Is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan the Most Likely Scenario?
Manning, Stimson Center Conventional Washington wisdom holds that Beijing’s best strategy toward Taiwan is an imminent D-Day-type assault and conflict with the U.S.
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Five Eyes Warning Is Clear: Government and Businesses Must Wake Up to China Threat
Paul Rosenzweig, The Messenger Which presents the greater espionage threat to Western democracy: the Russia-Ukraine war or the Israel-Hamas conflict? Remarkably, if you ask the West’s five…
Israel Crisis Signals Need To Bolster U.S. Homeland Security
L. Thompson, Forbes The global war on terror, it seems, is far from over. Although U.S. military strategy shifted emphasis from countering Islamic extremists to great-power rivalry in 2018,…
Germany forms panzer brigade to be stationed in Lithuania
The Bundeswehr is forming a panzer (armoured) brigade to be permanently stationed in Lithuania, the German Federal Ministry of Defence announced in a press release on 6…
US Plans to Build a $553 Million Terminal at Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port
This is part of Washington’s efforts to compete with China’s rising influence in the Indo-Pacific and South Asia.
‘I had just two hours to save my neighbours from deadly bombings after Israel phoned me’
The Israeli military have reportedly been calling Palestinians warning them to evacuate areas in lieu of incoming air strikes
Hamas chief ‘would carry out Israel October 7 attacks all over again’
The senior Hamas official stressed that the attack’s objectives went beyond inflicting damage on the Israeli military,
‘We are living in absolute fear’: call to stop Indigenous evictions in Rift Valley
Human rights groups demand Kenyan government halt forced evictions of Ogiek community from Mau forest Human rights groups are calling for the Kenyan government to halt forced evictions of the Indigenous Ogiek community from their ancestral land in the …
European Commission backs talks on Ukraine and Moldova EU membership
Negotiations with Kyiv should formally be launched when it fulfils conditions in areas such as fighting corruption, report saysAnalysis: Moldova and Ukraine’s accelerated accession to EU marks Russia’s waning influenceEurope live – latest updatesThe Eu…
Hamas leaders ‘dead men walking’ as Israel claims troops are fighting in ‘heart’ of city
Hamas’s leaders are “dead men walking”, an Israeli military spokesman has warned, as the country claims its troops have advanced to the “heart” of Gaza City.