US Closes Russian San Fran Consulate and Downsizes DC and NY
And they don’t get Alaska back. Ever.Filed under: Information operations, Information Warfare, Russia Tagged: information operations, information warfare, Russia
View ArticleUS Closes 3 Russian Consulates For Parity, Russia Says Escalation
A Consulate General in San Francisco, a chancery annex in Washington, D.C., and a consular annex in New York City are being closed as of tomorrow. This leaves 3 consulates for each country, this...
View ArticleLessons from the Russian Front
23 pages. The 2014 Russian Invasion of Ukraine altered not only the future of Eastern Europe but the course of modern warfare as well. Since then, Ukraine has become a deadly testing ground for new...
View ArticleNorth Korea vows to execute reporters over bad book review
By Associated Press August 31, 2017 SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday vowed to execute reporters from two South Korean newspapers, saying they insulted the country’s dignity while reviewing...
View ArticleRussian may use drills in Belarus to create “corridor” to Kaliningrad region
To review, in the past few weeks there have been a number of conspiracy theories floated about what Russia may actually do before, during, and/or after Zapad 2017, which begins 14 September and ends 20...
View ArticleWhen did the rot start in Russian foreign policy?
Let us return to a time of joy for the world. In 1993 the world was rejoicing that the Soviet Union had failed and the Cold War was over. The USSR broke up into Russia and a number of former Soviet...
View ArticleMILNEWS.ca Highlights – September 1, 2017
Tidbits from Both Sides of the Fight Way Up North “Chinese ship making first voyage through Canada’s Northwest Passage” “Arctic development is guarantee of Russia’s independence in future, defense...
View ArticleTillerson moves toward accepting funding for fighting Russian propaganda
The secretary of state came under pressure from Congress, which appropriated $80 million for countering messages from Islamist extremists — and Russia. By NAHAL TOOSI 08/31/2017 04:37 PM EDT After...
View ArticleRussia’s Dual Response to the West Creates Policy Confusion
01 September 2017 Author: Dr Lilia Shevtsova Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme Misperceptions make the West’s Russia policy wobbly, but it is not clear that the resulting disorientation is...
View ArticleThe Cyber Edge: Posturing the US Air Force for the Information Age
By Lt Gen William J. Bender, USAF (Ret.) Abstract: The United States has assembled the best Air Force for the industrial age, and it must now transform itself to retain supremacy in the digital age. To...
View ArticleEurope’s Patchwork Approach to Cyber Defense Needs a Complete Overhaul
Europe’s approach to cyber defense is a mix of good intentions, guidelines, and an alphabet soup of organizational acronyms. If the EU wants to be taken seriously, its cyber defense efforts need an...
View ArticleUS Department of State: Senior Administration Official on Russia
Special Briefing Senior Administration Official Via Teleconference August 31, 2017 MODERATOR: Thank you, everyone, for joining us today for this background call on Russia. On the phone with us from the...
View ArticleWeaponizing Ridicule
J. Michael Waller, PhD Download the PDF Vladimir Putin officially banned this popular meme of himself with his face painted in drag. That reaction inadvertently made the meme more popular than ever,...
View ArticleRussia / Strategy Media Update – 1 September 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Lessons from the Russian Front eBook released. Multiple reports on Zapad 2017 motives, risks and measures. Shevtsova...
View ArticleRussian Twitter Bots Troll NATO
Report says automated tweets targeting alliance military activities in E. Europe traced to Moscow trolls BY: Bill Gertz September 1, 2017 3:55 pm Seventy percent of Russian-language tweets targeting...
View ArticlePhilippines: Spreading fake news now a crime
By Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 1, 2017 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines – President Duterte signed into law this week Republic Act 10951, which includes a provision imposing...
View ArticleRussia / Strategy Media Update – 02 September 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Zapad 2017 remains a major theme in the media, with well-considered inputs by NATO and Ukrainian senior officers, and...
View ArticleRussia’s “Diplomats” Laying Groundwork For Dezinformatsiya?
My interest was piqued, today, when RT began broadcasting a Ruptly television broadcast at the Russian Trade Mission in Washington DC. There were no headlines on the broadcast, no explanations, just a...
View ArticleNorth Korean Nuclear Test
6.3-magnitude ‘explosion’ detected in North Korea, says USGS A 6.3-magnitude “explosion” has been detected in North Korea, the United States Geological Survey announced Sunday. The seismic activity...
View ArticleBaghdad Ten Years Ago – 02 SEP 07
WEEK 42: I stole the title from comedian Rob Riggle’s parody skit about his time in Iraq called Operation Impotent Waffle. Given my proclivity for Waffles and Ice Cream, I thought it was a fitting...
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