Hubei party heads replaced over "botched outbreak response";
Xi ally installed in Hong Kong;
Huawei hit with more charges of racketeering and IPR theft;
Motorola wins $764.6 million in compensation from China's Hytera;
Pentagon supports restricted chip sales to Huawei
Iran’s clerical army could decide that an internal transition is the best answer, and move to remove (or at least subordinate) the country’s current clerical elite. Such a step, after all, would allow the IRGC to preserve its current, extensive grip on national power while simultaneously working to alleviate economic pressure from the U.S. and reintegrate into the international community.
What does Riyadh really think about China? It was one of the questions on my mind last week, when I led a research delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Coronavirus nudges Japan toward recession;
U.S.-Philippines relationship on the rocks;
Australian officials cancel UK trip over Huawei;
Singapore targets political opposition, media with "fake news" law;
Quarantined Chinese workers delay Belt and Road projects
Surkov steps back from Ukraine file;
Preinstalled smartphone apps will prioritize "moral values";
Russian media: U.S. government behind coronavirus;
Encryption service blocked by Russian censors
This month, the Trump administration released its strategy for Central Asia.
Yet while shale production has dramatically cut reliance on Middle East and other imported oil, trumpeting our “energy independence” is premature.
Venezuela’s tale is hardly a unique one. In recent decades, socialist nations across the world have scrapped their doctrinaire visions and incorporated elements of free enterprise to rescue their ailing economies.
A new day for nuclear power?;
Germany's long energy transition;
Rising sea levels put more of the world's population at risk;
A growing food security crisis in southern Africa;
The two sides of gene manipulation
Bomb threats disrupt daily living;
Expert: Putin's fertility plans ineffective;
The new (and old) faces of Russian power;
Russia fails to expel North Korean workers by deadline
UK gives Huawei the green light...;
...while France chooses Nokia and Ericsson for 5G;
China's interference threatens New Zealand's role in "Five Eyes";
Danish PM responds to China over satirical flag drawing;
Student jailed for mocking Xi on Twitter while in the U.S.
Florida scientists fired for hiding participation in China program...;
...as Harvard chemistry chairman is arrested;
Apple: Beijing's requests for user data spiked in first half of 2019;
China has "no intention to participate" in arms talks;
U.S. sanctions Chinese companies for "funding Iran's terrorism"
In a major address, Putin focuses on advanced technologies...;
...and announces a cabinet shakeup...;
...as well as significant constitutional changes;
Russia's cyber warriors take on Ukraine
On Jan. 28, British officials announced that, after extensive internal deliberations, the government had decided to move forward with a limited partnership with China’s Huawei corporation to build 5G telecom networks in the country.
A victory for Arkhangelsk protesters;
Another near-miss on the high seas;
Moscow scores one for Assad;
Treason charges for military researchers;
Putin's new political project
China's largest independent film festival shuts down;
Beijing releases hundreds of billions to stem economic downturn;
Despite push for more babies, China's birthrate continues to fall;
PLA reforms military enlistment policies;
China's space plan for 2020
Beijing lashes out at Tsai and countries that congratulated her;
European Parliament passes pro-Taiwan resolutions;
U.S. warships transits Taiwan Strait after vote;
Shanghai suspends Prague ties over sister-city agreement with Taipei;
China must "face reality" of Taiwan's independence: Tsai
A good year for Russia's oligarchs;
Putin's defense of Molotov-Ribbentrop;
A new route for Russian gas;
A meeting of the minds in Damascus;
Moving forward on hypersonics
It's your move, Mahmoud Abbas. That's the basic message behind the Trump administration's long-awaited "deal of the century," which was unveiled publicly on Tuesday at a joint press conference between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Signs are mounting that in Tehran, which faces rising pressures at home and abroad, the country’s powerful hardline conservatives are circling the wagons, raising the odds of still more Iranian global provocations. The question is whether Washington — which continues to tighten the economic screws on Tehran — is ready for what might come next.
Nord Stream II hits a new stumbling block;
Navalny reflects on 2019;
Ramping up Russian citizenship for Donbas residents;
Dissent spreading in Russia's periphery;
Minsk caves in oil standoff
For years, Iran’s ruling ayatollahs have grappled with a profoundly vexing problem: how best to maintain the loyalty of the country’s growing (and increasingly unruly) population. The question isn’t strictly a political one. It is also made significantly more complicated by the age of the Islamic Republic’s population, which cuts against the regime in key ways.
Germany seeks to bring Muslim education home;
Turkey's "blind eye" toward Palestinian radicalism;
How Tehran could torpedo Afghan peace;
Islamists advance in Burkina Faso
The latest proposals laid out by the president are simply too little, too late.
Recently, while participating in a wargame, I was asked by a military officer whether today’s Space Force has the equivalent of an Air Corps Tactical School, the military institution which originally matured the modern theory of airpower.
Police brutality against migrant workers spikes;
Memorial receives its 19th fine;
The Avangard deploys;
UN victory paves the way for greater cyber-repression;
U.S. assistance makes Russia safer
The Islamic Republic is too weak to wage a conventional war on the U.S. — but that doesn’t mean it poses no threat.
His Wednesday speech acknowledged difficulties Russian researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs face, particularly in the realm of finance.
China disrupts Mekong flow to force concessions;
Mongolia reaps the benefits the Xinjiang instability;
Cambodia's child labor problem;
Beijing's Hong Kong crackdown boomerangs in Taiwan;
North Korea's Kim threatens renewed missile tests
One of the main tools of Russian influence across Central Asia remains poorly understood.
* * SPECIAL ISSUE: THE FALLOUT FROM THE STRIKE ON SOLEIMANI * *
Senate levels new Russia sanctions;
Navalny staffer kidnapped;
RUNET's first success?;
Welcome to the Russo-British media war;
Discontent in the Orthodox ranks
No breakthrough after Lavrov visit;
Moscow backs breathing room for Pyongyang;
Regional HIV crisis offers drug runners an opportunity;
Putin's constitutional plans;
Prison nightmare continues for Israeli-American tourist
Moscow’s efforts to keep data on home soil are of interest to other authoritarian states — and even some liberal democracies.
Here are a list of important questions for Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett to ask prospective candidates in her quest to find the CSO with the right vision for the future:
The world is witnessing a modern-day nightmare in Xinjiang, China. Estimates vary, but by some counts over 2 million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other Muslims are detained in “vocational skill education training centers,” the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Orwellian moniker for reeducation camps.
China completes artificial island off Sri Lanka;
Laos seeks Chinese investment and tourists amid flurry if SEZs;
China's Cambodian port and airstrip stirs suspicions about PLA plans;
China's ''nine-dash line" claim "ridiculous": Malaysia FM;
Beijing's support for Micronesia may harm U.S. security links
Adopting ant army maneuvers;
Iron man suit subsystems resurrected;
Nanotech enables hypersonic weapons development;
A new 3D printing technique for aerospace components;
Army sets its sights on tactical glasses
Quite suddenly, the Islamic Republic finds itself facing serious setbacks in the Middle East.
Crackdown on Jehovah's witnesses continues;
Studying abroad: The newest "undesirable" activity?
Another incentive for Africa?
US/EU image improves among Russians;
A shooting at the Lubyanka
The targeting of Soleimani – which followed on the heels of U.S. military strikes on multiple facilities in Iraq operated by Kataib Hezbollah, a key Iranian regional proxy – has ushered in a qualitatively new phase in the Trump administration’s confrontation with Iran. Chances are, it will be one punctuated by heightened hostilities
Surprise legal victory for Russian blogger;
Putin and Zelensky meeting labeled a draw;
Disaster on Russia's lone aircraft carrier;
Russia-Germany dispute escalates;
A new record in population decline
161 U.S. House members call for trade agreement with Taiwan;
China's "great friendship" with Micronesia a strategic headache for the U.S.;
New code of conduct for journalists;
China responds harshly to soccer star's criticism of Uighur mistreatment;
Xinjiang program places Han men with Uighur women
The current quest for an Iranian constitution reflects a realization by opponents of the Iranian regime that, if they hope to galvanize support from the Iranian “street,” they need to paint a much clearer picture of the future they desire.
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China in Africa
The Challenge of North African Salafism
The Promise And Peril Of Africa’s Cities
Competing for Africa: A Strategy for Partnerships against Predators
GAZPROM scores "contract of the century";
Putin's new START proposal;
The private jet of Russia's elite;
WADA hands down unprecedented ban
A strategic minerals solution down under;
Indonesia's quicksilver and easy gold;
Global fires stifle logistics;
Temperatures rise and fish stocks thin
AI squad improvement goals;
Digitally mapping the battlefield;
Iran develops anti-tank drone;
How fish can enhance armor;
The state of battlefield lasers is solid
The United States must make it abundantly clear that the CCP can no longer enjoy the benefits of American policy without fulfilling its obligations.
Baghdadi's successor hits the ground running;
Some tentative liberalization in Sudan;
Turkey's ultimatum to Europe;
Algeria steps up counter-terror ops