Opinion | US-China thaw means Beijing can focus on development, not security

But how long will the reset last? As the systemic divisions underlying US-China relations remain unresolved, people have reason to wonder. For example, Biden stressed that both countries should manage their competition responsibly to prevent it from veering into conflict while Xi wondered aloud “are we adversaries or partners?”. Few would expect the diplomacy between … Read more

China cracks down on theft of geographic data, warning of national security threat

“Some of the data is important and sensitive, and even involves state secrets, posing a serious threat to our national security,” it said, without naming specific GIS software. Cyber dangers threaten China’s infrastructure, state security chief warns The ministry noted that as information technology advances, GIS data is both “an important strategic data resource” and … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Kremlin says it’s closely monitoring Biden-Zelenskyy meeting TOPSHOT – Pedestrians walk past a New Year decoration stylised as the “Kremlin Star”, bearing a Z letter, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on January 02, 2023. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) Natalia Kolesnikova | … Read more

Trump no longer plans to testify in civil fraud trial on Monday

Former President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday that he won’t testify in his $250 million civil fraud trial in New York on Monday. “I will not be testifying on Monday,” Trump wrote in an all-caps, multi-part post on Truth Social. Trump had previously been expected to return to the witness … Read more

Russian spies targeting UK with cyber campaign to undermine democracy: Report

A new U.K. intelligence report points to a years-long “campaign of malicious cyber activity” against politicians, civil servants and journalists by Russian spies. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. on Thursday accused Russia of conducting a years-long “campaign of malicious cyber activity” against politicians, civil servants and journalists aimed at undermining British … Read more

GOP senator backs unpaid-for Israel aid bill — after border funding

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., questions Ron Price, CCO of the PGA Tour, and Jimmy Dunne, PGA board member, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing titled “The PGA-LIV Deal: Implications for the Future of Golf and Saudi Arabia’s Influence in the United States,” in Hart Building on Tuesday, July … Read more

Former U.S. ambassador spied for Cuba for decades: DOJ

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that Victor Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with acting illegally as a foreign agent for the government of Cuba.  Drew Angerer | Getty Images A retired American diplomat made his first court appearance Monday in Miami in a potentially explosive espionage case. Prosecutors … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war updates for Dec.1, 2023

Fri, Dec 1 202310:27 AM EST ‘We have a new phase of war’: President Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays visits the soldiers in the Kupiansk frontline on November 30, 2023 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.  Ukrainian Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images “A new phase of war” had been entered as winter has begun, President Volodymyr … Read more

National security studies are going mainstream in China. Will it breed a new Chinese elite?

The initiatives first introduced in 2018 have turned the once-specialised subject into a discipline that is now accessible to the wider public and admits students from diverse academic backgrounds. Previously, the curriculum was mostly focused on academic training for military, security and law enforcement officials. National security courses in Chongqing’s Southwest University of Political Science … Read more