WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on June 20, 2025: * * * Fixing Germany's Defenses: Some Proposals Germany's new government is seeking to shake off decades of complacency and wishful thinking on European defense. How can it succeed? By Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven and Leon Mangasarian After 80 years of military restraint, Germany marked a watershed moment in May with the first permanent foreign deployment of a German unit since more PR

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 20, 2025: * * * AI Security Strategy and South Korea's Challenges By Sunha Bae and So Jeong Kim AI has emerged as a foundational component in the twenty-first-century digital power competition. Its influence extends far beyond technological innovation, encompassing military, cybersecurity, and sociocultural dimensions. Early leadership in core AI technologies--including AI algori more PR

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 20, 2025: * * * Complementarity Mindset: Mexico's Economy During a U.S. Reshoring Push By Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Eitan Casaverde and Natalia Hidalgo In recent years, a new bipartisan mantra has taken hold: National security is economic security, and economic security is national security. This idea led the United States to pursue a supply chain de-risking strategy for essenti more PR

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The National Iranian American Council issued the following statement on June 20, 2025: * * * NIAC Statement on Alarming Report Suggesting Use of Nuclear Weapons in War on Iran Washington D.C. - National Iranian American Council issued the following statement from Policy Director Ryan Costello regarding a new report that the U.S. would need to use nuclear weapons to destroy Iran's nuclear program: "The taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is one of the most vital gl more PR