After three years U.S., China military talks resume in Hawaii;
Security lapses led to deadly suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Pakistan;
China's banks reject payments from Russian electronics importers;
China is "flooding the UK with fake Royal Mail stamps": Royal Mail;
U.S. and China hold talks to deport more Chinese nationals
Cracks in the Moscow-Beijing alliance?;
Quiet talks about a prisoner swap;
Putin calls for space nuclear development
While Moscow claims that it wants to replace the “rules-based international order” with a fairer system for all, Russia’s day-to-day behavior seems more appropriate for a rules-free system—one where right is determined simply by muscle and the nerve to use it.
Fear and loathing in Moscow;
The Kremlin enforces conformity;
A strange nuclear emergency in Khabarovsk;
The high cost of Putin's adventurism;
The (surprising) view from Beijing
Israel versus Al-Jazeera;
Advanced tech powers Chinese disinfo
If the Biden administration is intent on keeping the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in place, it would do well to make its existence contingent on a meaningful crackdown against Hezbollah.
Israel and the United States cannot afford to dismiss Iran’s escalatory strike on Saturday as a mere demonstration.
In tandem with its military offensive against Hamas, however, Israel has experienced a deeper strategic shift. A sea change is now taking place in Israel’s approach to security affairs, informed by the errors and miscalculations that made the atrocities of October 7th possible.
China's coast guard increases its presence around Kinmen;
Taiwan respectfully declines China's earthquake aid;
China quietly pushes into Russia's far east;
Russia uses more Chinese yuan;
Kenya considers curbing TikTok
Iran is making a serious play for Sudan, and it merits attention from Washington.
Russia and Iran: a burgeoning military alliance;
Tajik nationals linked to ISIS terror in Moscow;
Mounting nuclear threats against NATO;
A deeper Russian footprint in Syria
Increasingly, ISIS banks on cryptocurrency;
Target: Europe;
Do the Palestinians still prefer Hamas?;
Rehabilitating the Taliban, one country at a time
Holding back support of aid to Ukraine for fear of worse to come from Russia is a surefire way to ensure that Moscow presses its advantage and engages in still more rogue behavior.
The growing demonization of Israel is not unstoppable.
China and Russia seek unhackable comms;
China's Taiwan plans include an anti-tank assault;
Moving toward super semiconductors;
China simulates hypersonic strike;
Powering future soldiers better
The promise of European aid prompts new reform proposals;
Cutting the Ukrainian bureaucracy down to size;
The wages of Ukraine's judicial reform;
Procurement schemes and high politics…;
...And product manipulation to boot
U.S. Army special forces train Taiwanese troops;
Marines go virtual to address lack of Indo-Pacific training grounds;
With an eye on China, Japan announces maritime domain awareness aid;
Hanoi poised for explosive growth;
Cambodia's airport dreams stall
The Islamic Republic and information warfare;
Hamas takes a victory lap in Tehran…;
...As the Iranian regime ponders pressing its advantage;
A tug of war in the south Caucasus
Cumulatively, these factors will help determine what lies ahead for the Palestinians. But if Team Biden ignores them in favor of quick fixes, or worse still, empty pandering to its constituents, it will only end up perpetuating their misery.
Talkative combatants, powered by AI;
Training via enhanced laser tag;
The promise of quantum batteries;
New, more versatile vaccines;
Drones of infinite duration
Xi: China's officials unprepared for "great struggle";
Seven Chinese hackers indicted for targeting U.S. officials, companies;
China's cyberattacks on UK, NZ parliamentarians;
Five Chinese and 1 Pakistani killed in suicide bombing;
Foreign consulting firms a "cover" to steal state secrets, ministry says
It stands to reason that the sooner the House of Saud launches a serious campaign to convince its own subjects rapprochement with Israel is in their long term interest, the better off the Kingdom will be.
The March 22 attack in Moscow may be a potential portent of things to come. Russia’s Mideast policy has given foreign Islamist militants several excuses for conducting murderous attacks, and Russia’s Muslim minority groups are feeling alienated from, and sometimes hostile to, the prevailing political order.
Russia increases its African footprint;
The U.S. sanctions Zimbabwe... again;
A new African "great game";
Iran's Sudan play goes sideways
Putin points the finger... after a fashion;
Nuclear pressure on NATO’s doorstep;
Moscow's unpopular war;
Putting the squeeze on the Russian economy
The limits of Israeli-Saudi rapprochement;
"Pay to slay," rebooted;
An inflection point for AQAP
China, Russia, Iran hold joint naval drills;
House launches probe into PRC influence operations;
Blinken: U.S. will defend the Philippines against China;
China and Russia to put a nuclear power plant on the moon;
China has ramped up espionage campaigns – Lithuania
Risks of armed conflict between China and India grow: U.S. intelligence;
China "deplores" Modi's visit to new tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh;
China and India test missiles, ramp up troop deployments;
China-Maldives ink military deal, India builds island base;
U.S. says Arunachal Pradesh is part of India, China slams U.S.
Putin's ultra-repressive regime;
A fresh foothold for the Kremlin in North America;
India has second thoughts about Russian oil
Rather than part company with reality, U.S. officials and opinion leaders should embrace it. Long-term Israeli-Palestinian peace requires, among other things, a destroyed Hamas, an overhauled Palestinian Authority, and a spirit of co-existence that’s nurtured among the Palestinian people.
The Kremlin, in other words, isn't interested in a negotiated settlement that establishes a new modus vivendi between Moscow and Kyiv. Instead, more than two years into the current conflict, it's never been clearer that the fight between Russia and Ukraine is a life-or-death struggle over identity, independence and indeed Ukraine's very existence.
The app gives the Chinese Communist Party its greatest asymmetric advantage over the U.S.
A Taliban-Iran thaw?;
Israel's other Palestinian problem;
10/7 as extremist inspiration…;
...And an opening for Islamists in Africa
The conflict once called the “War on Terror” has well and truly returned.
Vietnam-India high tech cooperation ramps up;
New Delhi flexes its naval muscle;
India, France strengthen ties;
Pakistan’s tumultuous election
On February 12, 2024, the American Foreign Policy Council convened its second “Airlie Dialogue” for a day of discussions about the “war of ideas” against radical Islam now taking place in the Muslim World.
Top general: Russia poses a threat to space security...;
...As Moscow piggybacks on Beijing’s space ambitions;
How the intel community sees Russia;
The Ukraine war is also a partisan fight
The United States is in the midst of a new cold war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and America is losing.
Jerusalem and Jakarta were drawing closer – and still might;
Humanitarian assistance, or terror support?;
After 10/7, it's "advantage: Iran";
Rethinking counter-extremism in London
Beijing is already planning to send its first manned mission to the Moon in 2030, followed by the construction of a permanent base there by 2036.
Russia finds new recruits... from Nepal;
The Navalny exchange that wasn't;
How Finland is mobilizing against the Russian threat;
The Kremlin as Palestinian power broker
NATO’s new eyes in the North;
London leaves the ECT;
Anticipating a tipping point for the Amazon;
Taliban resurgence worsens Southwest Asia's water crisis
Ukraine's regions shed their Soviet past;
The growing price tag for Ukrainian reconstruction;
Kyiv's defense chief doubles down;
Getting the railways back on track
Leaked Russian documents reveal plans to nuke China if attacked;
Beijing rejects new subways due to local government debt;
China expands state secrets law to include "work secrets";
U.S. to replace China-made cranes at ports;
Canadian Chinese scientists lied about PRC links
The United States should have a vested interest in directly engaging with this constituency—both to discredit official regime propaganda, which still depicts America as an enemy of the Iranian people, and to lay out its vision for a different, more prosperous Iranian future.
New material benefits everything from body armor to microchips;
A dearth of data for AI development;
The U.S. Navy is 3d printing subs…;
...And updating its cyber doctrine;
Is zero-fuel space travel feasible?
Sanctions-busting, Russian style;
Renewing the case for confiscating Russian assets;
A new nuclear warning from the Kremlin…;
...And Russia's nuclear threshold, revealed
There is no question that many European countries badly — very badly — need to restore their force structures and defense industries. However, they now need to do so within a time frame shorter than it would take to establish an EU-wide procurement system and czar, let alone to alter the bloc’s funding priorities.