Security
Trump is sending NATO east – the Middle East
The assassination of General Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s retaliatory
strike against US bases in Iraq brought the situation in the region to a head
with President...
Burning Planet: Climate Fires and Political Flame Wars Rage
Economic and political polarization will rise this year, as collaboration
between world leaders, businesses and policy-makers is needed more than ever to
stop severe threats to...
Challenges to Eurasian Security in the Coming Decade
Confrontation
between Russia and the USA/NATO
There is no reason to believe that the worsening relations between
Russia and the West, a process that began six years...
Rising Geopolitical Tensions Boost Military Spend on Electronic Warfare Equipment
The
emergence of stealth and low observable aircraft along with Anti-Access/Area
Denial (A2/AD) systems has made integrated air defense networks very complex
and difficult to counter. Additionally,...
United States Presence in Indian Ocean: Counter Strategy For China
In 1890,
Alfred Mahan affirmed, that “whoever controls the Indian Ocean will dominate
Asia, the destiny of the world will be decided on its waters” .In...
Time to Put the Old Dog Down? Debating the Future of NATO
The North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrated its 70th anniversary and after the long passage of
time, it is almost as if the alliance has become...
Anti-Russian Ideology of Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi Groups: Causes and Consequences
Russia and
Muhajireen are both interventionists in Syria
The Russian
military intervention in the Syrian civil war has strengthened the anti-Russian
ideological wave of the al-Qaeda-aligned Central Asian...
U.S. vs Iran, a Cybersecurity Update
The relationship between the United States and Iran
has perhaps reached a very low levein in recent weeks, following the 1979
Khomenist Revolution and the occupation...
‘Unprecedented terrorist violence’ in West Africa, Sahel region
The top UN official in West Africa and the Sahel updated the Security
Council on Wednesday, describing an “unprecedented" rise in terrorist
violence across the region.
“The region has...
New Report Proposes Global DNA Synthesis Screening System to Counter Biotech Terror
Rapid advancements in commercially available DNA synthesis technologies
– used for example to artificially create gene sequences for clinical diagnosis
and treatment – pose growing risks,...