
    US Boosts Industrial Ties With India, Vietnam

    The US took steps last week to increase its defense industrial ties with Vietnam and India, easing the path for the American defense industry in two growing markets while strengthening political ties with two nations increasingly wary of Chinese aggression in the region.

  • South Korea, Japan Hold Security Talks

    South Korea and Japan on Tuesday held their first high-level security talks in more than five years despite simmering tensions over territorial and historical disputes.

  • Netanyahu to Putin: Lifting Missile Ban To Boost Iran Aggressiveness
    Netanyahu to Putin: Lifting Missile Ban To Boost Iran Aggressiveness

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed Israel’s “grave concerns” Tuesday over Moscow’s decision to lift a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defense missile systems.

  • Pact Gives EU Leaders Procurement Support
    Pact Gives EU Leaders Procurement Support

    An agreement signed between the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the EU’s Athena mechanism will enable the Athena administrator or any EU operation/mission commanders to call on the EDA for technical and administrative support for infrastructure procurement.

  • Critics Rip Netanyahu on Security Issues
    Critics Rip Netanyahu on Security Issues

    An embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent the final week before elections defending himself against criticism on a variety of topics from veterans of the country’s security establishment, including that he is backing away from the two-state solution with Palestine.

  • DoD Wargaming Push To Study Tech Capabilities
    DoD Wargaming Push To Study Tech Capabilities

    The Pentagon’s top military leadership has been given their marching orders to move out on an ambitious wargaming plan to rescue a skill set that has “atrophied” in recent years, according to an internal Feb. 9 memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work.

  • US Official: Iran Deal Keeps UN Restrictions
    US Official: Iran Deal Keeps UN Restrictions

    UN sanctions on arms trade and missile sales that are related to nuclear activity will remain in place in any Iran deal, a US official said Tuesday.

  • Turkey Likely To Soften Foreign Policy
    Turkey Likely To Soften Foreign Policy

    Turkey’s inconclusive June 7 parliamentary elections have not only deprived the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of its parliamentary majority for the first time since 2002, but have also forced the Islamist party to review its foreign policy and security calculus, officials and analysts agree.

  • Election Deadlock Affects Turk Defense Plans
    Election Deadlock Affects Turk Defense Plans

    ANKARA — Turkey’s surprise indecisive parliamentary elections June 7 has left the ruling party in the minority for the first time since 2002, pushing defense procurement decisions and top programs into uncertainty

  • Fallon: Expect UK Defense Review Late 2015
    Fallon: Expect UK Defense Review Late 2015

    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told Parliament on June 8 that the new strategic defense and security review will report “towards the end of this year.”

  • US Boosts Industrial Ties With India, Vietnam
    US Boosts Industrial Ties With India, Vietnam

    The US took steps last week to increase its defense industrial ties with Vietnam and India, easing the path for the American defense industry in two growing markets while strengthening political ties with two nations increasingly wary of Chinese aggression in the region.

  • South Korea, Japan Hold Security Talks

    South Korea and Japan on Tuesday held their first high-level security talks in more than five years despite simmering tensions over territorial and historical disputes.

  • Netanyahu to Putin: Lifting Missile Ban To Boost Iran Aggressiveness
    Netanyahu to Putin: Lifting Missile Ban To Boost Iran Aggressiveness

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed Israel’s “grave concerns” Tuesday over Moscow’s decision to lift a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defense missile systems.

  • Pact Gives EU Leaders Procurement Support
    Pact Gives EU Leaders Procurement Support

    An agreement signed between the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the EU’s Athena mechanism will enable the Athena administrator or any EU operation/mission commanders to call on the EDA for technical and administrative support for infrastructure procurement.

  • Critics Rip Netanyahu on Security Issues
    Critics Rip Netanyahu on Security Issues

    An embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent the final week before elections defending himself against criticism on a variety of topics from veterans of the country’s security establishment, including that he is backing away from the two-state solution with Palestine.

  • DoD Wargaming Push To Study Tech Capabilities
    DoD Wargaming Push To Study Tech Capabilities

    The Pentagon’s top military leadership has been given their marching orders to move out on an ambitious wargaming plan to rescue a skill set that has “atrophied” in recent years, according to an internal Feb. 9 memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work.

  • US Official: Iran Deal Keeps UN Restrictions
    US Official: Iran Deal Keeps UN Restrictions

    UN sanctions on arms trade and missile sales that are related to nuclear activity will remain in place in any Iran deal, a US official said Tuesday.

  • Turkey Likely To Soften Foreign Policy
    Turkey Likely To Soften Foreign Policy

    Turkey’s inconclusive June 7 parliamentary elections have not only deprived the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of its parliamentary majority for the first time since 2002, but have also forced the Islamist party to review its foreign policy and security calculus, officials and analysts agree.

  • Election Deadlock Affects Turk Defense Plans
    Election Deadlock Affects Turk Defense Plans

    ANKARA — Turkey’s surprise indecisive parliamentary elections June 7 has left the ruling party in the minority for the first time since 2002, pushing defense procurement decisions and top programs into uncertainty

  • Fallon: Expect UK Defense Review Late 2015
    Fallon: Expect UK Defense Review Late 2015

    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told Parliament on June 8 that the new strategic defense and security review will report “towards the end of this year.”

  • US Boosts Industrial Ties With India, Vietnam
    US Boosts Industrial Ties With India, Vietnam

    The US took steps last week to increase its defense industrial ties with Vietnam and India, easing the path for the American defense industry in two growing markets while strengthening political ties with two nations increasingly wary of Chinese aggression in the region.

  • South Korea, Japan Hold Security Talks

    South Korea and Japan on Tuesday held their first high-level security talks in more than five years despite simmering tensions over territorial and historical disputes.

  • Netanyahu to Putin: Lifting Missile Ban To Boost Iran Aggressiveness
    Netanyahu to Putin: Lifting Missile Ban To Boost Iran Aggressiveness

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed Israel’s “grave concerns” Tuesday over Moscow’s decision to lift a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defense missile systems.

  • Pact Gives EU Leaders Procurement Support
    Pact Gives EU Leaders Procurement Support

    An agreement signed between the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the EU’s Athena mechanism will enable the Athena administrator or any EU operation/mission commanders to call on the EDA for technical and administrative support for infrastructure procurement.

  • Critics Rip Netanyahu on Security Issues
    Critics Rip Netanyahu on Security Issues

    An embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent the final week before elections defending himself against criticism on a variety of topics from veterans of the country’s security establishment, including that he is backing away from the two-state solution with Palestine.

  • DoD Wargaming Push To Study Tech Capabilities
    DoD Wargaming Push To Study Tech Capabilities

    The Pentagon’s top military leadership has been given their marching orders to move out on an ambitious wargaming plan to rescue a skill set that has “atrophied” in recent years, according to an internal Feb. 9 memo issued by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work.