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
Weathering the Pandemic in the Arab World
Sputnik-V’s Failure to Launch
Summer of COVID: How East Asia Has Coped
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
The resumption of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan threatens a broader regional conflict that threatens Western interests. While America has paid growing attention to Central Asia, it has forgotten to do the same in the South Caucasus, the Western gateway to Central Asia.
This unorthodox university event reflects the moral confusion on issues of global concern that afflicts all-too-many institutions of higher learning these days. For while the university justified the event on free speech grounds, it applied the notion of free speech with striking selectivity.
Cheating, plagiarism to be punished under social credit system;
China's corn crisis continues;
China's fishing flotilla nears Peru's waters;
Kenya faces fiscal criss due to SGR loan;
Kenyan MPs urge China to renegotiate DEB
Pushing a vaccine in Egypt;
Eastern expansion falling flat;
Moscow's health diplomacy;
Sanctions threat makes Nord Stream 2 a risky proposition;
Russian diplomats accused of espionage in Bulgaria
China's formidable fleet;
Climate and global labor;
North Korea's nuclear vulnerability...;
...and ours
The future of body armor;
Russia seeks EMP weapons...;
...while DOD works on detection;
Inching toward electric fighters jets;
A national quantum internet takes its first steps
Growing calls in Washington to end "One China" policy;
Senate Democrats announce $350 billion to confront China;
U.S., H&M cut trade ties with China over forced labor in Xinjiang;
Outgoing U.S. ambassador to China blasts Beijing on Covid-19;
U.S., UK warns travelers of arbitrary arrest in China
Russia's space chief: Venus a "Russian planet";
Spy chief announces destruction of Novichok stockpiles;
Navalny team sheds light on Tomsk poisoning;
Facial recognition expanding on Moscow metro
Understanding the logic of China’s atrocities in Xinjiang is impossible apart from accounting for the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) needs Xinjiang to function as a critical OBOR hub, and is cracking down on Uyghurs and other minority groups to establish total control over the territory. U.S. policymakers should exploit this logic and consider sanctioning commerce passing through Xinjiang.
China is fast transforming into the global epicenter of totalitarian terror.
Lukashenko secures Russian funding in Sochi;
No proof of russian bounties on U.S. troops;
Side effects of Sputnik V emerging in small testing pools;
Navalny plans to return to Russia;
U.S. lawmakers push for Trevor Reed's release
New CPC guidelines expand Party control over private firms;
"Dual circulation" policy to be enshrined in 14th five-year plan;
Global Times: PLA seeking "a political reason" to attack Taiwan;
China picks up asylum seekers fleeing Hong Kong for Taiwan
Disney's new "Mulan" faces boycott
Washington is facing a critical arms control dilemma, with the New START Treaty due to expire, Russia developing a range of strategic weapons outside the treaty, and China meanwhile significantly building up its nuclear forces.
[T]he Palestinian Authority needs to join the new political wave, or get left behind.
[W]hile most don’t know it, the Space Force is positioned to be among the most powerful organizations enabling and advancing a global green agenda.
An Indo-Japanese hub in Djibouti
U.S. seeks to expand East Africa drone war
Uganda bolsters oil market share with trade deals;
Slow aid and continuous crisis threatens Sudan's transition;
Ethiopian migrants languish in Saudi prisons
Navalny turns a corner;
Cossacks police Pride parade in the Urals;
Biden team targeted by hackers;
Vaccine data already suspect;
A show of military unity with Belarus;
Safronov's day in court delayed
China's semiconductor trade booms...;
...as Beijing looks to dominate production;
Australian journalists flee China;
China's bullying "won't to be tolerated" – Canberra;
Disney's Mulan filmed in Xinjiang amid Uighur genocide
Last week marked the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon that ushered in what has come to be known as the "global war on terror." The occasion provides an opportune moment to take stock of the prevailing trends in America's longstanding struggle against Islamic extremism. Unfortunately, the news is anything but encouraging.
China ends Mongolian language education;
Signs suggest Xi plans to "reign for the ultra-long term";
$50 billion in cryptocurrency moves out of China in past year;
China, Switzerland explore renewal of "secret" extradition deal;
China launches new advanced warship for Pakistan Navy