Social Media: The Fifth Column in the Fifth Domain
The key question as representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google testify Tuesday and Wednesday before Congress is not how Russia used social media to interfere in last year’s presidenti... Read more
How Fiction Becomes Fact On Social Media
Hours after the Las Vegas massacre, Travis McKinney’s Facebook feed was hit with a scattershot of conspiracy theories. The police were lying. There were multiple shooters in the hotel, not j... Read more
The Troops May Have Stepped Back, But The China-India Dispute In The Himalayas Is Far From Over
This summer, Indian and Chinese troops were mired in a long-standing face off at Doklam – a once obscure patch of disputed territory between China and Bhutan. In late August, both New Delhi... Read more
Some two dozen shops sit quietly on both sides of a security barrier that marks the border between Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There is nothing to suggest that... Read more
Trump To Stay In Iran Nuclear Deal, Asks Congress To Revise Enforcement
President Donald Trump will not withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, but he will decertify that Iran is meeting the terms of a separate U.S. law directing the country to forgo its nuclear we... Read more
Russia Promises ‘Countermeasures’ If Finland Joins NATO
Russia has issued a fresh warning to Finland against joining NATO. Moscow has already issued a similar caution to Sweden, while Denmark has been told that it can expect “retaliatory counterm... Read more
How Deterrence Fundamentals Function In Cyberspace
Deterrence is based on the elements of denial (denying an adversary’s attempt to attack our interests) and punishment (inflicting unacceptable costs to the attacker in reply for having condu... Read more
Countering Chinese Tank Threat
Editor’s Note The issue of inducting adequate tanks in certain sectors in high altitude areas to counter the Chinese threat has been debated for long. A few such areas already have tanks ava... Read more
India To Pour $15 Billion In Sub-Building & Lease Nuclear Submarine From Russia, But China Still Far Ahead
India is trying its hardest to play catch-up with China in the field of submarines, particularly nuclear submarines. New Delhi is going to spend $15 billion with the objective of significant... Read more
Bin Laden’s Son Is Poised To Unify Terrorists Worldwide
One day in early November 2001, on a hillside south of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden bade farewell to three of his young sons. In the shade of an olive tree, he handed each boy a m... Read more