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April 26, 2023

National Security and Defense Program
Army of Some: Recruiting Trouble for the All-Volunteer Force

All current U.S. military personnel have one thing in common: they volunteered. But falling recruitment has raised questions of national security, military readiness, and the health of U.S. society. …

Podcast Soldier surrounded by fellow service members holds right hand up in pledge.

July 28, 2022

Russia
Russia Tries Journalist, China Celebrates Its Army, UN Meets on Nuclear Weapons, and More

A Moscow court considers the case of Marina Ovsyannikova, a Russian reporter who protested the invasion of Ukraine; China celebrates the ninety-fifth anniversary of its People’s Liberation Army amid …

Podcast Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists following Caspian Summit in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan June 29, 2022. Picture taken June 29, 2022. Sputnik/Dmitry Azarov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

July 27, 2023

Colombia
Blinken Visits South Pacific, Colombia-ELN Cease-Fire, Thailand’s Political Face-off, and More

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Australia to wrap up a visit aimed at boosting security ties and offsetting Chinese influence; the Colombian government and guerrilla group the National …

Podcast Candlelight vigil for nine Colombian soldiers who were killed in an attack by guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN), in Bogota

September 7, 2021

China
China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, With Peter Martin

Peter Martin, defense policy and intelligence reporter for Bloomberg News, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the growing assertiveness of China’s diplomacy in recent years. Martin’s new book…

Podcast Chinese and foreign journalists watch as China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on screen, answers a question during a video news conference, held remotely as a precaution for COVID-19, as part of the National People's Congress on March 7, 2021 in Beijing, China.

July 30, 2020

Elections and Voting
Biden Reveals VP Pick, Japan Remembers Hiroshima Bombing, and More

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate, Japan marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, and China co…

Podcast Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden adjusts his protective face mask as he speaks about his economic recovery plan to revive the coronavirus-battered U.S. economy during a campaign event in New Castle, Delaware, U.S.