July, 2021

• 2 July

  Germany signs on for Five Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

  The German Ministry of Defense today signed a letter of offer and acceptance for five Boeing (NYSE:BA) P-8A Poseidon aircraft under the U.S. government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process. With this order, Germany becomes the eighth customer of the multimission maritime surveillance aircraft, joining the United States, Australia, India, the …

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• 2 July

  Air2030: Federal Council decides to procure 36 F-35A fighter aircraft

  The Federal Council is set to propose that Parliament approve the procurement of 36 F-35A fighter aircraft from US manufacturer Lockheed Martin and five Patriot fire units from US manufacturer Raytheon. An evaluation has revealed that these two systems offer the highest overall benefit at the lowest overall cost. The …

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• 2 July

  Saudi bodyguards have been training in the U.S. since Obama. Why?

  Revelations that Khashoggi’s killers were trained by a private security contractor in the States have raised some uncomfortable questions. Four of the 15 Saudis involved in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi received training in the United States, according to the New York Times. The story highlights the depth …

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• 2 July

  China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy is anything but effective

  Each time they lash out aggressively or pick fights they do the hawks’ bidding, making it easier to stoke resistance and anti-Beijing sentiment. Chinese foreign policy has become more assertive and heavy-handed in the last decade, and as a result it has alienated some of its neighbors and fueled greater …

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• 2 July

  It’s difficult to get the Pentagon to acknowledge civilian casualties

  A recent DOD report shows how incomplete accounting leaves victims with no recourse to redress. On June 2, the U.S. Department of Defense released its 2020 report on civilian casualties. Several things stood out: the overall tally of 23 civilians killed and 11 injured in all U.S. military operations worldwide …

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• 2 July

  The Afghan army we tried, but failed to build

  U.S. officials think Kabul could fall to the Taliban within six months, a sad indictment of our multibillion effort to build security there. It is hard to be in a war, but sometimes even harder to leave. One reason is that a war’s goals may remain unfulfilled. Wise states do …

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• 2 July

  Haphazard US crackdown on websites included Iranian dissidents

  Last week’s DOJ dragnet included Shiite religious websites, even ones at odds with Tehran’s regime. There is no love lost between Ayatollah Sadiq Shirazi and the Iranian government. In 2018, authorities arrested the dissident cleric’s son for calling Iran’s supreme leader a tyrannical pharaoh. Soon after, Shirazi’s followers stormed the …

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• 2 July

  Afganistan’da son durum ve neden Macaristan/Pakistan?

  Afganistan konusunda henüz resmi bir anlaşmaya varılmasa da artık geri sayım başlamış gözüküyor. Teknik detayları görüşmek üzere ABD heyeti bugün Ankara’ya geliyor. Afganistan Cumhurbaşkanı Eşref Gani ve Ulusal Uzlaşma Yüksek Konseyi Başkanı Abdullah ise 25 Haziran’da ABD’yi ziyaret ederek Biden ile görüşecekler. Milli Savunma Bakanı Hulusi Akar şuan için yeni …

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• 2 July

  Ue, preoccupa il semestre di Janez Janša

  Al via il primo luglio la presidenza slovena che succede a quella portoghese. Il premier, amico di Orban e tifoso di Trump, è un nazionalista condannato per corruzione, nemico dei diritti civili e della libertà di stampa Da domani la presidenza di turno dell’Unione europea sarà esercitata dalla Slovenia. Il …

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• 2 July

  Chinese Communist party at 100: what does the next century hold?

  One hundred years ago, 13 young Chinese men and two Comintern representatives met secretly in Shanghai’s French Concession. Fearing discovery by police, they soon fled to nearby Jiaxing, where they had to conclude discussions on a pleasure boat.

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