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In 2021, a Starlink satellite and OneWeb spacecraft came dangerously close to colliding in orbit.  While both companies’ automated systems detected a potential collision, the incident sparked intense debate about communication and de-confliction between autonomous space systems. As competing

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From the fanfare-laden reopening of Notre-Dame to the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit held in the cavernous halls of the Grand Palais, to last-minute summits of European leaders hastily convened in the gilded chambers of the Elysee, French diplomacy appears to have been in overdrive in recent

In 2022, Yun Sun wrote “China’s Strategic Assessment of Russia: More Complicated Than You Think,” where she argued that the geopolitical alignment of Russia and China was more nuanced than the widespread perception of pundits and analysts of a “burgeoning relationship.” Three years later, we asked

Could the Chinese Communist Party “page” U.S. servicemembers, the way the Mossad did to Hizballah on Sept. 17, 2024, in one of the most daring deception operations in living memory? It is possible. The Department of Defense does not fully understand the breadth and depth of its supply chain. Former