Tom Pepinsky is a professor of government and director of the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University, he says the deal is a major development in U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy.

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The State Department says China’s surveillance balloons have flown over more than 40 countries and can collect communications signals.

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Paul Lushenko is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and senior policy fellow at Cornell University’s Tech Policy Lab, he says there are several potential reasons as to why balloons have thrust back into the spotlight.

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Paul Lushenko is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, senior policy fellow at Cornell University’s Tech Policy Lab, and says the attack on Iran suggests that the proliferation of commercially-available and easily weaponized drones, has resulted in distinct patterns of strikes that are markedly different from U.S. operations.

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President Joe Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday before the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia, their first in-person encounter since Biden took office.

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The United States is calling for a United Nations Security Council briefing regarding news that Russia is using Iranian drones for its war on Ukraine.

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The Department of Defense released an action plan to help reduce civilian casualties during war.

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The first round of Brazil’s elections on Oct. 2 will see former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva face off against right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. The following Cornell University professors are available to discuss the implications for Brazil and South America.

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NATO has formally invited Finland and Sweden to join its alliance after Turkey dropped its objections. The decision comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine continues.

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island. 

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