The Week In Review, March 10-17, 2023

The AUKUS Initiative kicks off, Russia downs a US drone over the Black Sea, and more

This week, the US, UK, and Australia launched the AUKUS Initiative. Following the Russian downing of a US drone over the Black Sea, US and Russian officials spoke to smooth things over. Turkey and Hungary seem set to greenlight Finland’s NATO accession bid while continuing to stonewall Sweden’s. US-South Korean joint military exercises were matched by multiple North Korean missile launches. And the Saudi-Iranian détente might help encourage an end to the war in Yemen.