Sputnik-V surges in Central Asia;
Crimea running low on water;
Kyiv requests Twitter remove verified check in Crimea;
Russia places growing emphasis on hypersonic systems;
Russia turns its attention to Navalny ally...;
...as opposition leader's wife flees to Germany
The Kennedys in the World tells a new, rich, fascinating, and consequential story about Jack, Bobby, and Ted Kennedy.
Swiss unfreeze Tunisian ex-president's assets;
Vaccine diplomacy at play on the Continent;
China gains access to more Congolese cobalt;
Sudan and South Sudan to increase oil production...;
...while tensions with Ethiopia escalate
Editor/Journalist detained for "call to protest";
Navalny doctor dies suddenly;
Diplomats booted over protest participation;
Zelensky bans pro-Kremlin media;
Harsh prison conditions for Navalny protestors
Thousands flee Hong Kong for Britain amid crackdown;
China to stop recognizing British national overseas passports;
HK education bureau releases new school national security guidelines;
China cuts trade with Nepal by 95%;
China blocks UN condemnation of Myanmar coup
The Pacific Island Forum is in danger of breaking apart and may only make great power tensions with China worse.
Africa's extremism woes;
Saudi textbook start to turn the page;
Biden backtracks on the Houthis
The Space Force is an indispensable part of that forward-looking vision; it represents a key instrument of American technological leadership and diplomacy.
Corruption investigation focuses on Kadyrov relatives;
Second round of protests rock Russia, thousands arrested;
Whelan's family hopes Biden can free accused spy;
Sputnik-V trials show 92% effectiveness;
Navalny receives prison sentence;
Joint Russia-Turkey military center opens in Azerbaijan
A year into the coronavirus, the progression of the disease in the Middle East is decidedly mixed. Some countries, such the nations of the GCC, have weathered the pandemic comparatively well as a result of what scholars have termed "authoritarian management." Other nations, however, have been profoundly ravaged by the illness.
CPEC loan strains China-Pakistan relations;
U.S. says China's repression of Uighurs is "genocide";
China sanctions 27 former U.S. officials;
Twitter locks China's embassy account for "dehumanizing" Uighurs;
With COVID cases mounting, China to test all Lunar New Year travelers
Court finds Russia committed war crimes in Georgia;
Foreign Ministry fumes over State Department Alert;
Sputnik-V vaccine: A new tool against Ukraine;
RFE/RL fined by Russian court';
New Navalny raids in Moscow;
The risks of the India-Russia missile deal
Make no mistake. Whatever they might proclaim publicly, Iran's leaders are desperate for a new diplomatic agreement with the West.
ISIS adapts in the Philippines...;
...and rears its head in Russia;
Jordan's IAF falls short;
How ISIS won hearts and minds
An uncertain future for Nord Stream 2;
A new Olympic anthem for Russian athletes;
Putin documentary goes viral;
A lifeline for a new START;
Hungary defies EU, approves Sputnik-V for use;
Thousands arrested in pro-Navalny protests
Fear and loathing (of Western vaccines) in Iran;
Iran as laboratory;
Iran capitalizes on U.S. political unrest;
Destitute in Tehran
A renewed focus on climate change in national security;
Dimming the sun to prevent global warming?;
National security concerns lead Ottawa to block Chinese mining;
Japan joins the battle against illegal fishing
Fighting for neuro-rights;
Debating human enhancements;
Debating keeping a man in the loop;
The Pentagon's intelligent spy plane;
Russia now building helicopter drones
NASA scientist pleads guilty to lying about China ties;
China's economy, currency surge;
Workers urged to avoid traveling for Chinese New Year;
U.S. imposes sanctions on CNOOC over South China Sea;
Citing forced labor, U.S. bans cotton, tomatoes from Xinjiang
Seven years on, a step toward Crimean justice;
Sobol's campaign manager under the microscope;
Russia's military instructors in Africa eye the exits;
Russia wants out of the Open Skies Treaty;
Yet another European NGO declared "undesirable";
A bitter welcome for Navalny
Measured by the standards outlined in Article II of the Genocide Convention, it becomes clear that Chinese authorities are, at a minimum, guilty of three separate acts of genocide in Xinjiang.
Moscow revels in Capitol riot;
FSB casts a shadow over Russian academia;
Putin summons leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia for talks;
A weaker Russian vaccine for international consumption;
North Korean illicit labor picks up anew;
Drugs, treatments in short supply
Biden has said that he wants to take a more conciliatory approach with Iran, but the Iran-al-Qaida relationship makes that challenging.
Kabul releases ten Chinese spies;
Beijing turns up the heat on Hong Kong Catholics;
NYSE reverses itself again, delists PRC telecoms;
China shifts from Russian to home-grown engines;
State lifts restrictions on contacts with Taiwan
Deeper Sino-Russian ties on the horizon;
Ongoing border tensions with Estonia;
Coveting Kazakhstan;
Russia's neighbors rearm;
DOJ a victim of Solarwinds hack, too;
Berlin mulls Sputnik-V
Suddenly, Iran's ayatollahs are on the offensive once again.
Recently sent to publishing house Rowman & Littlefield, the fifth edition of the World Almanac of Islamism has been completed.
[T] president has one unresolved China item on his desk that could be his administration's most consequential China policy yet: a formal finding, under the Genocide Convention, of genocide in Xinjiang.
Robotic replacements for British troops;
China's new high-altitude exoskeleton;
6G just over the horizon;
Up next: Balloon battlestations;
Simulated weapons just got real
November is the deadliest month;
Moscow clinic pushes for western vaccines;
A renewed focus on "foreign agents"
An energy route to the Balkans;
Microsoft compromised in SolarWinds hack;
Targeted by terror, both at home and abroad
NYSE to delist China's big three telecoms;
Beijing rebuffs Tsai's offer of "meaningful" talks;
Suzhou digital currency trial closes;
Canberra considers axing research agreement with China;
Consumer prices drop for the first time since 2009
Uganda's electricity, South Sudan's benefit;
Beijing eyes Congo's mineral wealth;
Eritrea reportedly joins Ethiopian conflict...;
...as border friction with Sudan flares anew;
Russia and Rwanda send troops to the Central African Republic;
Turkey moves ahead with drone sales to Tunisia
Presidential immunity signed into law;
New media laws expand punishments, block platforms;
Russians see western plot in Navalny poisoning;
The sorry state of the Moscow mission;
Russian security services foil ISIS plan in Dagestan
The Promise and Peril of Quantum Technology
Electronic Warfare and Cybersecurity Eye The Future
Building Trust In Artificial Intelligence
Shaping the Aerial Battlefield of the Future
Reviving the Military Applications of Nuclear Energy
China used stolen data to exposes CIA operates;
Taiwan is a "red line" — Japanese Deputy Defense Minister to Biden;
Foreign students angry the cannot return to China;
Afghanistan busts China's Kabul spy ring;
Leaked directives reveal how Beijing controlled COVID19 message
China seizes territory in Bhutan...;
...and conducts "mountain diplomacy" with Nepal;
Indonesia forward-deploys its combat squad to the SCS;
Pyongyang and Beijing test Biden on sanctions
Growing pains for Russia's icebreakers;
OPEC+ eyes the future;
COVID drives drop in pollution;
The promise of green hydrogen
Space as a theater of U.S.-Russian competition;
Russia sports ban shortened, but upheld;
U.S. to close two consulates in Russia;
Russian National Guard to suppress protests in Belarus;
Bosnians gift Lavrov Ukrainian Orthodox icon;
The truth about Navalny's poisoning comes out
"People of insight," "U.S. business sector" should help U.S.-China relations;
U.S. to sell more arms to Taipei amid PLA activity;
China-Europe trade forum canceled after Chinese demands;
China's four point plan to enhance cooperation with Central Asia;
Taiwan shutters pro-China news channel for inaccuracy
[T]he Israel-Morocco deal should also be seen as a boon for the incoming Biden administration
Russian allies vote against UN resolution in Crimea;
AfD visits Lavrov in Moscow;
Denmark moves ahead with trial of accused spy;
Back to military cooperation with the West?;
Nord Stream 2, back on track?;
Federal agencies hacked by Russian cyber actors
For decades, America’s close military, diplomatic, economic, and other ties with Israel have generated vast benefits for both sides. At a time of such hopeful change but also serious challenge across the Middle East, it’s a relationship that each should nourish carefully, avoiding the unnecessary missteps that can cause significant damage.
Given the curvature of the Earth, as well as the speed, altitude, and maneuverability of hypersonics, the only way to provide coverage is to place sensors in orbit around the Earth.
A step forward for sensor technology;
China's mobile-launched suicide drone swarms;
Modeling nuclear fusion;
Pentagon borrows from beetles
Microsoft competitor moves into Africa;
Kremlin orders mass vaccination;
A U.S.-Estonian partnership to counter Russian cyber threats;
Kremlin expels American rights activist;
Bumps on the road to inoculation;
Ukrainian, Russian negotiators return to table
Swiss deny China deal posed threat to dissidents;
Suspected Chinese spy targeted members of congress and mayors;
China's biggest infrastructure financiers face cash crunch;
BRI on the rocks;
Leaked files expose widespread CPC penetration
Last month, in an about-face that was as astonishing as it was abrupt, Xi Jinping told Asian leaders that China is “actively considering” joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP)
Russia continues raids on "extremists";
Facebook fined in Russia;
Navalny wants sanctions on oligarchs;
Moldova's new president wants Russian troops gone;
Fortifying the Kurils
Countering Chinese encroachment in the Pacific;
Beijing dominates the EV market;
U.S.-Mexico river tensions;
A start to diversifying strategic mineral imports
Russia protects Haftar ally at UN;
Monitoring the Russian population...and others;
Putin hikes taxes on wealthy earners;
No Sputnik-V for Russia's president;
A U.S.-Russian naval spat near Japan;
Russia seeks to tap Arctic energy