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Maritime Tensions Grow Between Rising China and Rearming Japan

The most dangerous flashpoint in the South China Sea could be a Japanese warship, not a disputed isle.

  • Steve Mollman, Quartz
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Syria reattacks Aleppo; Interview with Peshmerga’s top general; India places an $8.8b order for French fighter jets; China is ‘searching for MH370’; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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500 more US troops to Iraq?; ISIS fired a mustard-agent shell; Russia negs Syrian no-go zone; How the USAF preps for cyber war; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Obama at the UN; US may arm Syrian Kurds; USAF will cut holes in downed F-35 wings; Intel picture over Iraq getting cloudier; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Syrian cease-fire is over; ‘War crime’ in Aleppo convoy bombing?’; Iraqi troops advance closer to Mosul; Laser-armed helicopter drones; More than 8,000 cameras helped nab suspected NYC/NJ bomber; Sikorsky’s ‘ace in the hole’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Hunting the NYC bomber; Big coalition airstrike in Syria; Trump’s foreign ties would entangle US policy; F-35s, grounded on eve of AFA; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Deaths test Syrian ceasefire; Pentagon edges toward coordination with Russia; He’s in charge of preventing the next Snowden; Using a flip phone won’t save you; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Tensions surround the Syrian deal; Details emerge on huge US-Israeli aid pact; DIUx opens its wallet; Someone is ‘learning to take down the internet’; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Carter unsold on ceasefire terms; DPRK accelerates uranium enrichment; Boeing needed help on T-X jet; Philippines seeks Chinese, Russian gear; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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A record-setting arms deal with Israel; Duterte uninterested in joint SCS patrols; New Missile Defense director on tap; Pentagon’s ‘disjointed’ readiness plans; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
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Another Syrian ceasefire; Navy SOF funds a microdrone; The changing of the National Guard; Former soldier leads Paralympics cyclists; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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DPRK tests 5th nuke; Mosul offensive in October?; DOJ creates Internet-of-Things team; A SEAL hostage-rescue mission fails; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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US Intel Chief: Climate Change Is Adding Fuel to the World’s Extremist Fires

DNI Clapper says environmental factors will keep the cycle of extremism going long after ISIS is vanquished.

  • Caroline Houck
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'82 percent approval rating'; A new ISIS battleground; China orders giant cargo planes; The threat the G20 missed; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Caroline Houck and Bradley Peniston
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Even Duterte’s Slurs Can’t Break US-Philippines Ties Cemented by Chinese Aggression

Attention is turning to the Scarborough Shoal, just west of the Philippines, where many fear Beijing will build more islands to expand its control of the South China Sea.

  • Steve Mollman, Quartz
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‘Five immediate major challenges’; Turkey urges ‘safe zone’ in Syria; How deception can help AIs learn; Iranian boat swarms, by the numbers.

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Deadly standoff in Kabul; Hiccups on Obama’s Western Pacific swing; Next ICBM’s cost soars; FBI investigating Russian hackers; and a bit more.

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The Same Culprits That Targeted US Election Boards Might Have Also Targeted Ukraine

More circumstantial evidence suggests Russian-backed actors targeted state election boards.

  • Patrick Tucker
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5 ways to guard US elections from online assault; Turkey touts anti-ISIS ops; Putin praises DNC hack; Why so many F/A-18s are crashing; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
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US laughs off Russian claim; Japan seeks military-spending hike; How Australia lost its sub secrets; The US Army’s new tech incubator; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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