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Processing and storing data is now pushing the frontier of economic development around the world, and huge amounts of capital are flowing into building out the infrastructure to support this big bet on cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence. The race to establish an advantageous position on the digital frontier is driving a major capex boom in the United States and elsewhere, and this wave has now fully arrived in Southeast Asia. Data centers require substantial land and resources, like electricity and water, and they need reliable connectivity such as access to subsea cable networks. Countries that have land, reasonably well-developed…

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The projects are intended to strengthen Europe’s defence readiness and industrial capacity. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.com. The European Council has approved five European Defence Projects of Common Interest (EDPCIs), making the cross-border initiatives eligible for funding through the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). Approved on 28 September, the projects cover drones and counter-drone systems, maritime and seabed security, space capabilities, integrated air and missile defence, and protection of the EU’s eastern flank. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The DronE and Counter-Drone European Resolve…

Vietnam has confirmed the arrest of two activists, reported missing in neighboring Cambodia earlier this month, whom rights group claim were abducted by the Vietnamese authorities. The Ministry of Public Security said yesterday that its Security Investigation Agency had detained three men after they “entered Vietnam illegally from Cambodia,” the state-run newspaper Tuoi Tre reported. Nguyen Duc Thuan, 52, Ho Pham Hiep Huy (also known as Tran Hiep), 51, and Thai Cong Truong Son, 46, are under investigation for “Terrorism” under Article 299 of the Penal Code and “Forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations” under Article 341. Under…

In July, the Canadian government announced that it has chosen the German-Norwegian bid to build 12 conventionally-powered submarines to replace their obsolete Victoria class fleet. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported the estimated cost of the submarines at CA$24 billion. With 35-year lifetime maintenance and sustainment costs added, the overall program cost is likely to be in the vicinity of CA$100 billion. This compares more than favorably to the A$368 billion (the dollar equivalents are similar) allocated so far to AUKUS. The Canadians said they had a hard time choosing between two excellent options – the other being the South Korean…

Manas National Park in the northeast Indian state of Assam is in danger. The Assam government, which should be protecting this 1,176-acre World Heritage Site, has encroached on the park for several years. Originally part of the North Kamrup Reserve Forest, the land under contention, which is spread over 9.3 sq km, was given on a 30-year lease to the Indian government for setting up a seed farm. After the lease expired in 2001, the area became part of the Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve, the Assam forest department said in a letter to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC)…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed U.S. Cyber Command and military intelligence agencies to prioritize countering foreign threats to the upcoming elections, ordering intelligence collection and coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.The Sept. 22 memorandum was released publicly Monday and instructs the defense intelligence enterprise to gather and analyze information on foreign election threats. It separately directs Cyber Command to use its existing authorities and capabilities to counter potential cyberattacks by foreign actors targeting the elections.“I am therefore directing the entire [Defense Intelligence Enterprise] to mobilize every authorized asset, capability, and partnership under your command to defend our election infrastructure…

Love and marriage across religious and caste lines have always been frowned upon and forbidden in India. However, Hindu right-wing organizations have taken this to a new extreme by conjuring up a conspiracy theory they term “love jihad.” India is witnessing a systematic strategy being implemented by Hindutva activists to not just prevent Hindu women from marrying Muslim men but to malign the latter by ascribing to them sinister motives of enticing Hindu women with false promises of love and marriage for the sole purpose of converting them to Islam. Bharatiya Janata Party politicians have used the “love jihad” bogey…

Kim Aris has conducted a concerted campaign for the release of his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi, ever since she was detained in early 2021, when Myanmar’s military ousted her elected government and tipped the country into a bloody civil war. Her meeting last month with an official from the International Committee for the Red Cross, following Kim’s Proof of Life campaign, did little to calm fears for the Nobel laureate’s health and safety amid claims that the meeting was staged, and at this point her whereabouts remain a closely guarded secret. Kim Aris spoke to The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt…

The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that Pakistan helped negotiate between Iran and the U.S. in June and which had largely dropped out of public discussion in recent months is back in the news again. The renewed attention on the MoU, however, does not necessarily indicate a clear pathway toward a lasting de-escalation of the conflict. Rather, it signals a new high level of endorsement since its signing in June. The Pakistan-mediated 14-point interim understanding that Washington and Tehran endorsed was intended to halt the armed hostilities, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and create space for broader talks on nuclear…