Security
A Perfect Cyber Storm: Russia and China Teaming Together
United States intelligence agencies have listed cyber-attacks as the top threat to American national security, ahead of terrorism. These threats are increasing in sophistication,...
THE FSB and SIGINT: Absolute Power at Home and Abroad
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) should easily be considered one of the most influential and powerful intelligence organizations in the world today. Its...
China and Russia: Cyber Cousins but not Cyber Brothers
There seems to be a strong divergence in perception behind China's desire to command cyberspace offensively. On the one hand, there is the assumption...
Extreme Right and Islamic Extremists: an evident comparison?
The problems related to security, lack of dialogue between different cultures and religions, as well as the issues relating to mass migrations, are increasingly...
Wars of Aggression as Cultural Events
The International Community has been witnessing in the recent months a dramatic upsurge in the exploitation of cultural heritage, be it its destruction or...
All Eyes on Me: The Emergence of a Russian Surveillance State
Before analyzing the activities and assessing the ethics of any intelligence organization, it is first necessary to remember that intelligence organizations are secretive by...
The Pluto of International Organizations: The Evolution of the SCO
This piece investigates the unique peculiarities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Instead of being a Eurasian counterpart to the EU, an additional IO...
Brothers-in-Unethical-Arms: The American and Russian Intelligence Services
Two of the largest foreign intelligence agencies in the world, the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Russian Federation’s Foreign Intelligence Service...
The Industrial Spy Game: FSB as Russian Economic Developer
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation (RF) has sought to reclaim its former glory and regain recognition as a great...
Muslim Australia and the search for a solution to the “War on Terror”
There are almost 500,000 Muslims in Australia, with 400 mosques serving them. According to the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) 2012-103 Annual Report to...