According to an annual five-year outlook report by the International Energy Agency, the US became the world’s top oil producer in 2018, and is set to become the world’s biggest oil exporter over the next five years. The agency suggested that US’ crude oil exports will nearly double, …

UK businesses are much better off if the government negotiates an extension to Article 50, which will be “domestic economy-friendly,” as opposed to crashing out of the European Union with no deal whatsoever, a Portfolio Manager in a City Fund told Sputnik. Reacting to the Wednesday vote in the UK …

Earlier this week, Indian defence scientists had successfully tested guided a Pinaka rocket, a weapon system designed to conduct precise strikes at distances of up to 90 kilometres.  Days after arch-rival Pakistan successfully test fired new smart air-to-surface munitions, India has successfully test fired a domestically-developed, low weight, …

US Defence Department Deputy Secretary Charlie Summers told reporters that Turkey could face great consequences if it procures the S-400s. However, President Erdogan has claimed that the purchase of the S-400 missile systems by Turkey is not connected with the security of NATO or the United States. Sputnik …

Giancarlo Elia Valori   In 2018, the sums allocated for funding the whole cybersecurity industry in Israel amounted to 1.03 billion US dollars, with a 22% increase compared to the previous public-private funds budgeted. Again in 2018, 66 new companies in the cybersecurity sector were set up, with …

Giancarlo Elia Valori It is not so obvious we can define – sic et simpliciter – the recent Summit held in Hanoi between the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-Un, and the US President, Donald J. Trump, as a mere and insignificant “failure”.  Or …

Terrorism is a security and political challenge that Jordan will face in the next decade. The country has been a target for terrorist groups (Daesh and al-Qaeda) for many reasons due to Jordan’s proximity to Iraq and Syria, which have been suffering from terrorism for many years. As …

Shehab Al Makahleh Terrorism has become a nightmare for many countries. This confirms the dependence of the future of the terrorist phenomenon on internal and external factors, political and cultural, and this means the necessity of comprehensive approaches to eliminate the phenomenon of terrorism from its roots and …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The “precision project” of Iranian missiles, especially the Zelzal model (where the word “zelzal” means earthquake in Farsi), currently operating in the Lebanon, has reached a severe critical point.  The “Party of God” is currently the most important non-State military actor in the world, which …