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Cyber-Security Proposals  for the G7 Summit in 2016

Cyber-Security Proposals for the G7 Summit in 2016

(March 21st) The G7 nations have a big stake in creating a stable and secure cyberspace, in the public and private spheres. Accordingly, The Boston Global Forum, as part of its BGF-G7 Summit Initiative, proposes I. That the G7 nations encourage adoption of norms set...

More  activity by China on reef it seized from the Philippines

More activity by China on reef it seized from the Philippines

(March, 21st) The United States is seeing what may be new Chinese  surveying at a reef in the South China Sea that China seized from the Philippines nearly four years ago.   The United States is seeing what may be new Chinese  surveying at a reef in the South...

Terrorist in Paris massacres seized in Brussels

Terrorist in Paris massacres seized in Brussels

(March, 21st) Belgian forces have hunted down and captured Salah Abdeslam, believed to be the last surviving member of Islamic State  terrorists who murdered 130 people and wounded  more than 400 others in attacks last Nov. 13 in Paris.   Belgian forces have...

Chinese cyber-attacks on U.S. continue unabated

Chinese cyber-attacks on U.S. continue unabated

(March, 21st) Admiral Mike Rogers, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command, told Congress last week that the Chinese government continues to engage in intensive cyber-attacks on the U.S, government and private sector. Admiral Mike Rogers, the commander of U.S. Cyber...

Pentagon stepping up cyber-war against ISIS

Pentagon stepping up cyber-war against ISIS

(29th Feb 2016) In what some observers think is a too-delayed action, the U.S. military has dramatically stepped up its cyber-attacks against Islamic State terrorists. In what some observers think is a too-delayed action, the U.S. military has dramatically stepped up...

China not helping with North Korean and South China Sea crisis

China not helping with North Korean and South China Sea crisis

(29th Feb 2016) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Washington .   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Washington this week on various bilateral issues and then held a press...