Military & strategy links: NATO's 2%, Britain and ISIS, PAK-FA, Scotland and more
- Carnegie Moscow's Yury Tavrovsky argues that sanctions have pushed Russia and China together, to the detriment of the Pacific Pivot.
- India and Russia are increasingly at odds regarding cooperation on the PAK-FA fifth generation fighter, with New Delhi claiming it is getting short-changed on co-production.
- Steve Saideman challenges the relevance of NATO's two percent commitment as a metric of operational burden-sharing.
- Despite concerns regarding advanced ballistic and cruise missiles, there's good reason to believe that submarines still pose the greatest threat to modern aircraft carriers.
- In a week-and-a-half, Scotland will go to the polls to decide on whether to stick with the UK or forge an independent path. Claude Berube warns of the security challenges that an independent Edinburgh might face.
- As part of a new collaboration between ASPI and The Bridge, Brett Friedman offers an assessment of the relevance of amphibious capabilities to Australia’s national security.
- RUSI's Shashank Joshi evaluates Britain's possible military contributions to confronting ISIS in Iraq.
- Finally, Robert Beckhusen provides an introduction to the weird prospects for synthetic lifeforms in the defence industrial chain.