While relations between Bangkok and Beijing remain warm, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is pursuing a more diversified foreign policy. Tommy Walker In early January, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin enthusiastically announced that he would be waiving visa requirements for Chinese visitors … [Read more...]
Organization of Iran`s 12 Major Intelligence Agencies
Mark LindseyMark Lindsey PMSC Alpha Corp Chief of Staff/Private Military Intelligence Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has spawned more than a dozen disparate intelligence agencies that engage in domestic and foreign surveillance. They separately report to different government ministries, … [Read more...]
Nonstate armed actors in 2024: The Middle East and Africa
Vanda Felbab-Brown Vanda Felbab-Brown Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @VFelbabBrown January … [Read more...]
The Extremist Domino Effect of October 7
by Mark Berlin, Sara Harmouch, Vladimir Rauta Half a century after the Yom Kippur War, Hamas’s surprise attacks on Oct. 7 echo the infamous 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict. This day has also been likened to Israel’s own Sept. 11 by diplomats and commentators, intensifying its contemporary resonance. … [Read more...]
No Way Norway!
Professor Dr Julian Lindley-French “Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build”. Henrik Ibsen February 10th, 2024. Just back from the Norwegian Atlantic Committee’s superb annual Leangkollen Conference. The conference was great, the debate less so with a lack of … [Read more...]
US reaffirms One China policy during meeting with PRC
The United States reaffirmed its One China policy during a meeting between the two nations in early January and reiterated the country’s enduring commitment to freedom of navigation exercises in the Indo-Pacific. The renewed commitments were made during the 2024 US-PRC Defense Policy … [Read more...]
Țărmul războaielor, surprizelor și cutremurelor
de Ghassan Charbel Editor-șef al ziarului Asharq Al-Awsat Traducere dr. Isam Mahgoub Nu este de loc simplu ceea ce vedem în Orientul Mijlociu. Operațiunea „Al-Aqsa Flood -Potopul Al-Aqsa” s-a transformat într-un cutremur și chiar a doua zi, a declanșat un război limitat lansat de Hezbollah … [Read more...]
Cloudflare server breached using old credentials from previous attack
Daniel Croft According to a company blog post, the attack first accessed Cloudflare’s systems for reconnaissance from 14 to 17 November and accessed a number of systems, including the company’s “internal wiki (which uses Atlassian Confluence) and our bug database (Atlassian Jira)”. The … [Read more...]
Taliban initiated Special force eliminating CIA funded soldierly Recruits
AJMAL SOHAIL Exclusive: According to the reliable sources, Chinese intelligence agency has already expressed its commitment to any possible cooperation with the Afghan Taliban in strengthening the security sector and regional security. The Afghan Taliban and in cooperation with China formed a … [Read more...]
The Belt and Road and Global Gateway Initiatives: Prospects and Opportunities for Central Asian Countries
Eldaniz Gusseinov, Rymgali Abykayev The transport and infrastructure initiatives of China and the European Union show signs of unfolding strategic competition in the Eurasian region. With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Europe and China have lost their shortest land trade route, while … [Read more...]