The Institute for the Study of War, a hawkish think tank in Washington, is funded by defense contractors, which means it favors a militarized and confrontational foreign policy. To understand where U.S-Russia Cold War is going–where it will be fought and how–I follow ISW, albeit with care. Russia’s spy games do not justify another Cold...
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NBA Star Enes Kanter Dunks on Erdogan
In a column for the Washington Post, Enes Kanter, star player for the New York Knicks basketball team, continued his criticism of Turkey’s president Recep Erdogan. Kanter’s teammates will be playing at NBA game in London this week. Kanter won’t accompany them, as he fears for his life I wouldn’t travel this week to Britain,...
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Mueller: Alleged Russian Agent Had Contact with Manafort After Trump’s Election
These contacts, reported by Daily Beast, are doubly significant if Manafort’s former aide, Konstanin Kilimnik, is a Russian intelligence agent. Kilimnik, a dual Russian-Ukrainian citizen, studied at the Russian military’s main university for languages, which has led to speculation that he has ties to Russian military intelligence. Kilimnick denies he is agent. In the new filing,...
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No Intelligence Supports Bolton’s Iran Charges, Analyst Says
“We have little doubt that Iran’s leadership is still strategically committed to achieving deliverable nuclear weapons.” So said national security adviser John Bolton in Israel last week. The problem is, says Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation, U.S. intelligence does not agree. In a piece for Defense One, he writes Director of...
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Mossad Chief Reportedly Met With Saudi, UAE, and Egypt Intelligence Officials
Israeli press has been reporting for several months that flamboyant Mossad chief Eli Cohen has been cultivating Arab allies for Israel’s confronational stance toward Iran. Cohen has previously been linked to Israeli outreach efforts to Arab states, with Channel 10 news reporting in November that he played the lead role in contacts between Israel and...