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☆ A European rival to HIMARS takes shape
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Europe is building a multiple rocket launcher that resembles America's HIMARS, the ground-fired weapon that took on the precision strike missions that Ukraine's battered air force couldn't. Many, such as France's LRU and Germany's MARS 2, are based on the U.S. M270, a tracked mobile rocket launcher, and its Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets. One HIMARS launcher can carry six GMLRS rockets or one longer-range ATACMS ballistic missile. HIMARS rockets destroyed Russian ammunition depots and headquarters, disrupting logistics and command and control, and spurring Russian forces to move vital facilities deeper behind their lines. Collectively, such trends are prompting some militaries to consider possible alternatives to the US HIMARS system, though certainly that remains a major player in this competition for contracts."

Persons: HIMARS, KNDS, EuroPULS, hasn't, Emely Gonzalez, What's, Elbit, Lockheed Martin, that's, Elbit's PULS, James Black, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Franco, Systems, Israel Defense Forces, High, Artillery, U.S ., US Marine Corps, HIMARS, Lockheed, Munitions, MARS, US Defense Department, RAND, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, HIMARS, Germany, Europe, Netherlands, Denmark, RAND Europe, Forbes

☆ Eyeing China, the Philippines wants to buy its first attack submarine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewAmid rising tensions with China, the Philippines is planning to buy its first submarine. AdvertisementChina and its neighbors have been at loggerheads for the past decade, after Beijing claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, including islands and resource-rich waters. AdvertisementBut that leaves the question of how readily the Philippines Navy can operate a submarine. Chinese Coast Guard holding knives and machetes as they approach Philippine troops in the disputed South China Sea on June 17, 2024. Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP, FileA single submarine would do little to change the power imbalance between the Philippines and China.

Persons: —, Greg Poling, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Thomas Shoal, Poling, Rodrigo Duterte, You've, Mark Manantan, Manantan, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Business, Philippine Navy, Washington -, Strategic, International Studies, Diesel, Philippines Navy, Malaysia, Forum, Islamic, Philippine Communist Party, Coast Guard, Armed Forces, AP, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: China, Philippines, Philippine, South China, Asia, Washington, loggerheads, Beijing, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sierra Madre, American, France, Spain, South Korea, Italy, Indonesia, Hawaii, Mindanao, Manila, Asian, Forbes

☆ China and Russia are in a bad marriage that the West shouldn't try to break up
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Already, Russia's military and China's People's Liberation Army have held around 25 joint exercises since 2005, involving ships, aircraft and ground troops. Equally important is that China has become a key enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine. Advertisement"Policymakers and planners should avoid overestimating the state of military cooperation and operational integration that exists between Russia and China," RAND warned. AdvertisementDespite boasting of their military ties, Russia and China don't have much faith in each other's military prowess. In their 2001 friendship treaty, China and Russia did agree to consult with each other should either nation be attacked.

Persons: Mladen Antonov, Russia's, Mark Cozad, Cozad, Hitler, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Communist, Business, NATO, RAND Corp, Liberation Army, British, RAND, PLA, People's, Army, Russian, Grand Alliance, Western Allies, Central, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Soviet Union, China, Beijing, Moscow, U.S, Russian, Europe, Taiwan, Ukraine, Russia, Britain, South Korea, America, Vietnam, Korea, Syria, West, Central Asia, United States, Forbes

☆ Supreme Court rejects appeals brought by RFK Jr-founded anti-vaccine group over Covid shots
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Lawrence Hurley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away two Covid-related appeals brought by Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group founded by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In the FDA case, the group claimed in court papers that Covid vaccines were "ineffective and lacked proper vetting." Circuit Court of Appeals found that Kennedy's group did not have legal standing to sue. Kennedy is listed as a lawyer on the Rutgers filing at the Supreme Court despite his leave of absence from the group. In a separate vaccine-related case, the court also turned away a challenge to Connecticut's decision to repeal a religious exemption for school vaccinations.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy Organizations: Children's Health Defense, Food, Rutgers University, FDA, Circuit, Appeals, Rutgers, Democratic, Health Defense Locations: Phoenix , Arizona, New Jersey, Orleans, Philadelphia

☆ Ukraine needs to stop fighting the war Russia wants
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Build up Ukrainian military power and compel Russia to agree to peace, argues a Ukrainian security expert. It's also clear that even with robust EU and US support, Ukraine is still at a disadvantage against the Russian war machine in a years-long fight. Related storiesDanylyuk also worries that political divergences between Ukraine and its allies are undermining Ukrainian military effectiveness. REUTERS/Sofiia GatilovaThe result is that the Ukrainian military isn't sure what kind of war to prepare for. Interestingly, Danylyuk blames the West for failing to adapt its equipment to the lessons of the Ukraine war.

Persons: Oleksandr Danylyuk, Danylyuk, Carl von Clausewitz, Biden, It's, Ukraine's, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Business, Royal United Services Institute, Century, [ Armed Forces, REUTERS, Ukrainian, Russian, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Russia, USSR, British, Europe, Ukrainian, Kostiantynivka, Donetsk, Crimea, Soviet, Afghanistan, Russian, Moscow, China, North Korea, Iran, Forbes

☆ Russia's talking about a 6th-generation fighter jet while its Su-57 sits out the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Not coincidentally, the discussion comes as the US Air Force hints that it may drop its plan for a sixth-generation fighter, a piloted air superiority fighter that will operate with drones. But experts consider the idea of a next-generation Russian fighter to be sheer fantasy at a time when it's struggling to operate its fifth-generation stealth fighters. AdvertisementDiscussing cutting-edge aircraft seems almost surreal for Russia, whose air force has enough problems using its current warplanes in Ukraine. Russia's fifth-generation fighter, the Su-57, has been conspicuous by its absence in Ukraine. In November 2023, a senior Russian aviation official said that no decision had been made as to whether a sixth-generation fighter would be manned or unmanned.

Persons: it's, Pavel Luzin, Evgeny Fedosov, Russia's, —, Russia wasn't, Sergei Korotkov, Fedosov, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, US Air Force, State Research Institute of Aviation Systems, TASS, America, Army, United Aircraft Corporation, Moscow Institute, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Ukrainian, China, Forbes

☆ How Heat Affects the Brain
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Dana G. Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In July 2016, a heat wave hit Boston, with daytime temperatures averaging 92 degrees for five days in a row. Some local university students who were staying in town for the summer got lucky and were living in dorms with central air-conditioning. He had 44 students perform math and self-control tests five days before the temperature rose, every day during the heat wave, and two days after. “Many of us think that we are immune to heat,” said Dr. Cedeño, now an assistant professor of environmental and occupational health and justice at Rutgers University. “So something that I wanted to test was whether that was really true.”It turns out even young, healthy college students are affected by high temperatures.

Persons: Jose Guillermo Cedeño Laurent, ”, Cedeño Organizations: Rutgers University, A.C Locations: Harvard

☆ Ukraine proves it can target the Russian air force's weakest link
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementBut these were pinprick attacks designed to embarrass the Kremlin and demonstrate that nowhere in Russia is safe from Ukrainian attack. The aircraft didn't appear to catch on fire, suggesting the damage wasn't catastrophic, perhaps to be expected from small drones with small warheads. The Akhtubinsk attack suggests that Russian electronic warfare capacity has sufficient breadth to cover the front, but not depth to protect the Russian interior. Much like Russia's vaunted T-14 Armata, the Su-57 has been conspicuous by its absence from the Ukraine war. AdvertisementEven with American-made F-16 fighters arriving soon, Ukraine's air force probably can't drive off Russian jets lobbing glide bombs from 50 miles behind Russian lines, safe behind ground-based air defenses.

Persons: Justin Bronk, Bronk, Su, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Russian Air Force, Kyiv, Royal United Services Institute, Russian, NATO, West, Stealth, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Russia, British, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Volgograd, Stalingrad, Russian, Forbes

☆ Taiwan is one-upping Ukraine's navy to defeat a Chinese invasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewTaking a cue from Ukraine's use of naval drones to offset a superior Russian fleet, Taiwan has unveiled a much larger unmanned kamikaze boat that could devastate a Chinese amphibious force. But if not this one, Taiwan will certainly field some kind of unmanned attack boat to try to stop a Chinese invasion or blockade. AdvertisementBoth Taiwan and America are looking to what has become the gold standard in naval drone warfare: Ukraine's campaign in the Black Sea. Instead, Russia's Black Sea Fleet has retreated from Ukrainian waters. In part this is because of land-based anti-ship missiles such as the Neptune, which sank the cruiser and Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva in 2022.

Persons: —, Samuel Paparo, Paparo, Magura, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Liberty Times, Business, Pacific Command, Washington Post, US, Sea Fleet, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Russian, Taiwan, China, America, Ukraine, Moskva, Japan, Forbes

☆ D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history — and likely the last. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

D-Day is more than the largest amphibious invasion in history. The US Navy now aims for enough amphibious capacity to land just two Marine brigades on a hostile shore. Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty ImagesIn World War II, the best way to stop an amphibious invasion was before the first troops stepped onto the beach. If the defender's navy and air force could destroy or turn back an invasion fleet, the landing would never take place. An enemy that has these can threaten the invasion armada and the landing force it launches as it chugs to the beach.

Persons: Ryan, Hitler, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, US Army, British Army, Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force's, Hornet, Allies, US Navy, US Air Force, 82nd Airborne, US Troops, Getty, Luftwaffe, Allied, Spy, Argentine Air Force, Russian Navy, Helicopters, U.S . Navy, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Normandy, Europe, Britain, Omaha, Russo, Ukraine, Soviet, Pacific, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Omaha Beach, Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Ukrainian, Bikini, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Forbes

☆ The 'promised land' of stable, high-paying jobs for recent grads is falling apart
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Austin Wang, a class-of-2025 computer-science major at Yale University, said students were "scared that engineering roles will be replaced in the future." Handshake found that fewer prospective business graduates were applying to consulting roles and that more were seeking positions in customer relations, marketing, and analytics compared with last year. Handshake's analysis suggested tech job postings geared toward fresh graduates fell by 30% compared with last year. Advertisement"It's quite bad for entry-level jobs in general but even worse for international students," she said.

Persons: —, It's, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Austin Wang, Fabrice Coffrini, Beth Hendler, Matthew Park, Anika Nair, Rutgers University . Austin Wang, Anika Nair Yale's Wang, Wang, Amr Alfiky, you'll, Adnan Hussain, Christine Cruzvergara, Richard Carruthers, I've Organizations: Service, Management, Big Tech, National Association of Colleges, Employers, Business, New York Times, Yale University, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Accenture, McKinsey, Getty Images Industry, Yale, Tech, Companies, Ivy League, Rutgers University ., Rutgers University, JPMorgan —, Investment, Citigroup, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Finance, Reuters, National University of Singapore, Imperial College London, KPMG, Deloitte, HSBC, Amazon Web Services Locations: Wall, AFP, Singapore

☆ A bizarre comment stirred speculation India may try to match China's carrier fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

During an interview with an Indian newspaper regarding plans to construct a third aircraft carrier, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said India would build yet more. "He was only trying to dispel suggestions that the government is resistant to a proposal for a third aircraft carrier." They would also be less expensive, with the third Indian carrier estimated at around $5 billion, compared to $13 billion for a Ford-class carrier. On the other hand, there is a reason why America builds enormously expensive aircraft carriers. Despite its drawbacks, the aircraft carrier's aura and impact in peacetime operations are unmatched."

Persons: —, that's, it's, Rajnath Singh, Abhijit Singh, India's, Imtiyaz Shaikh, Queen Elizabeth, Singh, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Indian Navy, Business, Indian, Defense, Observer Research Foundation, Getty, India, Soviet, Nimitz, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: India, New Delhi, China, Djibouti, Ream, Cambodia, Gwadar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kyaukpyu, Myanmar, Fujian, Forbes

☆ Why the Swedish and Finnish Air Forces are a powerful add to NATO
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Finland's F/A-18 Hornets — which used to be the US Navy's standard fighter — are already compatible with NATO air forces. This puts several squadrons of stealth fighters on Russia's northern border, with the potential to penetrate and suppress Russian air defenses, and hit vital targets. "Both Finland's and Sweden's proximity allows NATO air forces to stage closer to the Baltics. Similarly, Sweden's Gotland island — located almost midway in the Baltic, about 60 miles from the Swedish mainland and 80 miles from the Baltic States — provides NATO with an advanced outpost. Their air forces are vital for this Nordic push, and will become very useful to further deter and defend the increasingly contested arctic space with Russia."

Persons: Paul Cormarie, John Hoehn, Sweden's JAS, Finland's, Ian Valley, Hoehn, Cormarie, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, NATO, RAND, Corp, Modern, Institute, Business, Nordic, Gripen, UK's Royal Air Force, Finnish Air Force, US Army, —, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, West, Russia, Finnish, Swedish, France, Germany, Warsaw, Poland, Europe, Rovaniemi, US Army Sweden, Baltic States, Baltic, Norway, Norwegian, North, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Gotland, —, Pacific, United States, Taiwan, China, Forbes

☆ China is developing systems to hunt US submarines from the air
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

China is developing new systems to hunt the US nuclear-powered submarines that could threaten a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, according to a new report. Also significant is that Chinese airborne sub hunters are tasked with protecting Chinese ballistic missile submarines as they sail to their patrol and launch locations. Current Chinese sonobuoys require "a complicated and labor-intensive series of manual button presses to configure sonobuoy parameters such as radio working frequency, working depth, working time, and pulse form to fit maritime conditions before deployment." "PLAN ASW units are training under more realistic conditions, and breaking down administrative barriers which prevented them from generating more training opportunities in different operational environments." AdvertisementFor example, since 2015, training materials have stressed the need for ASW aircraft and ships to work closely together, which is standard practice in the US and Western navies.

Persons: Eli Tirk, Daniel Salisbury, Tirk, Deanna C, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Business, People's Liberation Army Navy, Taiwan, China Maritime Studies, Naval War, PLAN, US Navy, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: China, Taiwan, Japan, Salisbury, America, Forbes

☆ In fiery exchanges, lawmakers and university heads clashed over responses to campus antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The House Committee on Education and the Workforce’s hearing on campus antisemitism Thursday came with no shortage of fiery exchanges between lawmakers and the heads of Northwestern University, Rutgers University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). University heads can’t winNorthwestern President Michael Schill and Rutgers University President Dr. Jonathan Holloway negotiated with protesters rather than authorizing police to disband encampments, which UCLA Chancellor Gene Block ultimately did. Schill and Holloway were accused of being complicit with protesters, though some Democratic lawmakers found their approaches admirable. A bounty of lawyerly responsesIf you tuned in to Thursday’s hearing and thought the responses university heads gave were pre-rehearsed, it’s because they likely were. The three university heads at the hearing had the advantage of learning from the prior campus hearings.

Persons: Thursday’s, Michael Schill, Dr, Jonathan Holloway, Gene Block, Holloway, “, Pramila, Block, Elise Stefanik, Schill, Rutgers ’ Holloway, UCLA’s, Liz Magill, Michael A, McCoy, Israel’s, “ Sir Organizations: New, New York CNN, Education, Northwestern University, Rutgers University, University of California, UCLA, University, can’t, Northwestern, Republican, ”, Rutgers, University of Pennsylvania, Workforce, Capitol Locations: New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Germany, Washington , DC

☆ Extreme weather blunts the US military's technological edge
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewMore extreme weather is scrambling the high-tech systems that have given the US military its edge. For example, severe weather can degrade navigation systems such as GPS and sensors on precision-guided munitions. Heavy rain ground aircraft and drones, intense heat exhausts troops, dust storms gum up tank engines, and storms damage ships at sea. The problem is that tactical units on the front lines, or in remote areas, often lack the connectivity to receive weather reports. "NOAA [the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration], the private sector and universities are actively working to improve global weather models," Regens said.

Persons: —, James Regens, Napoleon, Jason Serrit, Regens, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Business, Royal United Services Institute, Waterloo, Staff, US Air Force, Antiphon Solutions, North America, Pentagon, NOAA, National Oceanic, Administration, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: British, Iran, Iraqi, California, Oklahoma, Europe, NATO, Forbes

☆ Ukraine can still beat Russia. It just comes down to enough Western aid.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

With 14 to 21 well-equipped brigades, Ukraine could eject Russian forces from all Ukrainian territory, according to an American expert. One is Ukraine amassing a sufficiently powerful ground combat force that can defeat the estimated 500,000 Russian troops in Ukraine. With Russian forces solidly dug in behind minefields and fortifications across eastern and southern Ukraine, that Baltic scenario bears similarities to the situation that Ukraine faces today. Given sufficient quantities of munitions, Ukraine could inflict enough losses to decisively attrit Russian forces that have already sustained an estimated 500,000 casualties. He started with a 2023 Estonian Ministry of Defense plan that laid out a roadmap for Ukraine to defeat Russia.

Persons: one's, Michael Bohnert, Bohnert, isn't, Chasiv, — Bohnert, they've, Andrei Belousov, Putin, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Business, RAND Corp, RAND, US Army, NATO, Russian, Anadolu, Getty, Estonian Ministry of Defense, Atlantic, Storm, Bohnert, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, American, Russia, Russian, Baltic States, United States, U.S, Chasiv Yar, Estonian, Iraq, Afghanistan, Europe, America, China, Israel, Forbes

☆ Protesters Agreed to Leave. This Is What Some Colleges Promised in Return.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At the University of California, Berkeley, student activists got their president to agree to support a cease-fire in Gaza. At Rutgers University, they won a promise of scholarships for 10 Palestinian students displaced by the war. Brown University pledged that its board of trustees would vote on divesting from Israel. As protests over Israel’s military campaign in Gaza have roiled college campuses across the country, dozens of universities have moved to shut down encampments and arrest demonstrators. But more than a dozen institutions have struck agreements with protesters over the past few weeks that effectively conceded to some of their demands.

Organizations: University of California, Rutgers University, Brown University Locations: Berkeley, Gaza, Israel

☆ In a white-collar recession where $100,000 jobs are hard to find, women are winning out
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Emily Mccrary-Ruiz-Esparza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Fewer women apply for 6-figure positionsAccording to iCIMS's analysis, women have made up 41% to 44% of applicants for six-figure jobs across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, South America, and the US since 2020. In other words, though they constitute less than half of applications for six-figure jobs, they are often hired for more than half of those jobs. "The fact that they are applying for these six-figure jobs does not imply that the gender pay gap is narrowing," says Njuki. "This would require a comparison between the women in those six-figure jobs and the men in those six-figure jobs." "A big reason for the gender pay gap is not enough women in the higher-paid managerial and leadership positions.

Persons: —, Hewlett Packard, Jemimah Njuki, Yana Rodgers, Rodgers, Njuki, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Vanguard, Hewlett, UN, Center for Women, Rutgers University, McKinsey Locations: Asia, Europe, East, South America, United States

☆ 17-year-old got into 2 Ivy League schools—her financial aid package helped her decide where to go
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Facing unknown costs of attendanceAnsah knew she needed financial aid to attend college. "I knew that ultimately the decision of where I'm going to go would be heavily impacted by the financial aid aspect." Typically, when incoming students receive their college acceptance letters, they also receive a financial aid offer if they applied and qualify for assistance. And now, as students are making college decisions, some still haven't seen financial aid offers. But neither of her acceptance letters from Penn or Princeton included financial aid award information.

Persons: —, Ansah, It's, We've, wouldn't, She'd Organizations: Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, CNBC, Ivy League, Princeton, Penn, Federal Student Aid, of Education, Rutgers University, Howard University, University of Maryland Locations: New Jersey, Penn

☆ A wargame simulated a 2nd Trump presidency. It concluded NATO would collapse.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

If Donald Trump wins a second term in the White House in November, NATO may fall apart, a recent wargame found. "What Donald Trump can do is just really hollow out what NATO does," Grimble told Business Insider. The UK has traditionally backed a transatlantic, America-Europe alliance rather than a purely European defense bloc. Yet in the game, it could neither persuade Trump to ease his demands, nor the European NATO members to spend more on defense. "Many NATO members — except for France mainly — thought post-Trump it could be salvageable," Grimble said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Finley Grimble, Grimble, John Bolton, —, SACEUR, Jens Stoltenberg, NICHOLAS KAMM, hadn't, I'm, Florian Gaertner, Russia doesn't, God's, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, House, NATO, EU, US, Business, US National Security, Allied, Europe, Washington, Nato, Getty, European Union, Joint Expeditionary Force, Northern, —, European NATO, Trump, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Europe, Russia, NATO, Ukraine, China, American, United States, Finland, Romania, Poland, Baltic, France, Germany, French, America, Italy, Estonia, British, Turkey, Baltic States, Ukraine stalemated, Moscow, Russian, Kyiv . Europe, Beijing, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, European, Forbes

☆ It's hard to resist the pull of the 'good old days,' nostalgia researcher says—here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

While making breakfast in my kitchen this week, I heard the sound of someone cleaning a window which instantly reminded me of a scene from the movie, "Coraline." Even when we aren't looking for it, nostalgia finds us. Nostalgia is "a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition," according to Merriam-Webster. It's a "mixed emotional experience, so when we're nostalgic, we may experience a sense of loss and longing. We talked to Abeyta, who studies nostalgia, to get to the bottom of why the emotion is so desirable and if it's actually good for us.

Persons: Webster, It's, Andrew Abeyta, Abeyta, it's Organizations: Merriam, Rutgers University Locations: Camden , N.J

☆ My son died on Mother's Day weekend. Sometimes I wonder how I've survived all these years.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Patricia Roos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mother's Day is always the second Sunday in May. I always thought he probably died the evening of May 10 — Mother's Day in 2015. Since then, Mother's Day has not been my day. It hasn't been easy to move forwardSometimes, I wonder how I've survived these last nine years. As I struggled with Alex's death, I wanted to move forward, somehow integrating his death into my significantly altered life.

Persons: Alex, They'd, I've, Patricia A, Roos Organizations: Mother's, Rutgers University Department of Sociology, Little League, Rutgers University Press Locations: Newark , NJ, Newark, Washington, Montauk, New Jersey

☆ The US Army's new plan to counter Russia and China has a glaring problem, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The 2024 Army Force Structure Transformation would be the Army's fifth major reorganization since 2003. The most striking aspect of the Army's plan is the large number of new units, for counter-drone protection as well as air and missile defense. In addition, there would be nine counter-small UAS batteries tasked with destroying small drones, and four more Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) battalions to stop manned aircraft, helicopters and drones. Monica K. Guthrie/US ArmyThe Army is also basing its plans on untried weapons, such as the Long-Range Hypersonic Missile and air defense lasers. China and Russia have much stronger air and missile forces than the regional opponents the army has faced for the last generation."

Persons: Monica K, Mark Cancian, Cancian, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, US Army, 2024, Army, Business, Congressional Research Service, Congress, Air Defense, Domain, Forces, CRS, Special Operations Forces, Security Force, Guthrie, Energy, Center for Strategic, International Studies, US, Nuclear Forces, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Russia, China, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Forbes

☆ Meet Mona Patel, the tech entrepreneur and philanthropist who stole the show at the Met Gala
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewOn Monday night, the biggest fashion event of the year took place in New York City: the Met Gala . AdvertisementBut few made as many waves as Mona Patel, an entrepreneur who wore a custom Iris van Herpen gown to her first Met Gala. Mona Patel attends the 2024 Met Gala. Mona Patel turned heads at the 2024 Met GalaThanks to the dramatic ensemble she wore to make her Met Gala debut, Patel was among the most talked-about attendees of the event. Mona Patel at the 2024 Met Gala.

Persons: —, Mona Patel, Iris van Herpen, Patel, Sean Zanni, Vogue, Anna Wintour, Emma, John Shearer, Casey Curran, Mike Coppola, Chris Martin, Edgar Martin, Sidney Jamila, Roach — Zendaya's, Roach Organizations: Service, Metropolitan Museum, Art's Costume, Business, Rutgers University, Haute Mona, Forbes, LinkedIn, Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, MIT Sloan School of Management, CareFirst, Couture, Vogue India Locations: New York City, India, Florida, Mumbai

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