Op-ed

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 …

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 …

Jordan’s lurid concerns over American pull-out By Dr. Shehab Al Makahleh Though Jordan is a strategic ally to the US, American President Donald Trump’s tweets on December 19, 2018 to withdraw his troops from Syria shocked Amman which has started consultations with Americans and Russians in the aftermath …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The meeting between the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-Un, and the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27-28, 2019.  The primary aim, as stated by both Heads of State, is …

By James M. Dorsey It may be reading tea leaves but analysis of the walk-up to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit and his sojourn in Islamabad suggests that Pakistan may be about to fight battles on two fronts rather than just the Indian one in the …

Nikolai Sologubovsky For the 8th anniversary of the counter-revolutionary rebellion inspired by NATO Alliance in the Libyan Jamahiriya (February 17, 2011) Recall what the Libyan Jamahiriya was at the beginning of 2011. Only numbers and facts: 1. GDP per capita – $ 14,1922. For each member of the …