Security

Electronic Warfare : IDF’s teleprocessing corps C4i

May 10, 2013

Source: JP “I’m directing EW at the head. This is also a form of psychological warfare. I can engage in this and then deny it. It wrecks the functionality of the enemy,” the source added. These days, the idea of Israel engaging its enemies in a war, whether in near or distant arenas, without its [...]

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U.S. Troops Replaced by an Outsourced Army in Afghanistan

May 9, 2013

Source: Fiscal Times The United States is preparing to withdraw the majority of its troops from Afghanistan next year, ending more than a decade of war that has cost this country hundreds of billion of dollars and 2,126 lives to date. But the military withdrawal does not mean the United States is out of the [...]

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New Algeria: Is Tunisia heading towards its black decade?

May 9, 2013

Source: MEO Press reports warned Thursday that Tunisia was “at war with international terrorism” after the government revealed that jihadists being pursued by the army have ties to Al-Qaeda and the Islamist rebellion in Mali. French-language daily Le Temps raised fears of “a spiral of deadly violence similar to the one that ravaged Algeria” during [...]

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War in Mali: Geopolitics, France, China, Economic Conflicts,Terrorism, Energy Security, Elites and Sea Lines of Communication

April 16, 2013

Source: JTW The Republic of Mali witnessed a number of military and security developments, with the onset of 2013. French Army launched military operations into Northern Mali, where the fundamentalist groups took ground, so that it could render help to the African forces. In fact, social unrest in this region has historical roots in the demands [...]

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Korea is the focus, but this crisis is all about disputed islands and the security of oil supplies

April 10, 2013

Source: Guardian The “crisis” on the 38th parallel has little to do with the two Koreas: it’s about oil and gas for China, the prelude to an energy grab that will safeguard the expansion of the Chinese economy for decades to come. Six months ago Taiwanese and Japanese coastguard cutters were drenching each other in spray from water cannon, [...]

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Jihadist Control at Israel’s Northern Borders Casts Shadow of War

April 8, 2013

Source: JP Middle East power vacuums are fuel for war. A withdrawal of Assad’s army from across the Golan Heights, and fierce clashes between Hizbullah and Syrian rebels, threaten Israel on both northern fronts. Fierce clashes between Syrian rebels and Hizbullah at the Lebanese-Syria border, coupled with anarchy across from Israel’s Golan Heights, point to [...]

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United Nations has a project codenamed “Syria – The Day After”

April 1, 2013

Source: Al Jazeera Here is what the main stakeholders in Syria are planning in the event of a major change in the conflict: United Nations UN planners have been looking at a range of options. They fear that if Assad is eventually defeated, there could be widespread retribution against his minority Alawite sect, and the swift [...]

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Energy Security: Israel’s navy gears up for new job of protecting offshore gas fields

April 1, 2013

Source: Reuters Israel’s huge new offshore gas resource offers its enemies an obvious target and gives its navy, long overshadowed by other branches of the Israeli armed forces, a big job that will require extra spending. On patrol boat 836, circling two gas platforms in choppy Mediterranean waters, Captain Ilan Lavi flipped through pictures of [...]

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Predictive Policing Project: LAPD Pre-Crime Divisions

March 31, 2013

Source: AGE The morning watch at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Foothill division begins at 6am, when the shift’s officers gather for roll-call and a briefing. The dozen or so officers file into the roll-call room and find space on the benches. They are briefed on incidents from the previous shift, and on any offenders [...]

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US strategic tilt towards India

March 29, 2013

Source: FP With approximately 3.2 per cent of the total world area and 28 per cent of world population the geostrategic architecture of South Asia has always attracted the great global players including the U.S. Pakistan and India – two core regional actors – have historically been vital to Washington in meeting its strategic objectives. [...]

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G4S Readies Guards as Cypriot Banks Prepare to Open

March 27, 2013

Source: CNBC/Reuters A British security firm that transports cash for Cypriot banks is working round the clock, sending teams out with police protection to stock bank machines and readying guards for when banks reopen on Thursday. The world’s largest security firm, G4S, moves cash and will provide guards for Cypriot lenders including Bank of Cyprus [...]

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Beijing’s difficult balancing act for energy security

March 25, 2013

Source: Nation Thailand In line with its growing economic might, China’s dependence on imported oil has been rising rapidly – increasing from 33 per cent in 2009 to 55 per cent in 2012. It is expected to rise to above 60 per cent in 2015, when China will become the largest oil importer in the [...]

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New Cold War Takes Shape in Arabian Gulf

March 24, 2013

Source: Defense News Something that looks very much like a new Cold War is forming up here in the Arabian Gulf region. The hot ground war of Iraq is over, and its counterpart in Afghanistan is drawing down, perhaps even faster than planned. In their place, a new standoff centered on the maritime environment already [...]

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America’s AirSea Battle, Arctic Style

March 24, 2013

Source: Diplomat Call them American strategy’s Odd Couple. Working together, the U.S. Coast Guard and Air Force could be the best defenders of U.S. policy in the Arctic Ocean, a theater that will expand and contract each year and where threats will — cross your fingers — remain modest in scope. Light combat forces patrolling [...]

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Turkey takes a big leap forward over energy security

March 24, 2013

Source: National Last month I wrote how Turkey needed to rebuild constructive relations with its energy-rich neighbours. Two dramatic announcements later, and it seems to have done just that. But big obstacles still lie in the way of improving Turkish energy security: Baghdad, a Mediterranean island, and the Kremlin. On Thursday, Abdullah Öcalan, the leader [...]

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Border Disputes and Gas Fields in The Eastern Mediterranean

March 21, 2013

Source: FA In recent years, resource disputes in the South China Sea have made headlines across the world. But another body of water — the Mediterranean — is rapidly becoming as volatile as its eastern cousin. Exploratory drilling near the coasts of Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey has unearthed vast reserves of natural gas. Competition [...]

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China vows “steadfast” defence as Japan-US plan reported

March 21, 2013

Source: CNA China on Wednesday vowed a “steadfast” military defence of its territorial integrity, after a report said Japan and the United States will draft a plan to counter any Chinese invasion of disputed islands. Japan’s Nikkei newspaper, citing an unidentified US Pentagon source, said Japanese and US officials will come up with the joint [...]

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Carnegie Mellon and NSA seek high school hackers for next generation of cyber warriors

March 16, 2013

Source: AP Bored with classes? Carnegie Mellon University and one of the government’s top spy agencies want to interest high school students in a game of computer hacking. Their goal with “Toaster Wars” is to cultivate the nation’s next generation of cyber warriors in offensive and defensive strategies. The free, online “high school hacking competition” [...]

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Former CEO reveals Blackwater worked as ‘virtual extension of the CIA’

March 14, 2013

Source:RS The mercenary group formerly known as Blackwater worked as a “virtual extension of the CIA,” the company’s former CEO revealed to Daily Beast reporter Eli Lake, who obtained court documents showing the company argued as much when its executives were facing prosecution. It has long been known that Blackwater, now called Academi, worked with the [...]

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Sino-US Bridge of Cooperation Over Troubled Waters: Maritime Security, Air-Sea Battle and Sea Lines of Communication

March 13, 2013

Source: China US Focus It is encouraging to notice that both Xi Jinping and Hillary Clinton once emphasized that the Pacific Ocean is wide enough to accommodate China and the US. However, the understatement might be that the Pacific Ocean is not peaceful, and the two countries have many differences on maritime issues. Indeed, from [...]

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A bridge under troubled waters: Israel’s natural gas fields

March 8, 2013

Source: Israel Hayom One morning in January 2009, the State of Israel awoke to the news that its eternal gripe against Moses for bringing us to the only corner of the Middle East that is bereft of oil suddenly — and surprisingly — was put to the test. While there still isn’t any black gold [...]

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EU Battlegroups should take the lead for Africa’s security

March 5, 2013

Source: Gulf News The European Union already faces considerable risks concerning its structure, uncertain economic recovery, north-south imbalances, and British ambivalence about membership. Exposure to bad outcomes in Africa, with its myriad security problems, increases those risks. Much of Africa north of the equator continues to be violent and potentially explosive. The showers of the [...]

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Mulling resource wars for shareholders and corporate interests

February 26, 2013

Source: Dawn A YEAR ago, leading German industrial companies launched the Resource Alliance (Rohstoffallianz) for the purpose of securing the supply of selected raw materials for its (RA) shareholders and corporate members. To achieve this goal, it is calling for the use of military assets. In an interview with Reuters on Monday last, the manager [...]

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The Black Sea: Energy Security Fault Line?

February 25, 2013

Source: NGE An unfortunate consequence of lofty expectations, past optimism for the Black Sea to become the “next North Sea” has wilted with time. Now, the latest hopes for a Black Sea energy bonanza now lie with a fresh deal inked between the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) and Royal Dutch Shell to explore 1,500 square kilometers with hundreds of millions of dollars [...]

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Chinese CIA spy unveils power struggle between security ministries

February 25, 2013

Source: WCT Last year’s failed defection attempt by an official from the Chinese Ministry of State Security has uncovered a bitter and long-standing power struggle between China’s state security and public security organs, reports Boxun, an overseas Chinese community website providing alternative source of news from China. In May last year, the secretary of state [...]

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Digital Blackwater: U.S. Government outsources cyberwarfare to private U.S. firms

February 21, 2013

Source: AP When Kevin Mandia, a retired military cybercrime investigator, decided to expose China as a primary threat to U.S. computer networks, he didn’t have to consult with American diplomats in Beijing or declassify tactics to safely reveal government secrets. He pulled together a 76-page report based on seven years of his company’s work and [...]

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Mali, Algeria, Libya and the New Front Line In ‘Energy Diplomacy’

February 16, 2013

Source: HP With the start of 2013 the ‘War on Terror’ has burst back into the headlines. The attack on a BP gas plant in Algeria sparked declarations from David Cameron which identified North Africa as the new front line. Already the UK has backed military intervention in Mali and upgraded military support for Algeria [...]

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South China Sea – critical world trade route and a potential source of hydrocarbons

February 11, 2013

Source: U.S. EIA Gov The South China Sea is a critical world trade route and a potential source of hydrocarbons, particularly natural gas, with competing claims of ownership over the sea and its resources. Stretching from Singapore and the Strait of Malacca in the southwest to the Strait of Taiwan in the northeast, the South [...]

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Pentagon plans to expand Afghan Local Police paramilitary force with a shady reputation

February 11, 2013

Source: LA Times In an effort to fight the insurgency after U.S. troops leave Afghanistan by the end of next year, officials in Washington and Kabul are planning to dramatically expand a 3-year-old rural police force that has been implicated in human rights abuses and criminal activity. The plan by the U.S. Special Operations Command [...]

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