This weekend Russia’s ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Levan Dzhagaryan, proclaimed to Iran’s state-controlled media that his country is ready and willing to sell Russia’s latest advanced surface to air missile systems to Iran. The SAM system in question is NATO code-named the SA-21 Growler. It is marketed by Russia for arms sales …
Iran is building about 3,000 advanced uranium-enrichment centrifuges, Iranian media reported on Sunday, in a development likely to add to Western concerns about the Islamic state’s disputed nuclear programme. Iran announced earlier this year that it would install the new-generation centrifuges at its Natanz uranium enrichment plant, but Sunday’s reports in Iranian agencies appeared to …
(Washington, D.C.): The Washington Post‘s editorial pages Wednesday featured two items — one an op.ed. article, the other a Letter to the Editor — that represent thinly disguised appeals for unilateral U.S. nuclear disarmament. The fact that one of the Nation’s leading newspapers would dignify, and by implication endorse, such proposals speaks volumes about the …
Originally published by The National Interest 2021 Outlook Assessment The Biden administration has the opportunity to build on the successes of recent shifts in the Middle East, including improved Arab-Israeli relations and the Gulf ‘solidarity pact.’ On January 15, the U.S. Defense Department announced that it would include Israel in its Central Command (Centcom) for …
Summary In 2021, the Putin regime’s main goal will be to remain in power. Coronavirus, the economic downturn, and the recent crackdown on dissent have weakened the regime. Putin will likely use force abroad to boost popularity at home, which may include conflict with former Soviet states. Russia and China have projected a strong partnership, …
2021 Outlook Assessment Introduction Over the past four years, the Trump administration moved to innovate and radically change the posture of the U.S. military away from the counterinsurgency model. This dominated military thinking over the past two decades following the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The overwhelming focus had been on fighting Islamist …
Editor’s note: this analysis was originally published by the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and is reposted here with its permission. Is South Korea under President Moon Jae-in qualified to join a club of liberal democracies? British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a plan to invite India, Australia, and South Korea as guests to …
Originally posted at Newsmax Russia apparently has executed the most sophisticated and potentially most dangerous cyber-attack in history on the U.S. Government and private sector, penetrating the defenses of even the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—that is supposed to be the chief guardian against such threats to U.S. critical infrastructures. For at least 9 …
Originally published at Newsweek The United States has been attempting to strengthen its cybersecurity since at least 1988, when it enacted the first Computer Security Act—replaced in 2002 by the Federal Security Management Act. It sounds great in concept: federal agencies are required to “develop, document, and implement” programs for security management “including those provided …
Now, news organizations are finally confirming that the Bidens have a serious China problem. Unfortunately, it seems so does his running mate, Kamala Harris – a radical leftist product of the same CCP-penetrated San Francisco political machine that has compromised Eric Swalwell, Dianne Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi.
