Focusing on the Middle East, it is quite possible to argue that Russian activities in the region since 2005 have been a significant cause of US-Russian tensions. Beginning in 2005, Russia has made a major effort to increase its influence in the region. This is in part a counterweight to NATO’s expansion eastward and in [...]

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However, military expert Pavel Felgengauer wrote in the Russian daily Novaya Gazeta that he suspected there is much more to the Iskander deployment than the desire to pressure the Europeans.
According to Felgengauer, the deployment represents a threat not only to European countries but also to Israel, because the missiles could be sold to Iran and [...]

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A Saudi Arabian newspaper said Sunday that suspected Al Qaeda terrorists were allegedly able to smuggle eight Chinese-made missiles into the kingdom before they were arrested as part of a terror sweep.
The daily Okaz, which is deemed close to the government, quoting unnamed officials as saying militants wanted to use the missiles to allegedly target [...]

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Western intelligence sources have reported that in the wake of the Annapolis Conference, the Gulf States have intensified their security cooperation in preparation for a possible military confrontation between the United States and Iran.
At the beginning of the month, all the Gulf States (who are members of the cooperation council) are scheduled to meet. Saudi [...]

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Online attacks will be on the rise as more governments strategize how to use cyberspace as the next battlefield. A startling new report finds that national security could be threatened by attacks that hit the heart of the Web.
Digital Journal — In the future, it won’t be artillery and nuclear weapons as the main tools [...]

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New Iran nuclear sanctions ‘in weeks’
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The US, France and Britain are urging quick and tough new sanctions, but statements by Russia and China have suggested they are sceptical. …
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Now, the idea of China as an “all-weather friend” seems more like a mirage. Frustrations about China’s trade policy have been piling up.
EU-Chinese relations are at a crossroads. It is obvious that the attitudes among policy makers in Brussels have shifted from China euphoria to prudence and even scepticism.
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ISRAEL’S top-secret air raid on Syria in September destroyed a bomb factory assembling warheads fuelled by North Korean plutonium, a leading Israeli nuclear expert has told The Sunday Times.
Professor Uzi Even of Tel Aviv University was one of the founders of the Israeli nuclear reactor at Dimona, the source of the Jewish state’s undeclared nuclear [...]

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