- The US isn't the only major power in the market for a new strategic bomber: Russia and China are both seeking to update their Cold War-era forces.
- In a recent memorandum, Sweden and Finland have significantly upgraded their relations with NATO, including the prospect of inviting NATO forces to deploy within their territory.
- Lawrence Freedman analyses the practice and constraints of limited war between Moscow and Kyiv.
- Meanwhile, Dmitri Trenin warns of the risk of backsliding and re-escalation amid their tenuous ceasefire.
- Defense News reports on Taiwan's uphill battle against defence espionage from the mainland.
- On the APSI Strategist, Graeme Dobell explores the alliance realism displayed by contributors to Australia's Defence: Towards a New Era?, a new volume from Melbourne University Press.
- Here's a fantastic set of maps and graphics from the US Department of State's Humanitarian Information Unit, providing a detailed visual overview of the human tragedy — and humanitarian response — unfolding in Iraq and Syria.
- Birthe Anders kicks off a discussion of the pros and cons of increasing reliance on private military contractors over at the Kings of War blog.
- Finally, in response to the recent hiring by the Atlantic Council of a director from the prominent Call of Duty franchise, Adam Elkus offers a nuanced warning on limits of popular culture as a basis for strategic futurology.