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PETER APPS: Erdogan and Putin meet as Turkey builds world’s largest nuclear plant with Russian money
Though relations between Turkey and Russia are strained, both presidents are keen to build a world in which they can do as they wish → Read More
Column: From chips to commodities, Ukraine war challenges globalisation: Peter Apps
As experts examine the charred remains of Russian missiles that have slammed into Ukrainian apartment blocks and strategic sites, they report one frequent common detail: the carefully scored out manufacturer names and codes on microchips, deliberately leaving their origin at least initially concealed. → Read More
PETER APPS: Ukraine war leaves all sides believing they can win more than they have
Will that push Russia ever closer to the use of chemical, biological or small-scale nuclear weapons? → Read More
PETER APPS: Thirty years after fall of the Soviet Union, Russia makes its new demand
Moscow calls for ‘urgent’ response from US to its strict list of security requirements for Nato, warning that ignoring its proposals may spur countermeasures → Read More
Military posturing, vaccine politics — are Taiwan and China entering new phase of perfect storm?
For years, Western and Chinese analysts have worried that confrontation over Taiwan could spark war in the coming decades. Now, it appears that scenario may be rather close → Read More
Remote warfare will not end age-old Israel-Palestine conflict
Israel’s ‘forever war’ in Gaza offers disconcerting clues as to what a long-running, non-ground troop based campaign can look like → Read More
Red flags were ignored before disruptive Colonial Pipeline cyberattack
Experts have been predicting panic buying at fuel stations and limited supplies at airports for years → Read More
Russia-US tensions at Cold War level, and Ukraine wants out
The complex dynamics of the region, including Ukraine wanting to be part of Nato, mean a prolonged confrontation is likely → Read More
Donald Trump tells WEF he will plant trees, despite ‘prophets of doom’
He avers that climate-change ‘alarmists’ want ‘absolute power to control and dominate’, and something about black pots, writes Peter Apps → Read More
In next war, soldiers will leave their smartphones at home: Peter Apps
As the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division departed for the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, their divisional commander gave a simple order. All personnel entering the region were told to leave smartphones and personal devices in the United States. → Read More
Have Iran’s ‘compensatory’ strikes now settled the score?
It is hard not to notice that all sides are wanting to quickly move on → Read More
Growing political and international divides to be 2010s’ legacy
A cyber-version of 9/11; a second Trump term; a showdown between the far-right and the far-left — what lies ahead may be a global turning point, writes Peter Apps → Read More
Europe must ‘re-assess the reality of what Nato is’, Emmanuel Macron says
France and Germany would like to see Europe take more of its defence planning into its own hands, and do not necessarily see Nato as the only effective way of doing so → Read More
Column: Saudi oil attack shows how Iran sees new Mideast game
If Iran's government was truly behind last weekend's cruise missile and drone attack on Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure, it has put its potential foes across the Middle East in an awkward, uncomfortable position. → Read More
Brexit is already reversing progress for disabled people like me
Disabled people have made some gains - but they are under threat, writes journalist Peter Apps. → Read More
What Sudan tells us about 21st century coups –
Barely a week before Zimbabwe's military ousted President Robert Mugabe in November 2017, its top commander visited Beijing. Exactly what he discussed with his People's Liberation Army counterpart... → Read More
Which cities are at greatest risk of nuclear war?
It seems that worrying about nuclear war is back in fashion. It's not just Britain's quietly growing debate on Trident. It's also the increased sabre rattling from Russia and China, the ongoing risk of conflict in the Middle East and, of course, North Korea. At the Project for Study of the 21st Century, we thought it might be a good idea to quantify some of these worries. So we polled 50 of the… → Read More
Commentary: Are China, Russia winning the AI arms race?
In October 31 Chinese teenagers reported to the Beijing Institute of Technology, one of the country’s premier military research establishments. Selected from more than 5000 applicants, Chinese authorities hope they will design a new generation of artificial intelligence weapons systems that could range from microscopic robots to computer worms, submarines, drones and tanks. → Read More
OPINION: Coming to terms with the brutal new world of espionage and repression
From unconvincing alibis on visiting cathedrals to highly public revelations of their personal details, a new generation of Russian and other assassins and spies are being publicly identified – and → Read More
Commentary: Will China go to war over Taiwan?
In the first week of 2019, as China grabbed headlines for landing a spacecraft on the far side of the moon, a New Year’s Day editorial in the nation’s official military newspaper told its readers that “war preparations” should be a top priority for the year. The following day, President Xi Jinping offered a forceful reminder of what Beijing considers its most likely focus of conflict to be:… → Read More