Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons

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Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

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Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons

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Aug 21, 2024

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To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.

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Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons

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Chinese oil rig in South China Sea

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2012

Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons

By Martin N. Murphy

This, at least, is how Wang Yilin, Chairman of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), chooses to view them. He reportedly told an audience at CNOOC’s headquarters in Beijing in May that ‘large-scale deep-water rigs are our mobile national territory and a strategic weapon’.

China
Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Sep 18, 2012

US-Mideast Policy Is Isolating America, Not Iran

By Sarwar Kashmeri

Two thirds of the U.N.’s countries recently signed a communique expressing support for Iran’s nuclear energy program and rejecting, what they termed, the United States’ unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic. A flashing red light that signals the American policy aimed at isolating Iran in order to curb its nuclear ambitions appears instead to have […]

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Event Recap

Sep 18, 2012

Roundtable with Nigerien minister of justice on crisis in the Sahel

By Africa Center

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a roundtable today on the crisis in the Sahel with H.E. Marou Amadou, minister of justice, guardian of seals, and spokesperson of the government the Republic of Niger. The minister, who is in Washington for meetings with US officials before traveling to New York to represent his country […]

Africa
Conflict

Event Recap

Sep 17, 2012

Farewell Dinner for General Stephane Abrial

By Jason Harmala

On September 17, the Atlantic Council organized a farewell dinner for General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. As General Abrial is scheduled to turn over his command of Allied Command Transformation to his replacement in early October, this dinner provided his Washington friends and partners with an opportunity to say farewell. General Abrial thanked […]

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 17, 2012

Turkish Ambassador Calls For NATO to ‘Act Decisively’ in Syria

By James Joyner

In the most powerful call for action yet by his government, Turkish Ambassador Namik Tan declared, “The implosion of Syria is a regional conflagration that threatens international peace and security. What we expect from our partners is a serious engagement and meaningful contribution to the resolution of this conflict.”

NATO
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 17, 2012

Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper chosen to lead NATO’s International Military Staff

By NATO

From NATO:  [T]he Chiefs of Defence of the 28 NATO nations elected Air Marshal Sir Christopher Harper of the United Kingdom as the new Director General of the International Military Staff (DGIMS) at NATO Headquarters.

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 17, 2012

Can NATO Pass the Riga Test?

By Julian Lindley-French

The Riga Conference is a jewel in the crown of security conferences. Yesterday I shared a panel with the Italian, Latvian and Norwegian defense ministers, together with Ambassador Sandy Vershbow, NATO’s US Deputy Secretary-General to discuss “NATO post-Chicago”. Did something happen in Chicago? I must have missed it.

NATO
Security & Defense

Event Recap

Sep 14, 2012

Fourth Annual Members’ Conference – NATO Global Partnerships: A New Approach to Security?

By Jason Harmala

Summary of the master class “NATO Global Partnerships: A New Approach to Security?” at the 2012 Annual Members’ Conference. H.E. Yousef Al Otaiba, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde, Ambassador of Finland The Hon. Frank Kramer, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council H.E. Peter Taksøe-Jensen, Ambassador of Denmark Moderated by Mr. Damon Wilson, Executive […]

NATO
NATO Partnerships

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2012

Cyber Vigilantes and Digital Hit Men: The private sector ‘going on the offensive’ against cyber attackers

By Tim Maurer, Foreign Policy

From Tim Maurer, Foreign Policy:  [G]overnment is not the only one taking on cyber threats. Corporations, which have long worked to defend their networks from intrusion, are increasingly going on the offensive, turning from firewalls to retaliation.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2012

Release of NATO sponsored manual on the international law applicable to cyber warfare

By NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence

From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence:  The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, written at the invitation of the Centre by an independent ‘International Group of Experts’, is the result of a three-year effort to examine how extant international law norms apply to this ‘new’ form of warfare.

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