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.
German leaders calls for a Western united front against China;
German ex-spy chief: Europe must wake up to China's world domination;
China compels hundreds of thousands to take experimental vaccine;
Eight charged as part of China's "Operation Fox Hunt";
U.S. sells arms to Taiwan, so China sanctions defense firms
The restive Ugandan-South Sudanese border;
UK, China jockey for position in Benin;
Hostile waters for Chinese fishing;
Sudan's peace push;
Ethiopia's looming civil war threatens to undo East Africa
Bed, doctor shortages taking their toll;
Russians charged in Sweden over blogger killing;
Fancy Bear strikes again;
Controversial Russian resolution shot down at UN;
Moscow considering military assistance to Armenia;
U.S. Cyber Command hunts for Russian hackers
Russian airstrike: A precursor to new Syria violence;
The side effect of Sputnik V;
A new outpost in Africa;
A replacement for the INF?;
Finally, a Russian mask mandate;
Climate changes in the Russian Arctic
[T]he Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed earlier this Fall between NASA and the U.S. Space Force represents a major forward step in comprehensive national spacepower.
Today, more than four decades after its founding, the Islamic Republic of Iran is arguably at the weakest point in its history.
Crisis and Opportunity in the Americas
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Sputnik-V’s Failure to Launch
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The Emerging Anti-China Consensus
Economic comeback reverses course;
Reframing the Navalny poisoning;
Russia stealing data from local governments in U.S.;
Brazilian company agrees to produce Sputnik V;
Azerbaijan frets over Russia's role
As the U.S.-China relationship grows increasingly confrontational, few issues have captured Washington's attention more than the egregious ongoing violations of human rights in Xinjiang.
Vatican extends appointment deal with China;
Italy ends BRI membership and Sweden says no to Huawei;
China threatens not to recognize British passports for Hong Kongers;
China preparing to amend national defense law;
Philippine Communist Party orders guerrillas to target Chinese firms
Erasing the history of Soviet repression;
Pandemic fatigue sets in among Russia's leaders;
EU sanctions GRU chief over 2015 German hack;
GRU hid Novichok production: Bellingcat;
Aeroflot visas cancelled after iPhone scheme revelations;
Treasury sanctions Russia over 2017 Saudi oil hack
With a focus on China, the United States, and India, this book examines the economic ambitions of the second space race.
The administration’s refugee policy will jeopardize America’s ability to secure the cooperation of local populations when, at some point in the future, the United States again must take military action.
Taliban-Afghan government peace talks commence;
Tajikistan sentences Brotherhood members;
Sudan separates religion and state;
Hezbollah: Banned in Switzerland?;
ISWAP strikes in northeast Nigeria
With the U.S. election around the corner, the contours of a second term Trump Iran policy – or a first term Biden approach – are already coming into view.
China tests internet censorship 2.0;
China's global image hits new lows;
UK parliament: Huawei colludes with "Communist Party apparatus";
China calls on Taiwan's spies to switch sides;
China stymies G20 debt relief scheme
Moscow and Nur-Sultan renew defense commitments;
Putin takes aim at same-sex marriage;
Turkey tests Russian anti-missile system;
The GRU gears up to sabotage the Tokyo Olympics;
Military cuts on the table;
U.S. charges Russian intelligence officers
Russian peacekeeping is not the solution
Khabarovsk protestors beaten and jailed;
Russia denies cyber attack on Norway's parliament;
Joint space missions coming to an end;
New START negotiations stall;
Moscow pulls out of MH17 talks;
Eyeing Russia, Sweden rearms
Party wants private firms to aid United Front work;
Berlin buries internal report on China's influence;
Chile eyes Chinese fishing fleet along South American coast;
China's diplomatic offensive in Southeast Asia;
U.S. agricultural exports to China spike
India tests new anti-submarine weapon, trains with U.S.;
Pakistan annexes part of Kashmir to protect Chinese investments;
Malaysia, Philippines spar over Sabah;
North Korea's new missile
Can Washington parlay increasing negative views of China into a competitive strategy?
The Belarusian opposition feels the heat;
Kamchatka disaster leaves scientists perplexed;
Russian health system under strain as pandemic reality returns;
Russia eyes Kyrgyz protests;
Russia-brokered ceasefire already violated in N-K
The Air Force eyes the Arctic;
Coronavirus and global food insecurity;
Gold mining in South Africa experiences a temporary revival;
African energy projects gain momentum
The future of batteries: 3D printing...;
...and nuclear-powered gemstones;
How AI is gaming wargames;
Israel's answer to incendiary balloons;
AI: The future of fighter jets?
Kadyrov and the Navalny poisoning;
Suicide shines spotlight on press freedom in Russia;
A harder line in Berlin;
COVID-19 resurgence in Moscow;
New hypersonic weapon tested in Moscow
"Electing these dictatorships as UN judges on human rights," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, a Geneva-based watchdog group, "is like making a gang of arsonists into the fire brigade."
Navalny assets seized by authorities;
Navalny poisoned himself, Putin tells Macron;
Yalta mayor fires deputy over Belarus support;
Russia, China conspire at UN over Libya;
Russian hackers to be sentenced in U.S.
Gambling, cryptocurrency ship $145 billion out of China annually;
Quad tackles China's disinformation;
Pompeo urges Vatican to condemn China's human rights abuses;
G7 ministers press Beijing on debt relief for poor nations;
China holds simultaneous naval drills