
Xinjiang and the Genocide Question
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.
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
Beijing ends Islamic education and worship for children;
Candy uproar highlights university snitching epidemic;
China bans Australian wine and growing tensions;
Beijing's influence in European Parliament under fire;
China now "actively considering" joining CPTPP: Xi
Through last week's killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Israel was signaling to Iran's nuclear scientists that their chosen vocation could turn out to be downright hazardous to their health.
Iran’s deepening footprint in Syria represents what is arguably the most significant flashpoint in the Levant.
China's bill of particulars against Australia;
China's COVID-19 food tests irritate trade partners;
Malicious tip-offs stifled academic freedom;
State Council probes rating agencies, banks and firms;
Taiwan to build submarines
China's 'corruption' dragnet widens worldwide;
Malaysia refuses to deport Uighurs, but Indonesia complies;
China to allow coast guard to use weapons in claimed waters;
Jaguar parts smuggled from Latin America to China;
Sino-Kyrgyz relations on the rocks
While pundits and policymakers in Washington lock horns over a new strategic direction to counter China, the Department of Defense (DoD) is quietly working to blunt the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) advance into the Pacific Ocean.
Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse;
PRC should publicize its "human rights stories": CPCC chair;
Pompeo: "Taiwan has not been a part of China";
Xi halts Ant's financial $37 billion IPO;
GUO calls for safeguarding regime "safety"
Forget the seduction of grand theories and presentist moral judgments. To learn the lessons of the past, the great foreign policy analysts of our age must rediscover the art of historical discernment.
No end in sight for Thai protests;
Burmese elections disenfranchise minorities, despite high turnout;
Duterte waits for Biden;
China doubles down on Australia pressure campaign
Robot dogs may be a soldier's best friend;
"Smart" bullet destroys cruise missile;
3-D printing neural implants;
Directed energy could advance hypersonic weapons;
Ghost fleet sub hunters?
Russia launches online campaign to promote Cornonavirus cure;
Sobyanin eyes a shutdown;
Islamic body bans intermarriage for Russia's Muslims;
More hacks on COIVD-19 vaccine researchers;
Litvinenko widow sues the Kremlin;
No official wrongdoing in journalist suicide
Iran's deepening economic woes;
A strengthening Iranian hand in Yemen...;
...and a changing foothold in Syria;
The human rights issue comes of age;
Regional jitters over potential U.S. U-turn
The news that Bahrain's foreign minister is meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel this week highlights the predicament that president elect Joe Biden faces in the Middle East: he wants to restore a U.S. approach to the region that relies on increasingly out-of-date assumptions.
A budding Ethiopian refugee crisis;
Alleviating Morocco's water woes;
Russian ships in Sudanese waters;
China eyes the Congo's cobalt;
Seychelles election impedes Indian naval ambitions;
Niger: Next to normalize?
France clamps down;
A massacre in Mozambique;
Societal shifts in the UAE;
Austrian authorities strike back;
Afghanistan: Continuity or change?
The long-term damage resulting from Armenia's miscalculations outlined are plain to see. While part of the damage is physical, even more significant is the mental damage: Armenia’s feeling of military superiority is now broken, and its feeling of isolation palpable.
The Kingdom of Morocco ranks prominently on the list of prospective peace partners.
Investigators find missteps in Nemtsov case;
A cold shoulder for Kyrgyzstan;
A COVID case spike? Blame Turkey;
A Russian connection to the Vienna terrorist attack;
Mass vaccinations won't be ready this year;
Nobody wants to be mayor of Magadan
How will a Biden administration handle the Middle East?
Since his Senate confirmation this summer, new United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) CEO Michael Pack has come under fire for calling out his own organization for an array of glaring security shortfalls.