Congress could ...create a working capital fund for space development. Doing so would ensure that America can incubate the innovation it needs to confront the hypersonic threat — and to look beyond it.
Sudan dips its toe into the LIbyan civil war;
German funds Tunisian financial sector reform;
Russian weapons exports to the continent on the rise;
Conflict flares along Sudan-Ethiopia border;
Germany recommits to Mali-based deployment
Taiwan government database leaked on the dark web;
Amid protests, Hong Kong passes China national anthem bill;
New tensions in the Taiwan Strait;
Bipartisan U.S. support for India in its border standoff with China;
China buys U.S. soybeans amid souring political relations
A helping hand for Iran;
Opposition split on referendum vote;
GRU spy convicted in Austria;
Russian bombers intercepted just miles from U.S. airspace;
The fix is in for former Marine
No one knows how the U.S.-China relationship will evolve in the next month, let alone the coming decade. In this way, policymaking is always a gamble of sorts. But if you know your opponent has a losing hand, playing the odds becomes easier. When it comes to China, Pompeo has this diplomatic acumen in spades.
On May 27, the U.S. Department of State formally assessed that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from mainland China
A new disaster in Norilsk;
Putin's numbers hit a new low;
Russia strengthens its western flank;
Prague plot a hoax;
Back to the nuclear negotiating table
How Iran's strategy in Syria is shifting;
Still more Iranian cyberwar;
The Guards beef up their naval might;
A meeting of the minds over the Kurds
The widening definition of internet extremism;
Russia's constitutional vote;
Russian, Chinese state-run media seek to amplify U.S. chaos;
COVID-immune troops set to march in Red Square;
Preparing for the unthinkable
Only months after officially announcing its decision to partner with Chinese tech giant Huawei in building 5G telecom technology for the United Kingdom, the administration of Prime Minister Boris Johnson now appears to be reconsidering the move
...Trump’s decision to abandon the WHO — like his recent suggestion that he will invite Russia to the next G-7 meeting — will further complicate America’s efforts if it ever needs to rally its closest friends.
Victory Day parade rescheduled;
Morgan Stanley eyes the exits;
The Kremlin's new base in Syria;
NSA sounds the alarm over the GRU;
Russian support and Libyan dirty money;
Russia's space chief cries foul
This Spring, the Trump administration formally released its official strategy for Central Asia...and made clear that it views Central Asia as a world region where the United States has intrinsic economic and security interests.
3D printing strengthens U.S. military supply chain;
Space Force invests in jamming;
How AI is evolving;
U.S., Norway team on hypersonics;
Back to the drawing board for a new interceptor
How Russia is helping Libya's Haftar;
Kadyrov seeks coronavirus treatment in Moscow;
Regulators impede coronavirus fight;
Fired Governor sues Putin;
Moscow changes its metric
The pandemic and the future of oil;
Wellington tries to seize the moment;
White House eyes limits on uranium imports;
Lagging behind in the Arctic
[T]he U.S. needs to demonstrate renewed regional leadership and work with producer, consumer and transit countries on the design and implementation of the missing large-scale infrastructure—like a new, larger scale pipeline connecting Azerbaijan to Europe—that can spur even greater integration of the region with the West in the years ahead.
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Understanding Russia and China in Central Asia
The Evolution of Central Asian Energy
How Central Asia has Handled Islamic Extremism
America Inches Toward a Serious Central Asia Strategy
Apple will move a third of airpod production to Vietnam;
Indonesia presses China to answer boat abuse claims;
China micro-managing Nepali politics?;
New Zealand says it backs WHO role for Taiwan;
Chinese ships chase Japanese fishing boat near Senkaku Islands
Siberia braces for summer blazes;
Sino-Russian tech ties poised to deepen;
The legacy of language in Central Asia;
Dagestan's health crisis
The conflict between Israel and Iran has just entered a new phase - in cyberspace.
Since its outbreak earlier this year, the coronavirus has exacted a massive human toll around the world.
A power struggle at (and over) the WHO;
For India, the pandemic brings challenges and opportunities;
The restive Sino-Indian border;
Cambodia drifts towards pariah status
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Israel on his first foreign visit since the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic...the Secretary’s visit was intended ...to put Israel’s government on notice that it needed to rethink its growing political, economic and strategic ties to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The Israeli-Iranian cyberwar heats up;
Iran's internet "Manhattan Project";
Institutionalizing Soleimani's legacy;
The true cost of Iran's Syria campagin;
China faces calls for BRI debt relief;
Pakistan orders the resumption of BRI projects;
China's embassy to Twitter: Uphold "freedom of speech";
Netherlands changes name of representative office in Taiwan;
India implements new rule to deter China's corporate takeovers
With Japan, the administration stands to damage relations at precisely the wrong time.
GRU tied to German hack;
Aeroflot gets special bailout treatment;
Ambulance workers threaten hunger strike;
Russia's censors strike back;
America assists Belarus with energy
Earlier this Spring, the leadership of the U.S. Space Force, the country’s newest military branch, announced that it plans to roll out a new doctrine in the near future. But what that doctrine will look like remains to be seen — and Congress, which will be the ultimate arbiter of the document and the vision it contains, needs to ensure that the country gets it right.
Sudan's international charm offensive eyes Washington...;
...as the emirates come calling;
Tanzania backs away from Beijing;
Chad turns inward;
Dublin eyes African development;
South Korea restarts deployments to South Sudan
If Chinese leaders really want peaceful unification, they need a mutually respectful approach.
Rather than sing the same sad song about the source of the coronavirus, the United States needs to lead a choir of nations in a hymn about how this pandemic, like SARS before it, was made possible by the lack of transparency intrinsic to China’s national socialist political system. It is only through collaboration among democracies can the United States seize the day and create what the world desperately needs: a muscular coalition of like-minded nations that will prevail in this crisis, as well as secure the future of free markets and liberal values in its aftermath.
The experiment is one of the brightest signals yet that the U.S. plans to pursue grand world-changing ideas like space solar power.
Russia's misleading coronavirus tally;
Consequences of the crisis: A less popular Putin;
A tale of two Victory Days;
Freedoms lost, freedoms gained;
The problems with Russian aid
Vietnam hacks China to obtain info on COVID-19;
China's FTC-2000G combat aircraft bags first export contract;
Australia's call for coronavirus investigation draws China's ire;
FCC moves to revoke licenses of four Chinese telecom firms;
U.S. imposes new restrictions on exports to China
During the holy month of Ramadan, now underway, when TV viewership among Muslims traditionally skyrockets, Saudi Arabia’s MBC network is airing a series about Jewish families in a fictional Arab country in the late 1940s — a series that speaks volumes about what’s changing, and what isn’t, across the region.
Call it the new "China consensus."
Uighurs used as forced labor for China;
For ISIS, a resilient presence in Syria...;
...and a setback for Afghanistan;
ISIS sees opportunity amid Europe's lockdown;
A new caliphate forms in Africa
Russia's Premier catches coronavirus;
Ambulance workers on the coronavirus frontlines;
New signs of life for Nord Stream 2;
U.S. Navy enters the Russian Arctic;
The danger of facing Russia's doctors
Prague mayor needs protection from Moscow;
The FSB connection to MH-17;
Coronavirus threatens Russia's nuclear cities;
The Donbass heads back to the USSR
Although the world has ground to a near-standstill as a result of COVID-19, America’s foreign policy problems have not disappeared...Russia’s recent machinations in Syria are a case in point.
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Victory Day parade deferred;
Provocation in the Baltics;
COVID disinfo being coordinated, says EU;
Kremlin losing ground in the Balkans;
New Moscow megachurch lionizes Putin's people and policies;
Moscow's embattled police force
Beijing's push for COVID-19 praise backfires in Wisconsin;
China establishes news admin districts for Paracels and Spratlys;
Hong Kong arrests democracy leaders;
Our judicial system is under assault, Hong Kong judges say;
U.S., European and Japanese firms move out of China
Hungary to keep details of Beijing-funded rail link secret;
Beijing takes controlling state in Nigeria's Lekki Port;
Track laying begins for the China-Laos railway;
Kenyan paper: "Bring home Kenyans suffering in China";
China takes control of Jamaica's Kingston Freeport
Though the Trump administration has already withdrawn from the deal, there is still a clear path to scuttling it at the U.N.
Washington must address the root causes of China’s propensity to obscure the origins of the new coronavirus
Paranoid in Tehran;
Full steam ahead on Iran's military buildup...;
...as the Revolutionary Guards draw a redline;
A step backward for Iran in Iraq
Russians hoarding cash during pandemic;
New nuclear talks commence;
Syria as military laboratory;
A sympathetic voice at Vedomosti;
A Russian demonstration against the lockdown;
Fear and loathing in the motherland
With Israel’s new “unity” government now set, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a decision in the coming weeks with huge consequences for Israel’s relations with America and the wider world: whether to begin the process of annexing major parts of the West Bank.