From Astri Edvardsen Translation Birgitte Annie Molid Martinussen Norsk versjon. Just after New Year’s, the FS Bretagne embarked on a patrol mission from Brest in Brittany on France’s northwest coast to the High North – le grand Nord. This is one of the French Navy’s multi-role … [Read more...]
A Crisis of Opportunity: Addressing the Root Causes of Emigration in the Western Balkans
Dr. Albana Shehaj and Dr. Valbona Zeneli The Western Balkans (WB) have faced significant population losses due to emigration over the past decades. Countries in the region have seen approximately 10-30% of their populations emigrate abroad in search of economic relief. Young, educated workers … [Read more...]
The Houthis’ Next Target May Be Underwater
Cutting or damaging subsea cables could disrupt data and financial communications between Europe and Asia. By Keith Johnson, a reporter at Foreign Policy covering geoeconomics and energy. In the midst of the 12-week campaign by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen to disrupt the critical … [Read more...]
Artificial Intelligence and the Landmark Year of 2023
by George Boretos, Founder & CEO @ FutureUP, published on Startupper 2023 will go down in history as an important milestone in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). With the impressive launch of ChatGPT at the end of 2022 and the explosion of AI applications that followed, AI became … [Read more...]
ASSERTIVE CHINA AFTER THE RISE OF XI JINPING
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The Coming Storm of Autonomous War Robots and the West’s Dangerous Phobias
Dr. Konstantinos Grivas EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The war in Ukraine is acting as a super-accelerator in the development of low-cost, low-tech, mass-produced robotic military systems – robot armies, in other words – by actors with little financial or technological ability. One of the biggest questions … [Read more...]
Meloni’s multilateral mountain: The challenges facing Italy’s G7 presidency
Teresa Coratella Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has repeatedly surprised her European counterparts with her alignment with the Western community. But as Italy begins its G7 presidency, she faces the daunting task of maintaining this unity amid rising tensions and challenges This week … [Read more...]
Pakistani Military likely to conquest declaring martial Law in Pakistan
A military Coup in Pakistan will turn the country into chaos AJMAL SOHAIL Exclusive: Based on the initial intelligence reports from Pakistan, there are plans for a military coup under the leadership of General Munir in Pakistan. Although the Pakistani army is not directly involved in this case … [Read more...]
Drifting Away? Russia’s Dissatisfaction With the Law of the Sea
Caroline Tuckett and Dr Kevin Rowlands Should Russia withdraw from UNCLOS, this would spell the start of the end of the current near-global consensus on the governance of the oceans. Recent open-source reporting has indicated increasing Russian dissatisfaction with international maritime … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Silencing critics and Congress
Saudi officials are trying to block US lawmakers from investigating Riyadh's influence operations in America Ben Freeman The government of Saudi Arabia has gone to extraordinary lengths to silence its critics, including brutally murdering journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Now … [Read more...]