US Defense Chief Woos Brazil as Chinese Influence Grows
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DefenceTalkU.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis praised Brazil’s clout and urged closer strategic ties Tuesday in what appeared to be part of a concerted push back against growing Chinese influence in Latin America. Mattis, who is starting a tour of the region, told military officers at Rio’s war college that Brazil and the United States had […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-defense-chief-woos-brazil-as-chinese-influence-grows-71805/
Artificial Intelligence Poses Questions For Nature Of War: Jim Mattis
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DefenceTalkArtificial intelligence and its impact on weapons of the future has made US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis doubt his own theories on warfare. A question on the subject prompted the retired Marine general to give an impromptu seminar on his theory of war Saturday to reporters returning with him from a week-long tour of Europe. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/artificial-intelligence-poses-questions-for-nature-of-war-jim-mattis-71490/
US studying Moscow’s Syria deal: Mattis
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DefenceTalkThe United States is closely examining whether a Russia-brokered deal to establish safe zones in Syria can work in the long term, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said. “All wars eventually come to an end and we have been looking for a long time how to bring this one to an end,” Mattis told reporters ahead […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-studying-moscows-syria-deal-mattis-69929/
US counting on French anti-terror ops in Africa: Mattis
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DefenceTalkUS Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday urged France to continue its African anti-terror operations under its new presidency, as he visited strategic Djibouti on the day of France’s first-round election. “I have no doubt that the French will continue to make their own decisions in their own best interest and that the terrorists will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-counting-on-french-anti-terror-ops-in-africa-mattis-69796/
Mattis in Riyadh to boost US-Saudi alliance
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DefenceTalkUS Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both seeing a common adversary in Iran and its “destabilising” activities. The United States and Saudi Arabia have a decades-old relationship based on the exchange of American security for Saudi oil. But ties between Riyadh and Washington became increasingly […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mattis-in-riyadh-to-boost-us-saudi-alliance-69755/
Trump defense chief to NATO: pay up or we reduce support
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DefenceTalkUS Defence Secretary James Mattis bluntly warned NATO allies Wednesday that Donald Trump’s administration would “moderate its commitment” to the transatlantic alliance unless members met their spending pledges. Mattis’s no-nonsense message to his counterparts in Brussels follows years of calls by Washington for allies to spend at least two percent of their GDP on defence, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-defense-chief-to-nato-pay-up-or-we-reduce-support-69158/
New Pentagon chief seeks to underscore alliances with Japan, South Korea
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DefenceTalkNew Pentagon chief James Mattis is heading to South Korea and Japan this week, where he will seek to reassure the key US allies about American security commitments in the region. The defense secretary’s visit marks the first overseas trip of any senior official in the government of President Donald Trump, and comes after the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-pentagon-chief-seeks-to-underscore-alliances-with-japan-south-korea-68954/
Pentagon chief Mattis vows unshakeable commitment to NATO
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DefenceTalkNew US Secretary of Defense James Mattis reassured his British counterpart on Monday (Jan 23) that Washington has an “unshakeable commitment” to Nato, despite President Donald Trump previously casting the military alliance as obsolete. During a phone call with Mr Michael Fallon on his first full day in office, Gen Mattis “emphasised the United States’ […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-chief-mattis-vows-unshakeable-commitment-to-nato-68888/