Washington/Vienna/Berlin (10/8 – 45.45) After a tip-off by U.S. intelligence officials and only a few hours left Austrian police made swift arrests. The plot seems too bizarre not to be…
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Praises ‘Advances’ After Visiting Front Sectors
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesPresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised Ukrainian troops for advancing “in all sectors” on Monday after spending the day posing with and handing awards to front-line soldiers in the east and south…
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Australiansʼ Trust in Indonesia Suffers Over China Issue Despite 74 Years of Official Diplomatic Relations
A significant proportion of the Australian public places more trust in countries with which Canberra shares China-focused defense pacts than in Indonesia, a Lowy Institute survey has found ahead of…
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Ukrainian Troops Refining Tactics in ‘Major Offensive Operations’: UK Intelligence
Ukrainian troops are refining their tactics and undertaking “major offensive operations” in Kyiv’s counteroffensive against Moscow, according to a new intelligence update from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense. “In…
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US Convenes Nuclear Weapons Meeting With China, France, Russia, UK
by Keegan Rossby Keegan RossThe United States this month convened a meeting of working-level experts from China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom to discuss nuclear weapons issues including strategic risk reduction, the State…
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A historic turning point.. How does the Biden administration’s national security strategy reflect on (Israel)?
by Freddy Evansby Freddy EvansAgencies – message net Last October, President Biden published a document outlining the National Security Strategy of the United States. The main message contained in the document is that: “The…
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The Narcostate
by Flynn Owenby Flynn OwenIt’s perhaps not surprising that Tajikistan, which shares a poorly guarded, 750-mile border with opium-rich Afghanistan, has become a major global drug-trafficking hub—in fact, more than 80 percent of Afghanistan’s heroin…