Sadly we have always had right wing extremists in our midsts to include white supremists. What is changing now is how social media is driving identity politics in Western societies (yes, to include...
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Sadly we have always had right wing extremists in our midsts to include white supremists. What is changing now is how social media is driving identity politics in Western societies (yes, to include...
Finally some leaders, though not in key positions are beginning to view China as it actually is, instead of the way they want it to be. The Australian Embassy comment condeming his remarks was...
In China's never ending crusade to control the narrative, they are portraying the protests in Hong Kong against the communist party and a perceived violation of the one-country, two-system agreement,...
David,
Sometimes I think these studies miss the real essence of the threat. Normally we should encourage the development of economic infrastructure in Africa regardless of what country provides...
https://www.csis.org/features/competing-gray-zone
Much has been written about competition in the gray zone in the past couple of years, but awakening to this threat has been slow and uneven. ...
The article listed some lessons relearnt, but it didn't make a case for why the British Army is at risk of being forgotten? It would insightful to see if the British military education and training...
Flagg,
The point is China claims it will reduce crime, so far little evidence that is true. It is a propaganda statement to conceal its real purpose. It clearly supports population control if the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mkxL4iqcAY&app=desktop
BBC Documentary China vs USA - Empires at war
The video interviews numerous PRC, Taiwan, and U.S. strategists, and as the retired PLA...
Thanks, David, I was hoping you would provide some expert commentary on this issue. I agree with your point that crime is not a statistic, but most governments use data, arguably incorrectly, to...
August 2018, the signs were all there.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sri-lankan-student-charged-with-terror-offences-in-sydney-20180831-p5012l.html
Sri Lankan student charged with terror...
From NOV 2016
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-sri-lanka-idUSKBN13D1EE
I spent a fair amount of time in Sri Lanka in mid 1990s and occasionally visited Muslim...
http://www.adaderana.lk/news/54693/15-bodies-including-children-found-at-blast-site-in-sainthamaruthu
15 bodies including children found at blast site in Sainthamaruthu
The 3-minute video is...
https://lk.usembassy.gov/travel-advisory-sri-lanka-level-3-reconsider-travel/
Travel Advisory: Sri Lanka – Level 3 – Reconsider Travel
The video in this article was interesting, but not convincing in my view. Xi uses surveillance technology, not just cameras, but comprehensive monitoring of its citizens, to maintain party control. ...
The following article discusses the cybersecurity threat that 5G will present regardless of who provides the hardware infrastructure. The software presents the most significant cybersecurity threat....
Posted by Flagg
It is the job of the government to educate its citizens. The problem we must overcome is the engrained naïve view since the Bush senior administration that China will conform...
Flagg
The network operating system is part of a greater competition that ultimately focuses on who will be primary in shaping the international order. I think your description of Geo-digital...
If the War on the Rocks article accurately describes the progressive foreign policy, then I'm all for it.
There are some elements of President Trump's policy that align with this view also, so we...
Supporting links to Xi's use of technology to oppress and export the same.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/04/world/asia/xinjiang-china-surveillance-prison.html
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Xi is using Mao's methodology to brainwash his citizens. The similarity between Xi and Mao is both embrace oppressive governance; the difference is Xi comes closer to embracing Confucius thought (as...
The evolution of globalization and information technology facilitates the ability to share information instantaneously around the globe in multiple forms. These messages frequently become memes that...
https://www.freeburmarangers.org/2019/04/13/last-stronghold-isis-can-love-win/
Last Stronghold of ISIS: Can Love Win?
The photos of the ISIS truck and tent city is worth viewing, I would...
Great thoughts, and we're potentially already seeing the One Platform, One Network with Huawei. Perhaps digital hegemony enables economic and political hegemony?
Regarding Zipf’s Law, I add to...
The younger folks who are fighting the current fight are not concerned with dogma and Clausewitz, they have real problems they need to solve and they're tested almost daily in combat. Tactical...
https://features.propublica.org/navy-accidents/us-navy-crashes-japan-cause-mccain/
YEARS OF WARNING, THEN DEATH AND DISASTER
This is a pretty damning report, but at the end of the day the...