May, 2020

• 5 May

  The Beginning of the End for Oil? Energy in a Post-Pandemic World

  Energy analysts have long assumed that, given time, growing international concern over climate change would result in a vast restructuring of the global energy enterprise. The result: a greener, less climate-degrading system. In this future, fossil fuels would be overtaken by renewables, while oil, gas, and coal would be relegated …

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• 5 May

  Operation Silves: Inside the 2017 Islamic State Sydney Plane Plot

  Abstract: Nearly three years ago, Australian counterterrorism investigators arrested two men in Sydney who had plotted, under instructions from Islamic State operatives in Syria, to bomb an international flight and create a chemical weapon. It remains one of the most innovative of the Islamic State’s external operations and the most …

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April, 2020

• 27 April

  In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA

  Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, highlighting how little control U.S. intelligence officers and military planners have over the groups they have financed and trained in …

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• 27 April

  Trump Creates a New Terrorist Group Northeast of Syria to Loot the Oil

  Donald Trump has authorized the creation of a new terrorist group northeast of Syria, east of the Euphrates, to protect US mercenary forces looting Syrian oil.

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• 27 April

  U.S. oil market crashes, hundreds of U.S. oil companies could go bankrupt

  U.S. oil market has crashed. The price of U.S. oil turned negative for the first time in history. The U.S. oil industry is facing a doomsday scenario. Hundreds of U.S. oil companies could go bankrupt. Many U.S. oil companies took on too much debt during the good times. Some of …

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• 27 April

  US-Iran tensions in Iraq and the effect on civil society

  While Iraq’s domestic political crisis continues, the geopolitical face-off between the U.S. and Iran has broadened out, ensnaring civic actors in a mainly military (non)confrontation. Militias have launched rockets at the Green Zone in Baghdad, which houses government buildings and all international representation, seemingly in line with the wishes of …

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• 27 April

  Iran receives signals from military satellite, vows new surprises

  The Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Division has said that the country is receiving signals from its recently launched Noor satellite and that it plans to launch a future satellite in higher orbit.

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• 27 April

  China's Economic Rebound Unlikely to Rescue Oil Market

  China’s gradual economic recovery and available infrastructure are unlikely to come to the rescue of the world oil market this year, analysts say.

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• 27 April

  Navy takes delivery of final Block II Super Hornet, looks ahead to Block III

  Since 2005, F/A-18 Super Hornet Block II aircraft have been rolling off Boeing’s production line and serving as the U.S. Navy’s multi-mission capable workhorse. The service took delivery of the final Block II Super Hornet, closing out a run of 322 one-seater F/A-18Es and 286 two-seated F/A-18Fs, on April 17.

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• 27 April

  FCC Scrutinizes Four Chinese Government-Controlled Entities Providing Telecommunications Services In The U.S.

  Agency Issues Show Cause Orders to China Telecom Americas, China Unicom Americas, Pacific Networks, and ComNet Demanding Explanation of Why the FCC Should Not Initiate Proceedings to Revoke their Authorizations

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