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August 30, 2024

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: August 30, 2024

Court rules TikTok not shielded by Section 230; Telegram founder arrested; Chinese hackers break into U.S. ISPs; Tech companies criticize Malaysian licensing plan; Misinformation surges in India.

Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 23, 2016

July 25, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: At Victory Temple, "Leading By Example, Not By Doctorate"

This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former e…

Photo of Pastor Lagosian Shina Enitan at Victory Temple

April 1, 2017

Human Rights
Ronald Reagan, Deane Hinton, and "Fake News" in The New York Times

The term "fake news" is no doubt over-used these days, but there is such a thing. Indeed, there is even such a thing as a "fake news" obituary. A prime example of distortion and false reporting can b…

June 19, 2024

Qatar
Why All the Criticism of Qatar?

Qatari-owned "news" media like Al Jazeera and Al-Quds Al-Arabi are not independent news sources, and continue to show deep hostility to the United States in their biased reporting.

June 21, 2024

Election 2024
Election 2024: Will Next Week’s Debate Shake Up the Presidential Race?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump hope that next Thursday’s debate will ti…

Donald Trump and Joe Biden at the presidential debate held in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. CHIP SOMODEVILLA/Pool via REUTERS

June 5, 2024

India
Modi’s Historic, Sobering Elections and His Economic Challenge

The third term win for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was an unsurprising result, but the loss of Parliament seats means his party will need to work with a fragile coalition government to enact …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he arrives at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

March 6, 2024

India
India Strives to Balance Interests in the Middle East

As conflict intensifies in the Middle East, India's government attempts to juggle relations in the region.

Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation bid farewell to Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India at the Presidential Airport, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates February 14, 2024.

December 4, 2023

India
Renditions and Extrajudicial Assassinations Increasingly Becoming the Norm in International Relations

Governments have increasingly employed extrajudicial assassinations to target dissidents.

Protestors hold wooden signs and stand in front of a cardboard cutout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.