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The outstanding issue of the Libyan intelligence services

Giancarlo Elia Valori  The post of Chief of the Libyan Intelligence Services of Tripoli’s GNA is still vacant, but only recently. Therefore, this is an optimal situation for the Head of Tripoli’s government, who is currently pro tempore Director of the GNA agencies, while the struggle for the …

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Factors affecting the escalation of tensions between Turkey and Greece

Farzad Ramezani Bonesh Senior Researcher and Analyst of International Affairs Turkey and Greece have a history full of war and conflict over the past five or six centuries. Relations between the two countries have been strained for the past decades. The following article deals with the factors affecting …

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The Israeli military satellite Ofek-16

Giancarlo Elia Valori On July 6, at 4 a.m., the Israeli Aerospace Agency and Israel Aerospace Industries launched the Ofek-16 satellite (“Orpheus”) from the Palmachim air base, almost in the centre of the Jewish State. The carrier was a Shavit 2 rocket and, after about 90 minutes of …

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4 Biggest Tech Companies Now Each Surpass $1 Trillion Market Cap

Now that is one big accomplishment. The four largest tech companies entered Tuesday with each worth more than $1 trillion—a hefty milestone that was last reached before the novel coronavirusbegan its rapid spread across the United States. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, was able to re-enter the …

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Donald Trump Told Iran Through Switzerland Not To Attack After Suleimani Killing

“We have repeatedly made clear to the Iranian government that any attacks against U.S. citizens and interests would not be tolerated.” Iran has claimed that Switzerland delivered a message from the United States “to demand Iran not to give a response” to the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim …

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A China-Iran Alliance Against Donald Trump?

The New York Times has reported upon what it says is the final agreement between Iran and China. According to the paper: “Iran and China have quietly drafted a sweeping economic and security partnership that would clear the way for billions of dollars of Chinese investments in energy …

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A comparison of strategic doctrines

Giancarlo Elia Valori In principle it is not political choices that generate strategic doctrines. The opposite is true, if anything. In the case of China, for example, it is very useful to study the evolution of recent strategic assumption and the most current military doctrines so as to …

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Turning Gulf Security Upside Down

James M Dorsey Resolving the tug of war in the Middle East will require a backing away from approaches that treat conflicts as zero-sum games, and engagement by all regional and external players. To achieve that, players would have to recognise that in many ways, perceptions on both sides …

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