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India
Rajnath Singh and Pete Hegseth marked the first year of a ten-year framework while regional allies sought clarity on Washington's Indo-Pacific commitment.
Asia
Shinjiro Koizumi and Pete Hegseth linked industrial capacity to denial-based defence while Tokyo prepares to update its security strategy.
United States
The Treasury plan would cover AI, biotechnology, hypersonics and supercomputing across China, Russia, Iran, Cuba and North Korea.
Africa
A UN fact-finding mission linked companies and personnel across several countries to weapons, financing, logistics and contractors serving Sudan's warring forces, and urged a wider arms embargo.
Asia
The ¥8.9 trillion request for the fiscal year beginning in April 2027 combines uncrewed weapons, longer-range strike systems, AI-enabled command and stronger state support for arms production.
Latin America
A 50% rise in homicides since 2020 has turned crime policy into a struggle between President Laura Fernández and an independent judiciary.
Oceania
Shinjiro Koizumi will meet Richard Marles in Canberra to discuss Mogami-class frigates, joint weapons development, testing, exercises and intelligence cooperation despite a recent political controversy.
China
Undersea devices, missile tests, naval drills, cyber activity and technology controls form a widening pattern of pressure as regional states balance cooperation with stronger defenses.
Africa
The tiered salary structure will take effect on September 1 and add 264 billion naira to the annual armed-forces wage bill as Abuja confronts insurgency, banditry and kidnapping.
Russia
Rodion Miroshnik argued that Europe seeks American military, technological and energy capabilities, while Washington is pursuing European capital, skilled personnel, technology and industrial activity.
China
More than 80 papers and patents show defense-linked researchers using model distillation to transfer capabilities from OpenAI and Anthropic systems into smaller domestic tools that can operate inside military networks and on edge devices.
China
China has added 14 European Union companies to its export control list in retaliation for the EU's 21st sanctions package against Russia, which targeted Chinese firms. The move restricts the supply of dual-use goods to entities including Rheinmetall, TATRA TRUCKS, and several others across eight EU member states.
