Today, there is near-universal acknowledgement that America’s critical satellite infrastructure is at risk and needs to be better protected.
Both nations need to work closer together on this critical issue.
Both nations need to work closer together on this critical issue.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is betting big on China.
With joint dialogues, incubators, and technology parks, Beijing and Moscow are seeking to overcome deficiencies and compete with the United States.
SpaceX develops key to hypersonic weapon tracking;
A new cyber weapon: Acoustic attacks;
Making navy ships more lethal;
Nanotech helps address"shrinkage";
New lasers to protect army infantry
Elections illustrate Russia's political divide;
Answers in spy exfiltration drama?;
Arctic gas bound for China?;
EU sanctions linger;
New prospects for Russo-Ukrainian peace
A famed Russian technical university is helping to lead the government’s push for public-private efforts to develop AI technologies and applications — including a joint project with China’s Huawei — and to stop top talent from flowing to the West.
Nyonoksa fallout continues;
A dubious offer;
Russian mercenaries bolster final Idlib assault;
Kyiv and Moscow swap prisoners;
A deadly protest over endangered languages
The PA drifts towards radicalism...;
...as Hamas cleans house (sort of)...;
...and bends the knee to Tehran;
al-Qaeda seeks to reclaim the high ground
[W]hatever happens on the political front, the country's foreign policy outlook, and its security priorities, will stay largely the same.
The breakdown of Hong Kong’s autonomy is a failure for China, as its current President Xi Jinping has no good options from which to choose.
Cracks in the Russian religio-political alliance;
The Kremlin's response to protests unfolds;
Mapping Russia's footprint in Africa;
Russia buys in to Beijing's 5G vision
After forty years of draconian religious rule, meaningful change may be possible in Iran.
Massive drug bust uncovers enough Chinese fentanyl to kill 14 million;
China claims it will crack down on Fentanyl;
China faces world's largest Hep C epidemic: WHO;
China to drop all duties at Shanghai Free Trade Zone;
New pilot FTZs christened in Yunnan and Guangxi
At a time when the relationship between Israel and American Jewry is already under significant strain, this would be an added stressor, and perhaps a significant one.
Xi officially named "The People's Leader";
Shenzhen to be turned into a "socialist demonstration area";
Beijing to Hong Kong: You are not "irreplaceable";
Taiwan pledges help for Hong Kong activists seeking sanctuary;
Taiwan is fighting China's travel ban
[H]ow Washington responds to the incident will have profound implications, both for its continued credibility in the region and for the future of its relations with Iran.
Apathy in the face of Moscow's protests;
Tit-for-tat in post-INF world;
A bleak future for Russian orphans;
No Russian visas for Kremlin critics;
Yet another extraterritorial killing?;
New theory in Russian radiation release controversy
- President Tokayev seeks to "maintain continuity" yet nonetheless calls for "systemic reforms." He appears to mean both.
- In the effort to engage society more deeply in governance, Kazakhstan will institute and seek to manage reforms from above.
- In continuing the principle of balance in its foreign policy, which Tokayev invented two decades ago, Kazakhstan will seek increased engagement and investment from the West.
Cameroon ends road project, alleging Chinese incompetence;
Russia threatens wood export ban to China;
PLA expands ties with North Korean military...;
...and Pakistan's armed forces;
Shandong U apologies for controversial "buddy program"
On August 29th, Iran attempted to put its newest commercial satellite, the Nahid-1, into orbit from a test range in the country's north.
Israel’s Syria campaign has demonstrated that, despite their best efforts, Iran and its proxies “have no deterrence whatsoever” against Israel. But this may not last.
Russia's widening stake in Syria;
Forest fires strain federal budget;
No exposure warnin, Nyonoksa victim doctors claim;
Floating nuclear power station sets sail;
Whelan detention extended;
Officials belatedly come clean in missile test disaster
This week’s revelations that the International Atomic Energy Agency found traces of uranium at an undeclared nuclear site in Iran’s Tehran Province — revelations which the regime has refused to explain — shows that the Iranian nuclear issue is far more complicated than U.S. and Iranian jockeying of recent days suggests.
The draft, produced by the country's largest bank, focuses on data, training, and ethics. The final version is due next month.
Philippines may ask for U.S. help to monitor Chinese ships;
Indonesian minister defense decision to send officials to China...;
...as Jakarta seeks help from China to reform national healthcare;
Confucius Institute teachers must "love the motherland;
Australian Department of Education expels institutes
China has well and truly arrived in the Middle East. After years of relative passivity, the People's Republic of China (PRC) is now making a concerted effort to expand its strategic presence and economic clout in the region.
Echoes of Chernobyl in mysterious nuclear accident;
UK to cut off sub exports;
New evidence confirms Russia's hand in Ukraine conflict;
Trump backs Moscow's G7 return
Does the United States have a vision of future spacepower grand enough around which to organize a new space force?
The Voice of America's Persian News Network opts out of covering protests
Ballooning consumer debt;
How Moscow is managing protests;
Ceasefire violation prompts presidential phone call;
Election protests persist in Moscow
Malaysia's religious police go digital;
ISIS rears its head in Spain;
A step forward for Egyptian counterterrorism...;
...amid new signs of life for Egyptian Salafism;
Islamabad seeks Beijing's support on threat finance blacklist
Russian hypersonic weapons face material shortage;
Army embraces VR training;
Body armor on demand;
AI helps to ID small UAVs;
Dragonflies inspire missile defense
The sun sets on the INF Treaty;
Military depot explosion rocks Siberian town;
Farewell, John Huntsman;
Moscow slapped with second round of Salisbury sanctions
Tomorrow, the Trump administration will formally inaugurate the newest U.S. Combatant Command, U.S. Space Command.
China's GDP growth at slowest pace in 27 years;
China issues Xinjiang white paper;
Security at China border targets Hong Kongers;
Beijing orders its shops to remove Islamic symbols, Arabic signs;
China expands "reeducation camps" for Uighurs
Israeli bombs get smarter;
The Marines get a new laser...;
...while the Air Force takes aim at UAVs;
Next up: Russian genetically enhanced babies?;
Laser biometric identifier helps target terrorists
Russia's HIV crisis rages on;
Waste triggers more protests;
Siberian fires prompt state of emergency;
The suffering of Crimea's tatars
Israel's activism, showcased in the mid-July airstrike in Iraq as well as other recent sorties against Iranian-linked targets in neighboring Syria, is understandable.
Iran's wilting economy;
Iran expands its role in the organ trade;
Exporting revolution...again;
Iran's deepening water woes
Navalny poisoned?;
Russia targets critical journalists;
The 2017 radiation cloud, explained;
Poll numbers grim for another Putin term;
A deepening Russo-Iranian partnership
Israei politicians court Russian expats;
Media battle with Britain escalates;
Battleground:Moscow
Pakistan's economic problems...and China;
Online platforms fined for publishing "illegal" news;
China's Xi leans on local congresses;
Zimbabwe dangles land to lure Chinese investors, tourists;
Malaysia recovers millions for cancelled pipeline
There is a second trade war happening in Asia, and it is in America’s interest to take action.
Revolutionizing China's banking sector;
Chinese firms receive licenses to mine gold in Tanzania;
After cost cut, Malaysia restarts rail project with China;
Four Chinese blockbusters pulled without explanation;
The NBA reigns supreme in China
Sino-Russian military cooperation on the rise;
Russia's guns of summer;
A storm is brewing in the East;
Senate report on Russian hacking leaves questions unanswered;
U.S. think tank banned in Russia
A growing global outcry over China's treatment of Uighurs...;
...as Beijing's defenders close ranks;
Was Interpol complicit in ex-Chief's arrest?;
China invests in genome editing of crops;
Imports of U.S. pork surge amid Chinese price spike
An ISIS resurgence in Iraq and Syria;
Israel's global counterterrorism campaign;
Fear and loathing in Germany;
A radical education in Afghanistan
In late July, Mousa Ghazanfarabadi, the conservative head of Tehran's Revolutionary Court, announced publicly that the Iranian regime had identified a new "hostile government" with whom interaction was henceforth banned, punishable by up to a decade in prison.
A vigilante murder in Russia's second city?
The militarization of the Arctic continues;
A new round of Russian naval aggression;
Seould fires a warning shot