La guerre entre l’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan Le 27 septembre 2020 les hostilités ont repris entre l’Arménie et l’Azerbaïdjan. C’est un conflit international entre deux États souverains qui dure depuis 1992, date à laquelle les troupes régulières de l’Arménie ont engagé des offensives sur toutes les lignes des frontières entre l’Arménie …
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Mohammed Ben Salmane, le trône et l’hôtel
Féru de nouvelles technologies, le prince héritier d’Arabie saoudite a rompu avec l’équilibre traditionnel entre les différents clans du royaume. Comme le montre l’assassinat de Jamal Khashoggi en Turquie ou la séquestration du Premier ministre libanais dans un hôtel, son despotisme 2.0 ne connaît pas de frontières.
Read More »6 Russian military officers charged in vast hacking campaign
The Justice Department announced charges Monday against Russian intelligence officers in cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South Korea and American businesses. The case implicates the same Kremlin unit that interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections, but is not related to the November vote.
Read More »Erdogan Says 'Thoughtless' Imitation of West Caused Largest Damage to Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the thoughtless imitation of the West has caused Turkey the greatest damage.
Read More »Japan and Vietnam Agree on Defense Export Pact, Discuss South China Sea
Japan has agreed in principle to supply Vietnam with military equipment, in a significant deepening of security cooperation between a key U.S. ally and a South China Sea claimant as their leaders met Monday.
Read More »Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace
Defendants’ Malware Attacks Caused Nearly One Billion USD in Losses to Three Victims Alone; Also Sought to Disrupt the 2017 French Elections and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games On Oct. 15, 2020, a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned an indictment charging six computer hackers, all of whom were residents …
Read More »Japan to join forces with U.S., Europe in regulating Big Tech firms
Japan will join forces with the United States and Europe to take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech companies, the new head of its antitrust watchdog said on Monday, a sign Tokyo will join global efforts to regulate digital platform operators.
Read More »Japan, China discuss restarting mutual business travel
Japan and China are expected to agree as early as this month on resuming travel by both short- and long-term businesspeople between the two countries, Japanese government sources said Tuesday.
Read More »Can Russia Steer the Endgame in Nagorno-Karabakh to Its Advantage?
Until late last month, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh had been mostly frozen, with occasional skirmishes, for over a quarter of a century. One notable exception was the April 2016 “four-day war,” a brief but intense period of fighting that left over 200 …
Read More »Resolution on Turkey’s expulsion from NATO was tabled in the US Congress
Action expected in recent months has begun to find its logical explanation in the actions of Ms. Tulsi Gabbard, a congresswoman and member of the US House of Representatives. Ms. Gabbard submitted a resolution to the US House of Representatives to expel Turkey from NATO.
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