Iran regime’s ‘Death to America’ wrestling head cancels match with US team after visa denial
Iranian wrestler Alireza Dabir won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
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‘China’s Media Warfare seeks global totalitarian thought control’
India and other countries would do well to study how China employs Media Warfare to try to undermine Taiwan’s democratic institutions, fracture national unity, demoralize the public and military, and create social instability in pursuit of its goal of annexing this sovereign country.
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‘U.S. needs to fix weaknesses in its Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China’
‘The Chinese are setting up behind US First Island Chain defenses and making it harder for the Marines to operate. It’s never good to have the enemy set up in your rear. Eventually, one of the Pacific...
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After Fox News report, Iran’s America-hating wrestling boss might be banned from US
Iran's Alireza Dabir urged “Death to America” in a television interview
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How Loitering Munitions Can Help Counter China
“Suicide drones” are already tapped to fill various roles, but more are needed, and faster.
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US is being servile to the Taliban: Bill Roggio
‘Amrullah Saleh needs support immediately. The US isn’t going to provide that aid. Washington’s primary concern is evacuation of personnel, and it will not risk antagonizing the Taliban.’
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US keeps funding its main foe PRC
‘For the last few decades Americans, Europeans, and Japanese have been pouring foreign exchange into the PRC,’ says Col Newsham.
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Beijing Eyes New Military Bases Across the Indo-Pacific
Tanzania, Cambodia, and the UAE are on China’s wish list—and now Kiribati, within striking distance of Hawaii.
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‘China’s military budget much bigger than what it reveals’
‘China already has its 3,000 km range DF-17 maneuverable hypersonic missile to take out India’s S-400s.’
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Swiss miss
Biden blew a chance for a win in his meeting with Putin
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The Russia Bounty Story Was Always Murky
The intelligence community is inundated with ‘low to moderate confidence’ information frequently. Why did this get so much attention?
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Iron Dome developers set the record straight on its evolution
Marking 10 years since Iron Dome’s first operational interception, leading figures in developing the missile defense system set the record straight on its evolution
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Democracies still don’t understand CCP’s political warfare: Kerry Gershaneck
‘Both India and the US have pro-China factions, for reasons ranging from simple greed to leftist, pro-totalitarian ideology. Consequently, it has been difficult to develop a national consensus to fight...
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Strengthening Alliance With Japan Is Critical for Biden’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Anthony Blinken, President Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, called for Washington “to start approaching China from a position of strength, not weakness.”...
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The world doesn’t realize it’s already at war with China
India is a prime target for PRC’s political warfare. The PRC’s full political warfare force will be directed at weakening India, from funding NGOs in the US to (possibly) funding mobs to attack a Taiwanese manufacturing plant in Bengaluru.
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Yes, Virginia, the Trump Administration Does Have a China Strategy
The administration is pursuing a whole-of-government approach to counter China’s concept of Comprehensive National Power.
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Is Esper’s New Plan For The Navy Enough For The Indo-Pacific?
Recent wargames suggest the U.S. Navy would have a hard time fighting China, but this might be nothing compared to infighting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and his successors will have to manage to build...
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Weaponizing technology
How Russia and China manipulate the media and more
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We Still Have More Questions Than Answers on Russian Bounties
U.S. officials have identified two possible attacks. Let’s take a closer look.
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U.S. Troops Are Vulnerable. Israeli Technologies Can Help
The recent U.S. decision to withdraw two Patriot missile defense batteries from Saudi Arabia has again highlighted how vulnerable U.S. interests in the Middle East remain to Iran’s growing arsenal of...