TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD DEFENSE – MILITARY – CYBER AROUND THE WORLD Australia – China May 16, 2022. By Graeme Dobell, The Strategist. As a Chinese navy ship nosed around Australia’s northwest coast, China sailed to the centre of the formal foreign policy debate. The ship got more attention from the press than the […]
Category: In-Security
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD DEFENSE – MILITARY – CYBER HORIZONS TECH AROUND THE WORLD Bulgaria May 5. By Margarita Assenova, The Jamestown Foundation. Russian President Vladimir Putin miscalculated again when he stopped natural gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria on April 27. Now Russia appears to have lost the gas markets in both countries […]
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD DEFENSE – MILITARY – CYBER HORIZONS SPACE TECH AROUND THE WORLD Afghanistan May 5. By Teagan Westendorf, The Strategist. The Taliban’s recent ban on opium cultivation in Afghanistan, a repeat of previous attempts under Taliban rule up to 2001, shows how large-scale illicit drug economies are a fierce vector for organised […]
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD DEFENSE – MILITARY – CYBER INTELLIGENCE SPACE TECH AROUND THE WORLD China May 4. By World Nuclear News. Unit 6 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in China’s Liaoning province has been connected to the grid, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced. The unit – the second of two ACPR-1000 reactors […]
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD DEFENSE – MILITARY – SPACE HORIZONS TECH & CYBER AROUND THE WORLD Central African Republic May 3. By HRW. Forces in the Central African Republic, whom witnesses identified as Russian, appear to have summarily executed, tortured, and beaten civilians since 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. National authorities, the country’s Special […]
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD DEFENSE – MILITARY – SPACE HORIZONS TECH & CYBER AROUND THE WORLD Africa May 2. By Nellie Peyton, Reuters. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more investment to help their economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and weather the impacts of the Ukraine […]
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD DEFENSE – MILITARY – SPACE HORINZONS TECH & CYBER AROUND THE WORLD Arctic April 26. By Jean-Louis Lozier, IFRI. Through multiple international initiatives, including the creation of the Arctic Council at the end of the Cold War in 1996, the Arctic appears to be one of the last areas of […]
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD CYBER – TECH DEFENSE – MILITARY – SPACE AROUND THE WORLD India – Japan April 28. By Akash Sahu, East Asia Forum. India and Japan seem to be checking all the right boxes to develop a deeper partnership. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India on 19 March 2022 and […]
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD CYBER – TECH DEFENSE – MILITARY HORIZONS AROUND THE WORLD Africa April 28. By HRW. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has worsened the food security crisis in many African countries, Human Rights Watch said today. Many countries in East, West, Middle, and Southern Africa rely on Russia and Ukraine for a significant percentage […]
TODAY: AROUND THE WORLD DEFENSE – MILITARY TECH AROUND THE WORLD Australia April 27. By Christian Downie, The Interpreter. The Australian government’s announcement on 13 April that it will subsidise the country’s oil refineries to the tune of $250 million for projects that will not be completed until 2024 highlights the problems with Australia’s present […]
ACTA DIURNA (di Marco Emanuele) Ben si comprende la rabbia per l’invasione operata da Putin ai danni dell’Ucraina, in particolare del suo popolo. E’ venuto il tempo, però, di un atteggiamento realisticamente progettuale. Se il blocco occidentale intendesse davvero mostrare la propria unità e strategia, l’unica proposta sensata sarebbe quella di una “larga” Conferenza di […]
ACTA DIURNA (di Marco Emanuele) Nessuno nega le ragioni della difesa e della sicurezza ma altra cosa, a ben guardare, è un mondo in riarmo. Tutto questo succede non solo a partire dalle armi, dalle tecnologie critiche, dagli eserciti ma, ciò che è peggio e che ci preoccupa, dalle parole e dalla carenza di relazione. […]