Sea state The British amphibious vessel HMS Albion became involved in a minor confrontation with a Chinese frigate and two PLAN helicopters near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea late last month. China …
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The beat Backflips over 3D-printed guns Defense Distributed, a US-based online organisation, is selling blueprints for 3D-printed guns despite a court injunction banning their online distribution. In July, blueprints were removed from a State Department …
What’s so important about WPS? The fact that women make up at least half the population should be reason enough to include them in peace and security processes, but the ‘emphasis on women’ continues to …
Sea state Australia’s largest multilateral naval exercise, Kakadu 2018, is underway, with China participating for the first time. The RAN’s fleet commander, Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead, stressed the importance of maintaining freedom of navigation in …
The beat Prison strike over ‘modern slavery’ continues A North American prison strike, sparked by the death of seven inmates during a riot in a South Carolina jail in April, is now in its second …
Sea state The Indian navy secretly test-fired its first indigenous nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from INS Arihant in the Bay of Bengal on 11–12 August. The B-05 missile can hit targets with nuclear warheads …
The Talking Heads’ 1985 hit ‘Road to nowhere’ provided a rather entertaining, if somewhat bleak, perspective on the futility of life: we are born, we live and we die. While we don’t necessarily agree with …
The beat Militarising police doesn’t sit well A new study has found that the deployment of heavily armed SWAT teams in the US reduces public support for police but doesn’t reduce crime or increase safety. …
Sea state The US has announced a plan to deploy a hospital ship to Colombia to assist with the Venezuelan refugee crisis. The schedule for the departure of the ship, most likely to be USNS …
The beat Former president pleads guilty in El Salvador Former El Salvadorian president Antonio Saca has pleaded guilty to money-laundering and embezzlement charges. He and six other former public officials are accused of having diverted …
Sea state The US chief of naval operations, Admiral John Richardson, has sounded another warning about increased Russian and Chinese activity in the Atlantic Ocean. Russian submarines have been detected near crucial undersea communications cables …
The beat Krone laundering in Estonia Danish and Estonian authorities are investigating Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest bank, over allegations of money laundering. The bank’s Estonian branch was allegedly used to launder around 53 billion kroner (US$8.3 billion) …