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    Spotlight | China, Japan
    Japanese navy seeks stronger stance against China off Ryukyu Islands

    The joint Japan-US exercise ‘Keen Sword’, conducted by the Japan Self-Defence Forces and the US Army in Isen, Kagoshima Prefecture (western Japan), and on the island of Kyushu, on 18 November 2022.
    The joint Japan-US exercise ‘Keen Sword’, conducted by the Japan Self-Defence Forces and the US Army in Isen, Kagoshima Prefecture (western Japan), and on the island of Kyushu, on 18 November 2022.© Hidenori Nagai/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP

    Alongside the Japan-US ‘Keen Sword' military exercise, the Japanese navy general staff is looking to step up its strategic posturing towards China.

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    Spymaster | United States
    Jim Himes, the US Democrat set to reassert congressional oversight of intelligence

    US congressman Jim Himes, Vice-Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in 2026.
    US congressman Jim Himes, Vice-Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in 2026. © Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/Sipa USA/Reuters

    The representative for Connecticut is getting ready to chair the House intelligence committee should the majority flip. A big opportunity for the experienced lawmaker to hold CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel to account over Trump administration policies.

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    Oman, United Kingdom
    BAE Systems homes in on new naval contracts with Muscat

    A UES P38 speedboat used by BAE to test its 'Nautomate' system which turns ordinary vessels into drones, in Portsmouth, on 15 February 2024.
    A UES P38 speedboat used by BAE to test its "Nautomate" system which turns ordinary vessels into drones, in Portsmouth, on 15 February 2024.© Kevin Shipp/Alamy

    The week of an important state visit to London by Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, the UK's leading defence group is said to be optimistic about securing new maritime contracts with Muscat. But the complex history of BAE's naval partnerships in Oman makes the task more difficult.

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