British Prime Minister Theresa May meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the G20 in Osaka, Japan.
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Despite the UK’s close relationship with Saudi Arabia, the British public think much the same about its global influence as they do about Russia and Iran – and it isn’t good.
Trump’s poll numbers went up after high levels of Russian troll activity, though Clinton’s didn’t go down.
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An analysis of social media troll activity during the 2016 election campaign shows that exposure to Russian propaganda may have helped change American minds in favor of Republican candidate Trump.
Power grids are high priority targets during conflict.
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US and Russian tension over power grid cyber attacks is a concern for global stability, but it also highlights our own critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.
In this April 2017 photo, Georgian border guards patrol a border with Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, near the village of Khurvaleti, Georgia.
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International recognition of South Ossetia would allow for increased economic, political and cultural contacts with the outside world and prevent the country from being integrated into Russia.
Companies use data to make a portrait of their users.
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Big tech companies compete over who can gather the most intelligence on their users. Countries like Russia and China turn this information against their citizens.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zambian President Edgar Lungu meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in 2018.
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Russia’s goal is to become one of Africa’s strategic partners through trade and armed support.
President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy (a former comedian) during his inauguration in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine. May 20, 2019.
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Newly inaugurated as president, Zelenskiy is now preparing to fight a parliamentary election – while Russia and the West look on.
How much is your backpack and the laptop that it contains worth to you?
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More than 40 people died in the May 5, 2019 crash, and reports indicate that passengers taking luggage with them may have slowed the evacuation. So what do we need to do to stop such behaviour?
Trump signed an executive order on May 15 that signals USA is concerned about sabotage through Chinese telcos such as Huawei.
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Trump’s new executive order reflects a fear of sabotage, where an enemy such as China or Russia could turn off critical infrastructure like the internet or communications capability.
An attempt is unavoidable, so reform from the inside.
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The European Parliament is particularly vulnerable to meddling. So let’s change the way it works.
President Jimmy Carter, right, surrounded by journalists after announcing he was lifting the travel ban on Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia, March 9, 1977.
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President Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy efforts may have been far more effective than critics have claimed.
A new-generation weapon, in white, launches from an older one, the B-52 bomber.
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Missiles that fly 3,000 mph or faster – much faster than the speed of sound – are the next generation of high-technology weapons.
The beluga whale was reportedly very friendly.
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Russia isn’t the only nation suspected of training marine mammals for military use – the US, UK, and Ukraine have all done so in the past.
Ukrainian comedian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy performs on stage during a show in Brovary, near Kiev, Ukraine.
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What will the decisive outcome mean for Ukraine’s relationship with Russian and the West?
On a cold December night, the symbol of Russia’s imperial prowess went up in flames.
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After the building that symbolized ‘all that is Russian’ went up in flames, the czar scrambled to restore it to its former glory.
The biggest little bird in the nest.
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On the back of the Mueller investigation’s apparent exoneration of the POTUS, here’s another surprise.
In the first year of ‘Russiagate’ coverage, the combined profits from Fox News, MSNBC and CNN increased by 13 percent.
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For the rest of us, it’s another sign of the country’s eroding media and political landscape.
US demonstrators who favor and oppose stricter gun laws, in 2018.
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Legislators in a growing number of democracies are clamping down on civil society. In the United States, it’s happening at the state level.
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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Ukrainians have lost faith in the political class – and are looking for new alternatives. Populism and Russia may benefit.
In Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib province, on February 26, 2019: a man holds the body of his daughter, killed in a bombardment by pro-Assad forces.
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Giving up means giving the Assad regime and Russia both a strategic and intellectual victory with incalculable consequences for global security.