- The Abe Administration's reinterpretation of the Japan's constitutional limits on collective self-defence is a big deal – but it isn't as sweeping as some of its critics make it out to be.
- Iain Henry offers a note of caution regarding the risks inherent in Australia's nascent security relationship with Japan.
- Are highly accurate mini-missiles the next step in precision-guided munitions?
- Meanwhile, over at Popular Mechanics, Joe Pappalardo surveys nine other technologies that could dramatically alter future warfare.
- What can Washington learn from the Nixon Doctrine? How to thrive in a polycentric world, argues Mark Safranski.
- With the F-35 set to miss yet another UK airshow debut, the fifth-generation fighter's PR problems continue to mount.
- The rise of ISIS has confronted Iran with a costly dilemma: how should it prioritise its core interests in the face of a metastasising regional insurgency?
- Finally, Hamas' bold claim to flying armed drones over Tel Aviv seems to have outpacing the reality: a glorified remote-controlled plane with toy parts glued on.
