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The development of cyber warfare in the United States

Giancarlo Elia Valori In December 2021 the U.S. Navy announced the authorization of an additional transaction agreement with Advanced Technology International (ATI) to manage the second part of the Information Warfare Research Program (IWRP 2). As part of the consortium’s management of IWRP 2 activities, ATI will provide …

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Saudi Arabia targets a more Republican Washington

James M. Dorsey Rather than push for an immediate improvement of strained relations with the United States, Saudi Arabia appears to be looking forward to a time when US President Joe Biden’s wings may be clipped. The kingdom seems to be betting on a better reception in Washington …

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The North-South transport corridor is a trans-civilizational integration project

Andrew Korybko he NSTC represents the physical convergence of Russia’s southern-focused grand strategic plans of balancing the Iranian-Pakistani anchors of its Ummah Pivot in this particular part of the supercontinent with the Neo-NAM that it’s jointly pursuing with India. The trans-civilizational optics are immensely important since they speak …

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Ukraine war unleashing a ‘perfect storm’ of crises

On Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres presented the first detailed policy brief issued by the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance (GCRG), which he set up to study the effects of the war in Ukraine on the world’s most vulnerable. Here is a summary of …

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Political instability: Reason for low economic growth in Pakistan

Pakistan’s economy has remained the prey of political unrest. Despite its vast economic resources the country still faces severe economic stagnation due to the menace of political instability. An unstable political system is the hazard that halts smooth running of governance and enforcement of law and authority in …

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World Bank forecasts uneven recovery in Middle East and North Africa

Economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are expected to grow by 5.2% in 2022, the fastest rate since 2016, on the back of oil-price windfalls benefitting the region’s oil exporters. But heightened uncertainty surrounds this forecast due to the war in Ukraine and ongoing …

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Mediation In Neighbour Disputes in Southeast Asia

It is unavoidable for disagreements to arise between neighbours, it is one of the most common problems that is faced by a lot of people, what is important is to find mutually acceptable solutions that meet the standards of both the parties in dispute. In the process, miscommunication …

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Can BRICS Underpin a New World Order?

Amid an unprecedented spike in global geopolitical risks, the world is becoming increasingly aware of the fact that the architecture that underpins the old world order is giving way to a new configuration of international relations and regional blocs. The countries of the Global South are establishing their …

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America Escalates Its War Against Russia

Eric Zeusse Even without Ukraine being a NATO member-country, that land has already become America’s initial battlefield against Ukraine’s next-door-neighbor, Russia, thus effectively starting World War III against Russia; and, so, Ukraine is enormously boosting the profits of U.S.-and-allied ‘defense’ contractors, such as Lockheed Martin Corporation, the world’s …

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