Section: US & Canada
OSCE extends monitoring mission to Ukraine by one year
VIENNA (Reuters) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Thursday that its monitoring mission to Ukraine will… …read more Source:...
EU approves $638 million loan for Ukraine
The European Union’s executive has approved a 600 million-euro ($638 million) loan to Ukraine, part of a program meant to help the country implement reforms and support its economy. The … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
EU approves $638 million loan for Ukraine
The European Union’s executive has approved a 600 million-euro ($638 million) loan to Ukraine, part of a program meant to help the country implement reforms and support its economy. The … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
The Morning Vertical, March 16, 2017
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
How to Push Back Against China in the South China Sea
Andrew Davies, Mark Thomson Security, Asia A recent conference reveals a very important idea. We were in Washington recently for the latest annual track-2 ‘Quad Plus’ dialogue. The meeting brings together participants from think tanks in Australia, India, Japan and the United States, as well as invited “plus” nations—this year we had...
Get Ready, America: Russia Has Its Own Deadly ‘Delta Force’
Dave Majumdar Security, Europe And they have an impressive history in just a short time. Incorporating lessons from Western special operations forces (SOF), the Kremlin had established its own equivalent of the U.S. Army’s elite 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta—better known as Delta Force. This new force is called Special...
Yahoo breach spotlights links between Russian spies, hackers
MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. indictment of two Russian intelligence agents and two hackers alleged to have stolen more than half a billion U.S. email accounts in 2014 has cast a spotlight on the intertwining of the Russian security services and the murky digital underworld. The officers of the powerful FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service, are...
Sweden’s intel agency: there is ‘a real and serious threat’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of Sweden’s domestic intelligence agency says there is “a real and serious threat against the security” of the country, which “has an increased military strategic importance.” Sapo head Anders Thornberg says the agency has “never had a bigger and more complex task,” adding cooperating with others — at...
Bad boy gone worse: Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes slides from right-wing provocateur to the neo-Nazi fringe
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 03: Gavin McInnes attends “Creative Control” New York Premiere at Sunshine Landmark on March 3, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images) (Credit: Getty Images) For those who admire the current iteration of Vice, a hip-but-professional news and culture website that invests in things like...
U.S. Losing Global Information War
Foreign nations including China and Russia along with the Islamic State are conducting information warfare against the United States and the federal government is ill prepared to counter it, information warfare experts told Congress on Wednesday. “To date, there is not a single individual in the U.S. government below the president of the...
