How COVID-19 is shaping countries’ foreign policies (in cyberspace) — Fake Interview Emails During the 12-day period from February 2 — 13, 2020, six Iranian-American scientists received emails supposedly sent by Farnaz Fassihi, an award-winning Iranian-American journalist who previously wrote for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for 17 years, and now writes for the New York Times. …

Regional influence & force projection capabilities — A Private Meeting On Monday, July 31, 2017, four men met for a private meeting in one of the luxurious suites at the Baltschug Kempinski Moscow hotel in Central Moscow. The Kremlin, the Kremlin Wall, its towers and their spires, the Red Square and the onion domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral were all…

How to use APTs in territorial disputes — Strategic Support Force (SSF) On December 31, 2015, the Chinese government re-organized its military and created a Strategic Support Force (SSF) that was tasked with enhancing the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) space, cyberspace, electromagnetic spectrum, and psychological warfare capabilities. The core objective of the SSF was to facilitate and guarantee the PLA’s victory in…

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Date: February 7, 2018 | Location: Deir al-Zour, Syria — On February 7, 2018, the U.S. military had to defend itself against pro-Syrian government forces and Russian mercenaries, while deployed to fight the Islamic State in Syria. …

Incomplete Facts, Echo Chambers and Value Systems — #FactsOnly On Thursday, August 22, 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California unsealed a 145-page, 252-count Grand Jury Indictment, which was dated October 2018 and filed on June 27, 2019. The indictment charged 80 defendants — mostly Nigerians of Igbo extraction — with participating in a…