WORLD ROUNDUPAmerica’s War Aims May Be Diverging from Israel’s | North Korea Is Getting Serious About Space Weapons | Thousands of Africans Are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine, and more
· Iran Could Retrieve Uranium at Site U.S. Bombed Last Year, Officials Say
· Thousands of Africans Are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine
· America’s War Aims May Be Diverging from Israel’s
· North Korea Is Getting Serious About Space Weapons
· How the Iran War Could Consolidate China’s Energy Dominance
· How Each Gulf Country Is Intercepting Iranian Missiles and Drones
Iran Could Retrieve Uranium at Site U.S. Bombed Last Year, Officials Say (Julian E. Barnes at al., New York Times)
The fate of the highly enriched uranium and the options for securing it have become critical issues for the Trump administration.
Thousands of Africans Are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine (Economist)
African governments are belatedly trying to stop them.
America’s War Aims May Be Diverging from Israel’s (Economist)
For Binyamin Netanyahu they are, as ever, a question of politics.
North Korea Is Getting Serious About Space Weapons (Ankit Panda, Foreign Policy)
The new chapter in defense planning seems like a direct response to Trump’s Golden Dome.
How the Iran War Could Consolidate China’s Energy Dominance (By Jason Bordoff and Erica Downs, Foreign Policy)
Amid global oil and gas disruptions, China stands prepared for the electrostate era.
How Each Gulf Country Is Intercepting Iranian Missiles and Drones (Dana Alomar, Wired)
As missiles and drones cross the region’s skies, the Gulf’s layered air-defense networks—from THAAD to Patriot batteries—are being tested in real time.
