Eurasia

Putin warns of ‘unpreventable’ strikes by Russian navy

The Russian president’s warning comes amid tensions between London and Moscow after a British warship entered waters close to Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned that its navy is ready to carry out an “unpreventable strike” on enemy targets if it was in the country’s “national interests.” Putin …

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The Final Nail in the Coffin for Privacy? The Saga of the NSO Group’s Spyware

An investigation revealed that spyware tools from Israeli-based surveillance firm NSO Group have been used to target political dissidents, journalists, and human rights activists. NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware tool is so sophisticated that it can defeat high-end encryption and security protocols of electronic devices. Prior to this week’s news reports, …

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Operating in the Gray Zone: China’s Cyber Operations Call for a Unified Response

The Biden administration responded to China’s aggressive cyber operations by “naming and shaming” Beijing in an attempt to confront the growing threat posed by criminal hackers. For China, cyberattacks are an asymmetric means of confronting the West while attempting to maintain a thinly veiled veneer of plausible deniability.

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‘Pegasus Project’ Uncovers a Privacy Nightmare

Pegasus, military-grade spyware designed by the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to track terrorists, was used to hack 37 smartphones of journalists, human rights activists and politicians, according to an investigation known as “The Pegasus Project” conducted by The Washington Post and 16 other news organizations led by the journalism …

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Taliban active in Pakistan too, retain links with Al Qaeda

New Delhi: Afghan Taliban and their local associates are active in Pakistan’s border regions, sources told VOA as Pakistan has acknowledged that bodies of militants killed in Afghanistan arrive in Pakistan, and wounded Taliban are treated in local hospitals. In a June 27 interview with Geo News, a local Pakistani …

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Головне питання. Що сталося з Байденом?

Основний сюжет тижня — те, що відбувається у відносинах України, Німеччини та США в галузі будівництва Північного потоку-2. Україну, грубо кажучи, кинули американські й німецькі партнери Але є подальший розвиток у цього сюжету, який може вплинути на подальший хід подій. Видання Politico написало на цьому тижні, що Білий дім вимагає …

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Ποια ενωμένη Ευρώπη

Η συμφωνία ΗΠΑ – Γερμανίας για τον αγωγό Nord Stream 2 είχε τρεις κερδισμένους και δύο χαμένους. Στην πρώτη κατηγορία περιλαμβάνονται οι δύο χώρες που συμφώνησαν και η Ρωσία που βλέπει το σχέδιό της να προχωρά ακάθεκτο. Στη δεύτερη κατηγορία βρίσκονται η Ουκρανία και η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. Χωρίς να γνωρίζουμε …

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Affaire Pegasus: le plus inquiétant, c’est que personne ne soit vraiment surpris!

Il ne faut pas trop compter sur nos gouvernants et les citoyens accros au smartphone pour se réveiller et appréhender la menace globale que les technologies de sociétés privées font peser sur nos vies privées, regrette Philippe Delmas. Philippe Delmas est l’auteur de Un pouvoir implacable et doux (Fayard, 2019), …

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Right of Conquest – a racist doctrine

After the most recent Gaza war I was asked to make a presentation to a local service club concerning events in Israel and the Middle East. The presentation started with an introduction of the current global situation, a broad brush covering the U.S. empire, its petrodollar, and the new multipolar …

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