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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met National Security Advisers and senior security officials from BRICS nations in New Delhi on Tuesday, underscoring the grouping’s growing importance in addressing contemporary global security challenges. The meeting followed the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers’ Meeting chaired by India’s NSA Ajit Doval.The discussions took place against the backdrop of increasing geopolitical uncertainty, with a strong emphasis on non‑traditional threats such as terrorism, cybersecurity, and risks posed by emerging technologies. Modi described BRICS as a vital platform for strengthening security cooperation in a rapidly changing global environment.He urged member nations — Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India,…

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In recent years, a growing number of vendors across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East have been developing low-cost cruise missiles.  These are distinct from the advent of new jet-powered one-way attack (OWA) drones, which, to be clear, are also, technically speaking, ‘cruise missiles.’ These OWAs are also designed to be low-cost and scalable, not different in intent from the munitions discussed in this piece. However, where these ‘low-cost cruise missiles’ differ is that they are the developmental branch out from the traditional design approaches. So, the OWA is typically a tailless delta (analogous to the Shahed-series) airframe…

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is currently visiting China. But from tea stalls to social media in Bangladesh, people are talking about Malaysia – specifically, about a 2-minute and 40-second video reviewing Rahman’s recent visit.  Released from the verified Facebook page of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the video features the popular Bengali song “Amar Bondhu Moha Jadu Jane” (My friend knows great magic) playing in the background. The clips emphasized the warm hospitality extended to the Bangladeshi prime minister and striking moments showcasing the chemistry between the two leaders, starting with the red carpet reception given to Rahman at…

Bangladesh is reportedly preparing to acquire 24 Chinese J-10CE fighter jets, a move that signals one of Dhaka’s most ambitious defence modernisation steps under its long-running Forces Goal 2030 program, according to a report by India Today.The deal, expected to be signed during Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to China and finalised by August, is valued at around $2.2 billion. Deliveries could begin in late 2026 or early 2027, with Beijing providing training, logistics, spares, and long-term sustainment support.The J-10CE is the export variant of the Chengdu J-10C, a 4.5-generation multi-role fighter jet powered by the WS-10B turbofan engine. It…

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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Akhil Ramesh – director of the Economic Statecraft Initiative at the Pacific Forum – is the 514th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.” Explain how the U.S.-led Pax Silica Initiative integrates economic security with foreign policy. Pax Silica can be understood through two complementary lenses. First, it reflects a distinctive Trump administration initiative that uses critical technology cooperation – particularly across the silicon and semiconductor value chain – as a tool to…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has extended an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Sources confirmed that the communication was made during a telephonic conversation between the two leaders, which also touched upon the ongoing conflict in West Asia.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who served as the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic for thirty-six years, was killed on 28 February, the first day of Israeli and United States airstrikes on Tehran.He was eighty-six years old at the time of his death. His funeral rites are scheduled to begin on 4 July and…

Sam LaGrone, USNI News The service has pumped billions into additive manufacturing and new job training programs to make up for steep declines in the submarine industrial base Source link

WASHINGTON — After years of struggles on the T-7 Red Hawk program, Air Force officials in January 2025 decided to take a different direction, implementing a new strategy called “active management” that offered prime contractor Boeing a series of financial incentives in exchange for meeting certain goals. A year later, the Air Force and Boeing are discussing a new expansion, one that the service has internally assessed could cost taxpayers over a billion dollars, according to previously unreported Air Force documents viewed by Breaking Defense.  Under an Air Force document known as a second Memorandum of Agreement (MOA 2) —…