by | May 17, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — Colin Kahl, who has served for two years as the Pentagon’s policy chief under the Biden administration, will resign this summer. Kahl, who the Senate confirmed as undersecretary of defense for policy in a party-line vote in April 2021, will return to his...
by | May 16, 2023 | Security
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to expand the country’s nonlethal aid to Ukraine when he met the European country’s first lady Tuesday in Seoul. Olena Zelenska visited South Korea as a special envoy of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy....
by | May 16, 2023 | Security
MOSCOW — The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Tuesday voted unanimously to formally pull out of a key Cold War-era security deal, more than eight years after Moscow halted its participation. The vote in the State Duma came less than a week after President...
by | May 16, 2023 | Security
TOKYO — The Japanese and Chinese defense ministers inaugurated their long-awaited hotline on Tuesday as a step to build trust and improve communication at a time when Japan and other neighbors are concerned about Beijing’s increasingly assertive military activities....
by | May 16, 2023 | Security
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel and Montenegro entered into a government-to-government contract that will see Israel’s Elbit Systems supply mortar systems and training equipment to the Balkan nation. The deal, valued at €20 million (U.S. $21.8 million), is the latest...
