Cap.(retd) David L.O. HAYWARD A few days ago, I had an opportunity to spontaneously interview a middle-aged Chinese lady. She has been resident in Australia for 43-years. Considers herself to be a true-blue Ozzie. Her mother was Chinese, her father Ukrainian. Her parents wanted to get out of … [Read more...]
F-16 FOR UKRAINE: An open letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America
Mr. President, First and foremost, we would like to thank you, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and the broad bipartisan coalition in Congress for your unwavering support for Ukraine and for the leadership that the United States has once again taken in defense … [Read more...]
SOVIET POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIES ARE STILL ALIVE
Oleksandr RUSNAK, PhD HOW THE KREMLIN USES STALIN'S METHODS IN THE 21ST CENTURY During 1917-1920, the Bolsheviks restored, albeit in a truncated form, the Russian Empire, which had collapsed, unable to withstand the pressures of the First World War. However, the empire was restored in a … [Read more...]
KREMLIN LEADERS’ NARRATIVES1 ABOUT UKRAINE AND THE WEST AS MEANS OF HISTORICAL MANIPULATION WITH THE AIM TO TRANSFORM GLOBAL GEOPOLITICAL PROCESSES
Marian ZHYTARYUK, PhD Victoria ZHYTARYUK Abstract. The civilizational war of the russian federation against the Western democratic world, which began with aggression against the disobedience of neighboring Ukraine, which chose the Western vector of development, is gaining momentum. It would … [Read more...]
«PRIGOZHYN’S RING» OR «WAGNER’S» FLIGHT IN INFORMATION SPACE
Yevhen MAHDA In recent days, new heroes have appeared in some of the Russian media - “Russian attack aircraft” of the private military company “Wagner Group”. The Kremlin media are happy to broadcast their assault on the city of Soledar, but there are several nuances that should be paid attention … [Read more...]
Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Is This An Act of Terror? No Evidence Sofar
By Peter Koenig According to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “More than 13 million people have been affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey.” (quoted by Tass, February 7, 2023) “The earthquake has caused colossal damage. It was the biggest-ever calamity not only in our … [Read more...]
China Has More ICBM Launchers Than U.S., American Military Reports
By Michael R. Gordon The U.S. military has notified Congress that China now has more land-based intercontinental-range missile launchers than the U.S., fueling the debate about how Washington should respond to Beijing’s nuclear buildup. “The number of land-based fixed and mobile ICBM launchers … [Read more...]
RĂZBOIUL DIN UCRAINA: OBSERVAŢII ŞI PERSPECTIVE
prof. dr. Nicholas DIMA Se ştie că războiul înseamnă continuarea politicii prin mijloace violente; în-seamnă impunerea voinţei unei ţări asupra alteia cu rezultate de cele mai multe ori dramatice. Rădăcina războiului este însăşi natura noastră. Natura umană s-a mai îmblânzit de-a lungul istoriei, … [Read more...]
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
As companies building the technologies in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics that may be repurposed to develop autonomous weapons, we feel especially responsible in raising this alarm. We warmly welcome the decision of the UN’s Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons … [Read more...]
TOWARDS AN ETHICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Audrey AZOULAY We stand at the dawn of a new era. The technological revolution is tran-sforming our lives at breakneck speed, dramatically altering the ways in which we work, learn and even live together. Alongside the increasingly sophisticated use of big data, artificial intelligence (AI) is … [Read more...]