Russia Reform Monitor No. 2527
In St. Petersburg, Putin takes a defiant turn;
Russian military families start to speak up;
Flashpoint: Kaliningrad;
Ottawa invests in arctic defense against Russia;
Russian hackers eye Ukraine's allies
In St. Petersburg, Putin takes a defiant turn;
Russian military families start to speak up;
Flashpoint: Kaliningrad;
Ottawa invests in arctic defense against Russia;
Russian hackers eye Ukraine's allies
A foiled ISIS assassination;
Sahel militancy surges;
Islamism and Bangladeshi cyberspace;
Pakistan's new government makes counterterrorism a priority;
The detainee threat persists
In early February, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced a major new defense initiative when, in an address to Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies, he laid out his administration’s plans for a “laser wall” to protect the country from rockets, missiles and UAVs.
Canada to ban China's Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks;
Taiwan remembers the Tiananmen Square, Hong Kong silenced;
China's attempts to influence Jerusalem post backfire;
China-linked Twitter harassment targets female journalists;
China's surgeons have become executioners
The newly contested region needs serious U.S. attention.