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Kremlin hopes for Putin-Erdogan meeting in Moscow in early March Tayyip Erdogan

Kremlin hopes for Putin-Erdogan meeting in Moscow in early March

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a ceremony marking the formal launch of the TurkStream pipeline which will carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe through Turkey, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File PhotoMOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin hopes Russian President Vladimir…
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March 1, 2020
Beijing’s Views on Norms in Cyberspace and Cyber Warfare Strategy Pt. 1 China's Strategy

Beijing’s Views on Norms in Cyberspace and Cyber Warfare Strategy Pt. 1

By LCDR Jake Bebber USNThe following is a two-part series looking at PRC use of cyberspace operations in pursuit of its national strategies and the establishment of the Strategic Support Force. Part 1 considers the centrality of information operations and information war to the PRC’s approach toward its current struggle…
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March 1, 2020
‘Impossible task’: Aid groups in Idlib struggle to help Syrians Refugees

‘Impossible task’: Aid groups in Idlib struggle to help Syrians

Antakya, Turkey - As tens of thousands of Syrian civilians continue to flee their homes in northwest Idlib for the Turkish border, humanitarian and aid organisations are warning of an increasingly dire situation. More than 950,000 Syrians have been forced from their homes since December, according to the United Nations, in the wake…
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March 1, 2020
Nuke the Nukes: The Air Force Wanted to Attack Russian Nuclear Bombers with Nuclear Weapons Nukes

Nuke the Nukes: The Air Force Wanted to Attack Russian Nuclear Bombers with Nuclear Weapons

On July 19, 1957 five Air Force officers assembled in the open desert basin of the Yucca Flats of Nevada and glanced with nervous smiles up at a jet fighter flying high overhead.  They were accompanied by a civilian defense photographer wearing a baseball hat named George Yoshitake. The object…
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March 1, 2020
‘It’s a powder keg ready to explode’: In Greek village, tensions simmer between refugees and locals Turkish Refugee Camp

‘It’s a powder keg ready to explode’: In Greek village, tensions simmer between refugees and locals

A march in support of refugee rights held in the village of Moria in Lesvos, Greece on Feb. 25, 2020.Photo: Jade SackerLESVOS, Greece — Those looking from the windows of the Drop Center, a popular school and cafe for refugees in the Greek village of Moria, could tell the mood…
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March 1, 2020