JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * Air University advances counter-UAS efforts through Alpha Blue * MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Alabama - Air University students are working through one of the more persistent challenges facing the Joint Force: how to counter small, widely available drones that don't fit neatly into existing defense systems. As the character of warfare continues to shift, the uni more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on April 6, 2026, by senior fellow Mitzi Perdue: * * * Why Ukraine Needs More Millionaires and Fewer Billionaires Post-war Ukraine will need more than peace to hold social fabrics together and prosper, as Gen. David Petraeus recently explained. * Let's suppose it's three weeks after Russia's war on Ukraine has ended, and a Telegram post has just gone viral. On one side of the image: a middle-aged more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following statement: * * * Georgia: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2026 Article IV Mission An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Alejandro Hajdenberg conducted discussions for the 2026 Article IV consultation with Georgia from March 25 to April 7, 2026, in Tbilisi. At the end of the visit, Mr. Hajdenberg issued the following statement: Georgia's economic performance has been robust, supported by sound macr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on April 6, 2026, by senior fellow Ken Moriyasu to the Washington Post: * * * As the Iran War Continues, These "Swing States" Will Be Pivotal The conflict in Iran has boosted the strategic value of overland energy routes across Eurasia. * The closure of the Strait of Hormuz -- cutting off roughly one-fifth of the world's more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 6, 2026, by Muskingum University professor Richard Arnold in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Cossack Organizations Suppress Ukrainian Identity in Occupied Territories Executive Summary: * Moscow is utilizing the Cossack image and organizations to suppress Ukrainian identity in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. Russian bodies like Russ more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 6, 2026, by Pavel K. Baev, senior researcher at the International Peace Research Institute Oslo, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Dejected Putin Tries to Join the Great Gulf Game Executive Summary: * Russia is struggling to influence emerging alignments amid U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and the rapidly evolving Middle Eastern security dynamics. Moscow is sidelined from key diplomatic initiatives despi more PR

STRASBOURG, France, April 7 -- The Council of Europe issued the following news: * * * Official visit by Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset to Monaco Accountability and justice for Ukraine to remain a priority under Monegasque leadership of the Committee of Ministers * The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, will pay an official visit to the Principality of Monaco on 8 and 9 April. He will hold talks with Prince Albert II during an audience, after which t more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, April 1 -- Rand issued the following commentary by Raphael S. Cohen, director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program in Project Air Force, to Foreign Policy magazine: * * * Trump's Iran War Is a Dilemma, Not a Debacle The Iran war is just over a month old, and the prevailing opinion among the commentariat is that it's already a "quagmire," if not a "catastrophe." Critics have compared the conflict to the United States' invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventio more PR