WORLD ROUNDUPBenjamin Netanyahu is Playing with Fire | Countering Chinese Digital Espionage in Routers | Russia Carrying Out Illegal Chemical Attacks on Ukrainian Soldiers, and more
· Benjamin Netanyahu is Playing with Fire
“There is no greater commandment than the redemption of captives.” Thus states the authoritative Code of Jewish Law. The injunctions of his religion have cut no ice with Benjamin Netanyahu, however
· Don’t Abandon Europe in the Name of ‘Asia First’
Critics of U.S. foreign policy suggest, in effect, that instead of engaging selectively, the United States would seek to isolate itself selectively
· The Messy Battlespace That Would Be a U.S. vs. China War
Warfare in the Pacific between the U.S. and China promises to be an all-service, all-domain, and allied endeavor. Waging it will demand the utmost not just from naval forces but from fellow services that operate from dry earth
· Into the Breach: Countering Chinese Digital Espionage in Routers
The ROUTERS Act is a meaningful step toward quantifying the risks posed by vulnerabilities within these technologies
· Self-kidnappings by Chinese Students Abroad: Mystery Solved
The puzzle presented by these incidents can only be understood in the context of China’s police brutality and growing transnational repression
· What Chinese Navy Planners Are Learning from Ukraine’s Use of Unmanned Surface Vessels
Ukraine’s use of USVs has given the world’s navies a genuine view of what large scale future naval warfare might look like
· Russia Carrying Out Illegal Chemical Attacks on Ukrainian Soldiers
Telegraph investigation reveals those on front line are being exposed to gases banned during wartime
Benjamin Netanyahu is Playing with Fire (Dov S. Zakheim, National Interest)
Netanyahu must be aware that he has treated the president with disdain once too often. He is playing with American fire. If he does not take heed of American concerns, his country, already reeling from the horrors of October 7 and the plight of the hostages, will indeed be burned as a result.
Don’t Abandon Europe in the Name of ‘Asia First’ (Paul Cormarie, Newsweek / RAND)
In the debate over the future of U.S. grand strategy in the 1990s, some analysts proposed a strategy of “neo-isolationism,” in which the United States would purposefully seek to preserve its freedom of action. The future of NATO would be left to Europe, as would Asian security to Asia.
The Messy Battlespace That Would Be a U.S. vs. China War (James Holmes, National Interest)
It’s a truism that the Pacific is an amphibian theater. Just look at your map and behold! the oceanic region’s majestic vacantness. That being the case, it takes amphibian forces to seize, hold, and defend terrain, chiefly though not exclusively along Asia’s first offshore island chain.
Into the Breach: Countering Chinese Digital Espionage in Routers (Joshua Levine, National Interest)
For anyone following the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) actions related to digital technology, the specter that Chinese companies could be leveraged to conduct intelligence activities has been ever-present.
Self-kidnappings by Chinese Students Abroad: Mystery Solved (Magnus Fiskesjö, The Diplomat)
One of the most baffling news items in recent years has been the cases of Chinese students abroad who effectively kidnap themselves for ransom. They leave home, even tie themselves up with ropes, all on the orders of Chinese cyber-criminals – who are not even there with them.
What Chinese Navy Planners Are Learning from Ukraine’s Use of Unmanned Surface Vessels (Lyle Goldstein and Nathan Waechter, The Diplomat)
The continued success of Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel (USV) attacks on Russian naval facilities and warships has kept USVs in the defense analytical spotlight and naval analysts around the world, particularly those in China, are taking note.
The Khan Review Proves Britain Has a Blasphemy Problem (Liam Duffy, Unherd)
Thanks to the newly published Khan review, we now have the clearest picture to date of what actually happened in Batley in March 2021, when a schoolteacher was forced into hiding after showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Russia Carrying Out Illegal Chemical Attacks on Ukrainian Soldiers (James Rushton, The Telegraph)
Russian troops are carrying out a systematic campaign of illegal chemical attacks against Ukrainian soldiers, according to a Telegraph investigation.
