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(USA/Defense Strategy) Defense strategy and the empire state of mind: how preparing for the best can leave Washington vulnerable to the rest (War on...

EVAN MONTGOMERY Is it really possible for the United States to maintain its extensive global security commitments while dealing with four serious rivals across three separate regions? https://warontherocks.com/2021/02/defense-strategy-and-the-empire-state-of-mind-how-preparing-for-the-best-can-leave-washington-vulnerable-to-the-rest/

(Africa/Decentralisation) The (de-)central question: Subnational governments and the making of development in Africa (VOXEU)

Yohan Iddawela, Neil Lee, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose Differences in the quality of local and regional governments and their implications for development have attracted considerable attention, especially...

(Cyber Warfare/Hacking) The US Government is going to respond to the SolarWinds hack very soon (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/114840/cyber-warfare-2/us-government-response-solarwinds.html

(Data Breach/Hacking) Sequoia Capital Venture Capital firm discloses a data breach (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/114831/hacking/sequoia-capital-data-breach.html

(Hacking/Security) SonicWall releases second firmware updates for SMA 100 vulnerability (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/114818/security/sonicwall-firmware-updates-sma-100.html

(Cyber Crime/Malware) Silver Sparrow, a new malware infects Mac systems using Apple M1 chip (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/114805/malware/silver-sparrow-malware-apple-m1-chip.html

(India) Duplicitous online speech regulation imperils Indian democracy (East Asia Forum)

Charitarth Bharti, NUS During India’s Republic Day celebrations on 26 January, a protest parade of farmers marched through Delhi in the hopes of repealing three arguably...

(USA/Yemen/Iran) “The Yemeni Maneuver” – Biden Administration Gives a Free Pass to Iran (JCPA)

Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall, Jerusalem Center - Iran Desk On February 16, 2021, the Biden administration removed the Houthi rebels (Ansar Allah) in Yemen from...

(Iran/Hezbollah/Israel/Lebanon) Hezbollah’s Advanced Missile Targets Israeli Drone as Israel Rethinks Purpose of Future War (BESA Center)

Yaakov Lappin Hezbollah’s firing of an advanced surface-to-air missile at an Israeli intelligence-gathering drone over Lebanon on February 3 is an acute reminder of the high-stakes cat-and-mouse...

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