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The Rohingya: A Forgotten and Friendless People
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Rohingya: A Forgotten and Friendless People

The Diplomat  

In the middle of November, boats began washing up on the beaches of Aceh in western Indonesia. “Six years after most of them fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State,” the ICG report stated, “the almost one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are no closer to returning home.” At the same time conditions in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar are deteriorating as …

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How big is Israel’s military and how much funding does it get from the US?
1 year, 2 months ago

How big is Israel’s military and how much funding does it get from the US?

Al Jazeera  

Israel has one of the world’s most powerful militaries, bolstered by more than $3.8bn of military aid a year from the US. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Military Balance 2023, Israel has 169,500 active military personnel in the army, navy and paramilitary. Included in its extensive military arsenal are: Personnel 169,500 active military personnel 465,000 reserve forces …

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The path ahead for China’s Belt and Road Initiative
1 year, 3 months ago

The path ahead for China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Hindustan Times  

THERE WAS little hint in the speech that Xi Jinping gave on September 7th 2013 in Kazakhstan that he was thinking of a concrete-pouring binge across the world, spurred by hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese loans and investment. “It wants to use the BRI to create alternative markets for its goods and alternative links in its supply chains,” …

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Shangri-La Dialogue: Delegates meet amid security challenges
2 years, 6 months ago

Shangri-La Dialogue: Delegates meet amid security challenges

Al Jazeera  

Focus on keynote speeches by Japan, US and China, with special address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, said earlier this month that Kishida was “expected to pledge an announcement of a concrete plan by next spring to facilitate a free and open Indo-Pacific region.” It added: “Kishida is likely to reiterate his intention to drastically strengthen …

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Why Russia's cyber apocalypse has failed to materialise
2 years, 8 months ago

Why Russia's cyber apocalypse has failed to materialise

The Telegraph  

But a lack of similar attacks has left something of a void in analysts’ thinking. Ciaran Martin, founding chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre and now an Oxford academic, says that while Russia has shown it can take down power supplies to major cities, doing so twice to Kyiv in 2015 and 2016, visions of “some sort of …

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India’s cyber security: Approach and preparedness
3 years, 3 months ago

India’s cyber security: Approach and preparedness

Hindustan Times  

In the last few years, cyber security has attained growing importance in all debates about national security. Unrelated to the launch of the report but linked with the theme of it, India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla delivered an important address on cyber security in the United Nations Security Council. The article considers these two developments together as FS’ speech …

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India’s cyber security: India needs defensive cyber capabilities
3 years, 4 months ago

India’s cyber security: India needs defensive cyber capabilities

Hindustan Times  

In the last few years, cyber security has attained growing importance in all debates on national security. In this context, two latest developments warrant our attention: the International Institute of Strategic Studies, an influential London-based think-tank, published a report ‘Cyber Capabilities and National Power’ which assessed the cyber capabilities of 15 states including India. Unrelated to the launch of the …

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India a third-tier country in cyber warfare capabilities, report says US more powerful than China
3 years, 5 months ago

India a third-tier country in cyber warfare capabilities, report says US more powerful than China

India Today  

India is positioned among the third-tier countries on a spectrum of cyber warfare capabilities. The study also found that only the US is ranked as a “top tier” cyber power whereas China, Russia, the UK, Australia, Canada, France and Israel are in the second tier. According to the IISS, China and Russia have proven expertise in offensive cyber operations like …

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China, India, Pakistan expanding nuclear arsenal, says Swedish think tank
3 years, 6 months ago

China, India, Pakistan expanding nuclear arsenal, says Swedish think tank

The Hindu  

China is in the middle of a significant modernisation and expansion of its nuclear weapon inventory, and India and Pakistan also appear to be expanding their nuclear arsenals, according to Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Year Book 2021 released on Monday. ‘The overall number of warheads in global military stockpiles now appears to be increasing, a worrisome …

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