Category: Blogs

Video: NATO to protect U.S. from North Korea attack

By NHK

To Stop North Korean Cyber Attacks, Start in Beijing

By Jason Healey

The recent cyber attacks on South Korea highlight four truths of cyber conflicts as they have actually been fought. The implications of three of them are obvious, the fourth not yet so. Such conflicts are disruptive, but far from warfare. And cyber conflicts are both easier to predict than popular myth has it and the […]

U.S. and European allies made deep defense cuts in 2012, while China and Russia expanded their defense budgets

By Niklas Pollard, Reuters

From Niklas Pollard, Reuters:  Global military spending dropped in 2012 for the first time in more than a decade thanks to deep cuts in the United States and Europe which made up for increases in countries such as China and Russia, a leading think-tank said on Monday.

China’s defense activities with European partners

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  China’s armed forces work to promote dialogue and cooperation

Politics in Upper Egypt

By Amr Hamzawy

 Upper Egypt has its own specific subsistence and growth crises due to its systematic neglect by successive Egyptian governments. Nevertheless, the widespread impression given by this situation is that Upper Egypt is cut off from the political and social affairs in the rest of Egypt, which is not the case. The kinds of polarization and […]

Top News: Egypt Defense Minister Testifies in Police Trial

By Egypt Source

 Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi testified at Giza Criminal Court at the Police Academy for 30 minutes Tuesday at the trial of dozens of senior intelligence officers accused of ordering the destruction of important documents. During the session, Sisi denied that the military council or intelligence were informed by the State Security Agency of its […]

China: US pivot to Asia ‘frequently makes the situation there tenser’

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  The global trends toward economic globalization and multi-polarity are intensifying, cultural diversity is increasing, and an information society is fast emerging.

China’s military cyber policy: ‘Winning local wars under the conditions of informationization’

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  China’s armed forces unswervingly implement the military strategy of active defense, guard against and resist aggression, contain separatist forces, safeguard border, coastal and territorial air security, and protect national maritime rights and interests and national security interests in outer space and cyber space.

New NATO Air Command and Control System passes test and begins deployment

By Bernard Garot, NATO Communications and Information Agency

From Bernard Garot, NATO Communications and Information Agency:  On 3 April the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency and Thales Raytheon Systems (TRS) have signed the Certificate of Test for ACCS software.