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    Putin’s Buddy Trump Is About To Get National Security Briefings. Intel Officers Are Worried.
    Jul25

    Putin’s Buddy Trump Is About To Get National Security Briefings. Intel Officers Are Worried.

    Members of the intelligence community are worried that Donald Trump ― who has deep ties to Russia and is apparently the preferred presidential candidate of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ― could have access to highly classified national security briefings as early as Friday. Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton will begin...

    Doping in Ex-Soviet Nations Echoes Russia’s Problems
    Jul25

    Doping in Ex-Soviet Nations Echoes Russia’s Problems

    While the scandal of Russian doping threatens to be one of the main talking points of the Rio Olympics, other countries are slipping under the radar despite sharing the tainted legacy of the Soviet sports system. Countries like Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine punch above their weight in the Olympic medal table, but their high rates of performance...

    The Muscovite Candidate?
    Jul25

    The Muscovite Candidate?

    Sometimes a conspiracy theory can be true. Or, to put it another way, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you.Take the burgeoning email leaks scandal that hit the Democratic National Committee on Friday. A searchable cache of 20,000 emails showed up on WikiLeaks. The dump arrived about five weeks...

    Russia: The Hybrid State As Adversary
    Jul25

    Russia: The Hybrid State As Adversary

    Dan Goure Hybrid Warfare, Russia Today, Russia is the ultimate hybrid threat. Oceans of ink and terabytes of electronic musings have been expended on the subject of hybrid warfare. The classic formulation is a non-state actor with appurtenances of state power and, in many cases, support from traditional nation states. Of particular concern to...

    History Tells Us What Will Happen Next With Brexit And Trump
    Jul25

    History Tells Us What Will Happen Next With Brexit And Trump

    Note: this essay contains a lot of links out, which are underlined. Consider them further reading or me backing up my opinions. It seems we’re entering another of those stupid seasons humans impose on themselves at fairly regular intervals. My background is archaeology, so also history and anthropology. It leads me to look at big historical...

    The conflict in Ukraine is heating up again
    Jul25

    The conflict in Ukraine is heating up again

    Over 9,400 people have been killed in Ukraine since the conflict began. …read more Source: Business...

    Moldova’s Transnistrian conflict
    Jul25

    Moldova’s Transnistrian conflict

    Note: Our accounts contain the personal recollections and opinions of the individual interviewed. The views expressed should not be considered official statements of the U.S. government or the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. ADST conducts oral history interviews with retired U.S. diplomats, and uses their accounts to form...

    Bulgaria Concerned By Spike of Russian Airspace Violations
    Jul25

    Bulgaria Concerned By Spike of Russian Airspace Violations

    Russia has violated NATO-ally Bulgaria’s airspace 10 times in the last month in what the country’s minister of defense has described as provocation, Bulgarian state TV channel Nova TV reports. “The entry of Russian aircraft in our zone of exclusivity is provocation with an unclear goal,” Nenchev said. “This is highly worrying, which...

    Gdańsk – a city of solidarity with immigrants
    Jul25

    Gdańsk – a city of solidarity with immigrants

    Gdańsk – a city of solidarity with immigrants “(…) We have a Christian duty to welcome everyone in need who knocks at our door. This basic expression of evangelical love is also the source of inspiration for countless programs of solidarity towards immigrants… However, you don’t need to be a Christian to help. To...

    Kyiv Says Three Soldiers Killed In Eastern Ukraine
    Jul25

    Kyiv Says Three Soldiers Killed In Eastern Ukraine

    The Ukrainian military says three soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in fresh clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists in the country’s volatile east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...