Iranian air-defense systems thwarted a drone strike on a military facility in the central city of Isfahan, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported on April 5. The April 4 attack, which targeted the city’s Amir al-Momenin military complex, failed to cause any damage, according to Tasnim. The incident is “under investigation,” Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told…
US, Allies Working to Bring Ukraine ‘Up to NATO Standards’: Blinken
The United States is working with its allies to bring Ukraine’s military up to NATO standards but is not currently providing the nation with a roadmap for membership, according to America’s top diplomat. Though Ukrainian leadership is eager for more NATO support, up to and including joining the alliance, the organization was steadily focusing on…
LIVE 10 AM ET: Managing China-Related Proliferation Challenges: A Hudson Institute Discussion
April 5, 2023
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How can China’s implementation of its nonproliferation commitments be improved? Can Chinese support for curbing horizontal nuclear proliferation regarding North Korea and Iran be enhanced? Hudson Institute Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis and Senior Fellow Richard Weitz, Japan Chair Fellow Komei Isozaki, Youngjun Kim of Korea National Defense University, Yeseul Woo of King’s…
Managing China-Related Proliferation Challenges: A Hudson Institute Discussion
April 5, 2023
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How can China’s implementation of its nonproliferation commitments be improved? Can Chinese support for curbing horizontal nuclear proliferation regarding North Korea and Iran be enhanced? Hudson Institute Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis and Senior Fellow Richard Weitz, Japan Chair Fellow Komei Isozaki, Youngjun Kim of Korea National Defense University, Yeseul Woo of King’s…
A Resounding ‘No’: Liberal Party to Oppose Indigenous Voice to Parliament
An “overwhelming majority” of Liberal Party MPs have voted to oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, according to opposition leader Peter Dutton. Dutton revealed the Australian centre-right Liberals will join its Coalition partner, the Nationals, in opposing a change to Australia’s Constitution after a two-hour party room meeting in Canberra. “We’ve been clear that we…
More Dangerous: Humans or AI?
April 5, 2023
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Commentary I was on an Australian TV program last week when the host, a respected and long-serving figure of the conservative media, decided to allow ChatGPT (an AI text generator) to draft the next segment about itself. As he was reading the AI-generated script from the prompter, it sounded perfectly reasonable—albeit hollow and devoid of…
Australia Discreetly Discontinues AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine
April 5, 2023
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The Australian government has quietly removed approval from the Vaxzevria AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which has been linked to rare but the serious side effect of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia (TTS) involving blood clots combined with low levels of blood platelets. The federal health department updated its website to advise that the vaccine developed in the United…
Do the Liberals Need to Listen to the People?
Commentary The political commentary after the defeat of the centre-right Liberals in the Aston by-election, held over the weekend, was brutally honest and sarcastic. For example, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, commenting on the spectacular win of the centre-left Labor candidate, said that voters disliked the Coalition’s negativity and that the vote was supportive of the…
Does the Liberal Party Need to ‘Listen’ or Stand by Its Values?
Commentary The political commentary after the defeat of the centre-right Liberals in the Aston by-election, held over the weekend, was brutally honest and sarcastic. For example, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, commenting on the spectacular win of the centre-left Labor candidate, said that voters disliked the Coalition’s negativity and that the vote was supportive of the…
Greens Call Tiktok Ban a Publicity Stunt, Opposition Wants Nationwide Ban
The Greens have called the federal government’s decision to ban TikTok on all government devices a publicity stunt to mask the Albanese government’s failings on data privacy across the social media spectrum. Greens party digital rights spokesperson, Senator David Shoebridge, said that banning TikTok is not a serious reform and argued it could just be…
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