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We are living through a period of profound epistemic uncertainty. Viral misinformation, algorithmic amplification, and the rise of “post-truth” politics have eroded what once appeared to be a shared understanding of reality. Questions long confined to philosophy seminars, including what constitutes knowledge and how truth can be distinguished from illusion, have now moved to the centre of political stability and geopolitical competition. This shift makes the study of knowledge not only philosophical but strategically urgent. When societies cannot agree on basic facts, the consequences extend far beyond academic debate. Domestic governance becomes polarised, public trust erodes, and strategic rivalries intensify as…

The US Department of the Navy establishes five new portfolio acquisition executives. Credit: ChicagoPhotographer/Shutterstock.com. The US Department of the Navy (DoN) has established five Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) organisations as part of a shift to a new acquisition structure. The newly established PAEs include Industrial Operations, Marine Corps, Maritime, Strategic Systems Programs, and Undersea. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Vice admiral James P. Downey will lead PAE Industrial Operations, lieutenant general Eric Austin will head PAE Marine Corps, and Christopher Miller will…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The latest addition to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) is, without question, one of the ugliest military aircraft to grace an apron today. With its enormous, bulged nose and other awkward protuberances, the Kawasaki EC-2 is, nevertheless, an important addition to the JASDF at a time when it faces increasing challenges from various sophisticated threats. The aircraft, which has generated much interest, took to the air for the first time today at Gifu Air Base, in the prefecture of the same…

Artificial intelligence will reshape how wars are fought, and the United States enters this era with genuine advantages. American companies build the most capable models in the world. US-based chip designers dominate the advanced semiconductor supply chain. Private investment in AI flows into American firms at a rate that dwarfs every other nation. These are real strengths, and they underpin a reasonable belief that the United States leads the global AI competition. The confidence borne of this belief, however, rests on an assumption that deserves scrutiny: that breakthroughs made in American labs translate into durable, exclusive military advantage. In previous…

An Iranian missile strike damaged five U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, two U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal.The aircraft were parked on the flight line at the time of the strike and sustained damage but were not destroyed, according to the officials. The tankers are being repaired and are expected to return to service. No U.S. personnel were killed in the attack, The Wall Street Journal reported.President Donald Trump disputed those characterizations in a Saturday Truth Social post, saying, “The Base was hit a few days…

“Nakisa [Bidarian] invited me to come to fight MMA or kickboxing,” Silva told Ariel Helwani. “But because I’m in this process now [of becoming a police officer] to study, to keep my mind work on the one thing, I just say, ‘Oh, I can’t this time.’ But when I finish the whole thing, probably I have one or two more fights, only boxing.”“I’m not have a mind anymore to train in MMA, it’s just too hard for me to [come] back to train MMA,” Silva added. “Of course, I train jiu jitsu every day. I train in boxing two days…

When service members undergo readiness processing at Reynolds Army Health Clinic at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, they move through a system built to keep the force prepared — the same priority that defined the career of Maj. Gen. Charles Reynolds. The decorated doctor and soldier, with a military career spanning four decades, was the 25th surgeon general of the U.S. Army and the namesake the clinic bears today. Reynolds shaped U.S. Army medicine through leadership focused on modernization, training, and rapid mobilization for war. His service ranged from field duty in the Philippines to senior command responsibility during World War I.…

Sam Sulek made his pro debut at the 2026 Arnold and made an impressive showing just one year out from earning his IFBB Pro Card, but the social media star is hoping to bring a harder, leaner, physique to the 2026 Arnold UK after cracking the top ten in Columbus, and he says his pre-contest food consumption is one of the first things that he will tweak. “For the Arnold, Columbus, the goal was to do better than the Arnold, Columbus of last year,” explained Sulek on March 8, regarding the hopes around his transition from amateur to pro. “Which…

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dollar General and Ashley Furniture Industries are leveraging ocean schedule reliability as a way to optimize inventory planning and reduce stockouts. The Gemini network in particular — an operational agreement between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd — has helped Dollar General improve variability issues in ocean shipping that impact inventory carrying costs, Chelsea Morris, VP of global inbound transportation, said at TPM26 by S&P Global. The Gemini Cooperation was launched in 2025 and claims a 90% schedule reliability, operating a fleet of about 340…

16 March 2026 – The disruption of global energy supplies is being felt worldwide, the UN’s top climate change official warned on Monday, as conflict in the Middle East drives oil and gas prices sharply higher – echoing the market turmoil triggered by the war in Ukraine. Speaking at the 2026 Green Growth Summit in Brussels, Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said the volatility underscored the strategic value of renewable energy. “Renewables turn the tables,” he said during a keynote address to the event, which brings together European climate and environment ministers…