Category: International

LIVE NOW: Preparing for the Dissolution of the Russian Federation: Panel

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine will eventually come to an end. Many believe that a Russian defeat will likely lead to the dissolution of the Russian Federation. Understanding the possibility and preparing for the new Eurasian geopolitical reality is a practical challenge to the policymakers of the United States and its allies. The Hudson Institute…


Preparing for the Dissolution of the Russian Federation: Panel

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine will eventually come to an end. Many believe that a Russian defeat will likely lead to the dissolution of the Russian Federation. Understanding the possibility and preparing for the new Eurasian geopolitical reality is a practical challenge to the policymakers of the United States and its allies. The Hudson Institute…


Defence Force Review Completed, Next Steps to Be Determined in ‘Weeks’

The federal government is now considering the results of a six-month review of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to determine whether it is fit for purpose to deal with a militarily aggressive Chinese Communist Party. The report was ordered last August by the newly elected Labor government and came just two years after the 2020…


Threat of COVID-Linked Extremism on the Decline in Australia After the Lifting of Restrictions

Threat levels of violent extremism linked to COVID lockdowns have decreased markedly over the past year, according to Australia’s domestic spy chief. “It is true; there are less people in this country who want to conduct active violence in the name of their cause,” said Mike Burgess, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)….


‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’

An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…


‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’: Worker

An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…


Polish Officials Observe Training of Ukrainians on New Tanks

SWIETOSZOW, Poland—Poland’s president and defense minister met Monday with Polish and foreign instructors intensively training Ukrainian troops to operate the German-made Leopard 2 tanks that some European countries and Canada have offered Kyiv to help fight the Russian invasion. President Andrzej Duda and minister Mariusz Blaszczak also watched Leopard 2 training at a military base…


Americans Chock and Bates Win Four Continents Ice Dance

Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their third Four Continents ice dance title in Colorado on Sunday after setting both free dance and overall career-best scores to edge Canadian pair Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen. Performing to “Souffrance” and “Les Tectoniques,” Chock and Bates, who led after the short program on Friday, earned…


The French Pension War

Commentary When a million people protest on the streets of Paris and most major French cities, you know there is a serious problem in French society. The protests, which had been going on for four days, culminated on Feb. 11 in Paris, where reportedly half a million people participated. The vitriol directed at the president…


Lack of Winter Olympic Bids May Lead to Rotating Fixed Hosts

MERIBEL, France—Considering the dearth of candidates to stage the Winter Olympics amid spiralling venue costs, the IOC may have to resort to lining up a list of fixed, rotating hosts. A highly theoretical list could include Salt Lake City and Vancouver in North America, Pyeongchang in Asia and places like Switzerland, Italy and Scandinavia in…