Welcome to the first-ever Women, Peace and Security wrap here at The Strategist. On the first Monday of each month, we’ll be covering developments in the WPS agenda and highlighting their impacts on national security. …
Articles by: "Zoe Glasson"
The Beat Talk to the camera (respectfully) Police using body cameras generate data, and lots of it. But until this week there’s never been a systematic effort to mine through it. Now, linguists, psychologists and …
Sea State DARPA is looking for a way to improve US Navy capability by making it possible for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to communicate underwater. DARPA thinks the answer might be AMEBA (A Mechanically Based …
The Beat All that glitters… … is not gold, and not all that is gold is legally mined. African Matters profiles the latest developments in Ghana’s fight to curb galamsey, the practice of illegal artisanal …
Sea State The Pentagon is looking at equipping the US Coast Guard’s planned three new medium icebreakers with heavy weapons. Speaking to a House subcommittee on Homeland Security, Admiral Paul Zukunft said it was necessary …
Over the past dozen years, Germany has earned the title of de facto leader of the European Union, shepherding the bloc through the existential threats of the euro crisis, and showing the way in the …
The Beat Stingrays deployed by ICE The Detroit News reports that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and FBI agents used a controversial anti-terror tool to track an undocumented immigrant. The device, known as a ‘Stingray,’ …
Sea State At last week’s International Maritime Security Conference in Singapore, Rear Admiral Lai Chung Han, Singapore’s Navy chief, announced a number of initiatives designed to promote regional submarine operational safety, including a US$7.1m upgrade …
The Beat First responders fear fentanyl The rising incidence of fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic painkiller that can be inhaled or absorbed through the skin, is changing how first responders in the US conduct their …
Sea State President Trump has been blowing off steam about the US Navy’s catapults. Apparently, the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) on the USS Gerald Ford—‘slated to become the crown jewel of the US Navy’—may …
The Beat Guns and trust in the Solomon Islands Limited rearmament is the name of the game in the Solomon Islands this week. On Tuesday, some 125 officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force …
Sea State Delays are catching, it seems—at least when it comes to building frigates. We heard on The Strategist last week about the rumoured delays of Australia’s own future frigate program; now the US Navy …