MI5 Director General Ken McCallum recently revealed that over the past four years, thirty-one “late-stage” terror plots were thwarted by British authorities. The Taliban victory in Afghanistan is likely to embolden UK-based Islamic extremists and McCallum warned that recent events have provided a morale boost to jihadists and their supporters. …
Read More »Taliban says it wants to build relations with all countries, except Israel
The Taliban has announced that its government aims to establish ties and diplomatic relations with all countries of the world, except for Israel. According to the group’s spokesman Suhail Shaheen, who spoke to the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik, the group will even allow relations to develop with the United …
Read More »Israel could benefit most if Algeria fails to renew Morocco gas pipeline deal
The future of Algeria’s gas pipeline which supplies southern Spain via Morocco is shrouded in mystery as the diplomatic row between Rabat and Algiers persists and the contractual deadline for using the transit pipeline looms. Yesterday, Algeria’s state-owned oil company, Sonatrach, announced that it had increased the annual transmission capacity …
Read More »Afghanistan: Future Of Global Terrorism – Analysis
One of the clauses of the February 2020 agreement between the Taliban and the United States (U.S.) made it obligatory on the insurgents to prevent the soil of Afghanistan from being used by global terror groups like the al Qaeda against the U.S. and its allies. Just like the Trump …
Read More »Pero de qué mercado hablan?
Casado y las eléctricas han reaccionado indignados contra el plan del Gobierno para reducir el precio de la luz. Acusan a Sánchez de intervenir el mercado, cuando lo que hay es un oligopolio de manual y un sistema escandaloso de fijación de precios que contravienen las normas más elementales del …
Read More »France Recalls US, Australian Ambassadors Over Submarine Deal
France has recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia after Australia ended a deal to buy French submarines in favor of one to pursue nuclear-powered vessels using U.S. technology. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a written statement Friday that the move “is justified by the exceptional …
Read More »Marek A. Cichocki: Niemcy przed wyborem
Już za tydzień czekają nas w Niemczech wybory, które po 16 latach rządów Angeli Merkel mogą doprowadzić u naszego zachodniego sąsiada do znaczących politycznych przetasowań. Jeśli w ciągu najbliższych kilku dni nie wydarzy się żadna nowa katastrofa, wybory parlamentarne wygrają socjaldemokraci i ich kandydat na kanclerza Olaf Scholz, a przyszła …
Read More »Emmanuel Macron is just going to have to learn to live with Global Britain
The Aukus defence pact between the UK, US and Australia is game-changing. A courageous decision to share nuclear technology with a friendly power, it re-tilts UK foreign policy towards the Pacific, where the threat of China must be managed, and proves that Global Britain is a concrete idea. Brexit, finally, …
Read More »Nameja mācība – pirmos ieņemtu soctīklus
Dažu neviennozīmīgā reakcija uz militāro mācību Namejs norisi Rīgas ielās aizvadītajā nedēļas nogalē ir ļoti spilgts piemērs, kāpēc šādas mācības ir vajadzīgas. Mācību pirmā fāze, kam bija jānotiek pilsētvidē, ne par velti tika pieteikta kā gatavošanās tādai karadarbībai, kurā tiek izmantoti hibrīdkara elementi. Bet uzvara hibrīdkarā nav izcīnāma tikai ar …
Read More »Hello, China? This is the Pentagon Calling…
Beijing. Chinese hardliners just had their stance justified by the erratic, verging on unhinged, behavior in the United States and by its military. First the storming of the capitol on Jan 6. Seen from Beijing it looked like a failed coup, a botched but serious attempt to upend US politics. …
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