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3 July 2017

*** How will the Belt and Road Initiative advance China’s interests?

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Source Link Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the leaders of 28 countries and representatives from several other countries at the Be...

*** The closest look yet at Chinese economic engagement in Africa

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By Kartik Jayaram, Omid Kassiri, Full Report (PDF–3MB) Field interviews with more than 1,000 Chinese companies provide new insights ...

** ISI Plotted Attack On Indian Parliament As Diversion To Help Osama Cross Into Pakistan, Says Book

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Source Link Arihant Pawariya Authors of The Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden argue that the ISI-funded terror attack on Indian ...

** China’s Bid To Alter Border With India Thwarted, For Now

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Source Link Jaideep Mazumdar Chinese troops transgressed into Doka La, Sikkim, two weeks ago, on the eve of Prime Minister Modi’s...

N-E ULTRAS GET NEW ROUTE

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Source Link Arunachal-Myanmar border has become a safe route for militants from that side As per reports, ultras currently based...

India-Israel Nuclear Cooperation: It’s A Radical Idea But One That’s Worth Exploring

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Source Link Jaideep A Prabhu Perhaps the most substantial show of friendship that India can make towards Israel is to offer cooperat...

Pride of Britain? No, HMS Queen Elizabeth is a £6bn blunder that should be scuttled, writes MAX HASTINGS

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Source Link By Vidya Sagar India is taking dedicated steps to acquire space assets that can safeguard its national security and enab...

Protecting an Investment

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Source Link ASHLEY J. TELLIS Summary: Despite the current uncertainty surrounding bilateral ties, India ought to approach the Unite...

Beyond Transactional Ties, A 10-Year Roadmap For India-Israel Relations

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Source Link Jaideep A Prabhu To move beyond transactional ties, India and Israel must make an effort to encourage cultural conne...

Pentagon To Help India Provide Improved Defence Support To Afghanistan In Fight Against Taliban

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Source Link The Pentagon has been asked by a key Senate panel to identify ways so that India can play a larger role in providing incre...

ABBOTTABAD REVISITED

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BRUCE HOFFMAN Source Link Osama bin Laden evaded the world’s greatest manhunt for a decade. The Exile reveals for the first time exa...

Ex-C.I.A. Chief Stirs War Debate in Australia. Also: How Much Is the Great Barrier Reef Worth?

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Source Link By ADAM BAIDAW The Breakdown aims to put a selection of Australia’s daily news into context. Today’s picks: • Exper...

China Tests New Tank in Tibet

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Source Link By  Franz-Stefan Gady A new Chinese light main battle tank has purportedly been tested on the Tibetan Plateau.  Th...

Unpacking China’s White Paper on Maritime Cooperation under BRI

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Source Link The revival of the centuries-old ‘Silk Road at Sea’ into a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is an integral part of China’...

Bhutan issues demarche to China over road construction

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Source Link New Delhi: Bhutan on Wednesday said it has issued a demarche to China over the construction of a road towards its Army cam...

BEIJING’S VIEWS ON NORMS IN CYBERSPACE AND CYBER WARFARE STRATEGY PT. 1

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Source Link   By LCDR Jake Bebber USN The following is a two-part series looking at PRC use of cyberspace operations in pursuit of i...

For Russia, Putin Power Is Losing Some of Its Shine

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Source Link Despite a show of strength and a charm offensive, Russian President Vladimir Putin's government is beginning to show i...

HACK PAYBACK Britain may go to war with foreign states attempting cyber attack on UK, Defence Secretary warns

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Source Link By Harry Cole FOREIGN state hackers could face a declaration of war from Britain if they are found to have targeted us ...

Russia’s Cyber War Against America: Will Any President Fight Back?

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Source Link I recently responded to this question on Quora: If Russia did influence US elections, would that be considered an act of w...

Who Is Making U.S. Foreign Policy?

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Source Link It’s a time of trial and tribulation for America’s allies and adversaries alike. Just what is U.S. policy these days? More...

June 27, 2017IsraelPalestinian Authority Gaza on the Brink How to Forestall Another Conflict Between Hamas and Israel

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By Benedetta Berti Source Link   An ongoing electricity crisis is placing an inordinate amount of pressure on Gaza . If not addresse...

Globalists, Nationalists And Patriots

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Source Link -- this post authored by Reva Goujon In times of global angst, we tend to organize ourselves into rival camps and casual...

BEYOND THE CALIPHATE: ISLAMIC STATE ACTIVITY – INSPIRED OR LINKED – OUTSIDE OF THE GROUP’S DEFINED WILAYAT

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Source Link This project documents and identifies activity linked to and inspired by the Islamic State outside of the territory it cla...

THE SIX DAY WAR AND THE NUCLEAR COUP THAT NEVER WAS

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Source Link GUY LARON On the eve of the June 1967 war in the Middle East, a small group of men in the Israeli elite considered a d...

The Evil Military-Industrial Complex

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Source Link By Frank Li I had high hopes President Trump would attempt to address America's long-standing problem with the MIC (...

Future Weapons: Rivals Push Pentagon to Boost Funding for Hypersonics Research

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By Vivienne Machi The Defense Department is seeking more funding to invest in hypersonics programs as China and Russia make their ow...

Pentagon Cyberwarriors Find Fertile Ground in Silicon Valley

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By Sandra Erwin Source Link It is virtually unheard of in government contracting for the Defense Department to be brief and straight...

Electronic Warfare ‘Growing’; Joint Airborne EW Study Underway

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Source Link By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR ARLINGTON: After two decades of neglect , electronic warfare is — slowly — on the mend, the Pe...

Infographic Of The Day: The Cloud Is Your Friend?

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Source Link Almost everyone who uses the internet uses the cloud, wittingly or no, but it seems that few people actually know what it ...

Facebook's secret weapon for fighting terrorists: Human experts and AI working together

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Source Link By Conner Forrest   Facebook had declared that it is actively fighting terrorism online, and it is using artificial inte...

WannaCry malware attack shows trend toward ‘economic’ cyber threats, rising regulatory risk

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NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence) - The cyber attack last month known as the WannaCry ransomware incident did little dama...
2 July 2017

*** Rolling Back Democracy

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Source Link By  Jay Ogilvy Contributor Perspectives offer insight, analysis and commentary from Stratfor’s Board of Contributors a...