Defence
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Erdoğan’s Turkey: NATO’s Trojan Horse Moment
The grossly autocratic one-man show in Turkey, a NATO member, features none of that. According to the 2021 Democracy Index…
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Revealed: America’s Secret Military Deployment on British Cyprus
The US Air Force has had a base on British territory on Cyprus for nearly half a century, but its…
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Inside Britain’s Military Dictatorship in the Mediterranean
The UK retains two chunks of Cyprus for military and spying purposes, which are under the control of a Kafkaesque…
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Could Biden Have Stopped Russia From Invading Ukraine?
Russian leader Vladimir Putin telegraphed his plan to attack Ukraine long before the first shot was fired. David L. Phillips The National…
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Seoul says talks underway over joint nuclear exercises
SEOUL: Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the North,…
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Yoon calls for drones to monitor NKorea
SEOUL: South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday called for stronger air defense and high-tech stealth drones to better monitor…
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Pay raise, Ukraine aid, suicide prevention: Congress OKs $858 billion in Defense spending
WASHINGTON– The Senate Thursday night passed a nearly $858 billion defense spending bill that provides pay raises for troops, sends billions to help Ukraine…
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Is Washington Ignoring the North Korean Nuclear Threat?
The question of what to do about North Korea and its nuclear weapons program has fallen off Washington’s radar. Foreign…
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Ukraine war: US says Russia and Iran in full defence partnership
Russia is giving an unprecedented level of military support, said US national security council spokesman John Kirby. Elsa Maishman &…
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Nuclear war unlikely despite Russia’s threats, says military strategy guru Edward Luttwak
“Nuclear weapons are too powerful to be useful,” Dr Luttwak, 79, told The Straits Times’ Conversations on the Future. Nirmal…
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Killer Robots: Negotiate Treaty in New Forum
Delaying Needed Law Endangers Civilians, Generates Insecurity. HRW Governments should move the discussions of a treaty on autonomous weapons systems,…
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If Sweden won’t stand up to Turkey, the US should
The librarian looks at his list and then responds apologetically, “I’m sorry. Michael Rubin Washington Examiner We don’t have these…
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Confronting the North Korean Question in a Post-Unipolar World
Under the shadow of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s threat of nuclear weapons use in Ukraine, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)…
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Securing the Taiwan Strait Will Require More Than Arms
The ghosts of the Soviet-era Sino-Russian axis have come back to haunt American policymakers, who are kept awake by a…
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North Korea keeps up its missile barrage with launch of ICBM
Alarms blared from cellphones, radios and public speakers and fishermen hurried back to shore in northern Japan on Thursday after North…
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Turkey Drags Its Heels on Swedish NATO Accession
Turkey’s longstanding dispute with Sweden over the latter’s asylum policies for members of Kurdish organizations deemed terror groups by Ankara…
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