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Technology

Faxploit: Breaking the Unthinkable

The ‘Modern Day’ Fax Machine Which was invented first, the telephone or the fax machine? If you guessed the former, then try again. And if you’re surprised by that, imagine how surprised Napoleon III [...]
America

China, Unsure of How to Handle Trump, Braces for ‘New Cold War’

Perhaps nowhere outside America’s heartland is Donald Trump given more credit than in Beijing. In government offices and think tanks, universities and state-run newsrooms, there is an urgent debate underway about what many here [...]
ASEAN

South-east Asian I.S fighters: Where (in Syria) are they now?

Following the fall of their strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa, South-east Asian Islamic State (IS) fighters are believed to be holed up in the eastern Syrian province of Deir az-Zour. The south-east Asians – [...]
The Circulars

The Ukraine Circular – July 2018: Harvesting Peace or Sowing the Seeds of War?

The circulars are a summary of events and data points analyzed by DAFZ experts. This first series, focusing on the ongoing War in Ukraine, will regularly cover developments including, but not limited to those [...]
Russia & Eurasia

Who are Russia’s ‘political prisoners’?

Oleg Sentsov, a 42-year-old Ukrainian film director and outspoken critic of the Russian occupation of Crimea was arrested in May, 2014, and sentenced to twenty years in a high-security facility on charges of terrorism. [...]

Russia hits out as US doubles number of marines in Norway

August 17, 2018 0

The United States will more than double the number of marines stationed in Norway, in line with plans first outlined in June, the Norwegian defense ministry said on Wednesday. Plans to increase the number […]

Was Salvini right to blame Brussels for Genoa bridge collapse?

August 17, 2018 0

Earlier this year Emmanuel Macron hit out at European leaders who he claimed were quick to blame Brussels the moment anything went wrong at home. “To accuse Brussels and Strasbourg of every ill … […]

Japan’s defense industry continues to grow. But is it in for rough seas?

August 17, 2018 0

Japan’s homegrown defense industry continues to secure significant amounts of contracts from the U.S. government, but concerns linger over the high level of spending on big-ticket items acquired via the U.S. Foreign Military Sales […]

Pentagon Asia Policy Chief Talks South East Asia Military Cooperation, U.S. South China Sea Operations

August 17, 2018 0

Washington is in discussion with individual South-East Asian countries on what programs to support as part of the ongoing Maritime Security Initiative and the $290.5 million Foreign Military Financing (FMF) aid allocation for the […]

Romania and Black Sea Security

August 17, 2018 0

The Black Sea is a body of many monikers: NATO euphemistically calls the sea an area of “strategic importance,” former Romanian President Traian Băsescu famously dubbed it “a Russian lake” in 2005 and the […]

The discord in the Korean peace process

August 17, 2018 0

Last week, the South Korean Blue House announced preparations for another summit – what will be the third – between President Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un in the northern autumn. Both […]