The increase in Taiwan’s military capabilities and willingness to defend itself makes it “much more likely” that the US would come to its aid in the event of a Chinese attack, retired US admiral Dennis Blair said yesterday. read more... … [Read more...]

Israeli authorities accused the suspects, who were Jewish immigrants from Azerbaijan residing in the Haifa area, of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars, often via cryptocurrencies, from Iranian agents identified as “Alkhan” and “Orkhan.” The Israeli authorities have described this case as one … [Read more...]

The Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace studies disruptive security, governance, and technological risks that threaten peace, growth, and opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region, with an enduring focus on China. This compendium of essays on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) … [Read more...]

In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials have grown increasingly concerned that Israel may choose to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities without the consent of the United States. Such a move would almost certainly scuttle the Trump administration’s delicate nuclear negotiations and prompt an … [Read more...]

Twice in the last century, Congress has rewritten the rules for how America organizes its military. Each overhaul unlocked leaps in US combat power. In 1947, the National Security Act dissolved the War and Navy Departments to create the Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, CIA, and National … [Read more...]

Bilateral relations between Iran and Italy are rooted in centuries of history, with significant consolidation during the Safavid dynasty in the 15th century, when important Italian missions were dispatched to the Persian court. Personal diaries of Naser al-Din Shah of the later Qajar dynasty recount … [Read more...]

Amidst the global geopolitical chaos, the Trump administration is according high priority to the Middle East. A strong reiteration of this point is the US President’s visit to the Middle East, last month, where he visited three GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) member states – Saudi Arabia, UAE and … [Read more...]

The intelligence officers say that China is spying on the Russian military’s operations in Ukraine to learn about Western weapons and warfare. They fear that Chinese academics are laying the groundwork to make claims on Russian territory. And they have warned that Chinese intelligence agents are … [Read more...]

This steady marginalization of Egypt came into sharp focus when its name did not feature in US President Donald Trump’s recent tour of Arab countries, and later when its President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, was not invited to the US-Gulf summit in Riyadh held last month. read more... … [Read more...]

Britain long ago abandoned the art and science of grand strategy, even though this is crucial for establishing the country’s direction of travel. Without grand strategy, national strategy has been reduced to little more than a political game of how much threat Britain can afford, and who gets what … [Read more...]