Monthly Archives: January 2021

US Defenses Against Chinese Cyber Offenses

[M]uch of the world is organizing to roadblock China’s march to dominance in 5G telecommunications. That is, to get China’s spying out of our system – although we are far from done, there is a lot of 2020 to build on in 2021.

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US to Designate Yemen’s Houthis a Terror Group, Pompeo Says

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he plans to designate Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization, a move the United Nations is warning will likely have “serious humanitarian and political repercussions.”

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U.S. Announces Designation of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism

The State Department has designated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism for repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists. The Trump Administration has been focused from the start on denying the Castro regime the resources it uses to oppress its people at …

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Putin Hosts Trilateral Meeting With Armenia, Azerbaijan Leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a trilateral meeting in Moscow on January 11 with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan nearly two months after a Russia-brokered cease-fire agreement ended six weeks of fierce fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Air Force command receives upgraded Hsiung Feng-2E missile system

A small batch of upgraded Hsiung Feng-2E surface-to-surface cruise missiles, which Taiwan hopes will give it a stronger deterrent against China’s military threat, has been delivered for use by an active Air Force unit, a military source said Monday.

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FBI Looking at Threats to Biden’s Inauguration

Concerns are growing that the storming of the U.S. Capitol last week by extremists supporting U.S. President Donald Trump may be the start of what could be a series of potentially armed and violent protests across the country leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

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Egypt seeks to bypass Turkish presence in Senegal

In an attempt to counter Turkey’s expansion in West Africa, Egypt and the UAE seek to consolidate their ties with Senegal, the gateway to West Africa, by pushing forward new investments in the African country.

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What can Turkey expect from Qatari-Gulf deal?

Turkey feels vindicated as al-Ula Declaration ends the blockade against Qatar. The Kuwaiti emir’s proposal to end the more than three-year-old Qatar blockade was accepted just as the Gulf Cooperation Council summit started on Jan. 5 in the historic city of al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. All four states — Saudi Arabia, …

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