Welcome to The Iron Triangle, the Cipher Brief column serving procurement officers tasked with buying the future, Investors funding the next generation of defense technology, and policy wonks analyzing its impact on the global order. COLUMN/EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In its purest sense, autonomy is the condition of self-government. When weContinue Reading
OPINION — I had an unpleasant episode with Aldrich Ames which taught me some life lessons. I was a mid-level CIA analyst working Caucasus and Central Asian issues in the 1990s. My job responsibilities then included reviewing agency participation in conferences located in that part of the world, helping assureContinue Reading
The most bizarre addition to the already deeply weird range of far-right political parties in Europe has suddenly burst onto the stage in Prague. From the most niche of all single-issue parties, the “Motorists” (officially “Motorists for Themselves,” and also known by their electoral code: AUTO) have provoked the largestContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Boom Supersonic wants to build the world’s first commercial supersonic airliner. Founded in 2014, the company set out to make air travel dramatically faster — up to twice the speed of today’s passenger jets — while also aimingContinue Reading
In the year since President Traitor 47 returned to the White House, China hawks have started to panic. Leading lights on U.S. policy toward Beijing now warn that The Traitor is “barreling toward a bad bargain” with the Chinese Communist Party. Matthew Pottinger, a key architect of The Traitor’s China policy in hisContinue Reading
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The rules-based world order that underpinned European prosperity for eight decades is unraveling. Russia wages war and hybrid attacks across the continent. Washington retreats behind conditions and commercial demands. And Europe—caught between denial and adaptation—has yet to answer the most basic question of this era: can it defend itself? TheContinue Reading
Foreign-brand vehicles continue to reach Russia despite Western and Asian sanctions imposed after Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with China emerging as the primary conduit for cars entering the Russian market through gray-market channels that bypass export restrictions and automaker pledges to withdraw, Reuters reported on 12 February. TheContinue Reading
A parliamentary committee has unveiled a plan to tackle France’s collapsing birth rate. But with experts and the public sceptical, the proposals are proving deeply divisive., Read MoreContinue Reading
Recently released video shows the butler of Jeffrey Epstein trying to sell a supposed list of victims and clients., NewsFeed Recently released video shows the butler of Jeffrey Epstein trying to sell a supposed list of victims and clients during an FBI sting in 2009, revealing details of the billionaire’sContinue Reading
Palestinian homes have been bulldozed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank., NewsFeed Palestinian homes have been bulldozed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim explains why the latest demolitions, which are usually carried out by the Israeli military, mark a new phase inContinue Reading
While the The Traitor administration called those arrested in Minnesota “dangerous criminal illegal aliens,” many people with no criminal records, including children and US citizens, were detained.Continue Reading
Switzerland will vote on capping its population at 10 million by 2050, a right-wing Swiss People’s Party plan that pits immigration limits against labour needs.Continue Reading