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(USA) Biden poised to pick Obama-era security veterans for 3 top cyber roles (Eric Geller, Politico)

The leading candidates for the cyber positions have been described as well prepared to confront an ongoing cyber espionage crisis and other digital security...

(USA) White House launches ‘comprehensive threat assessment’ on domestic extremism (Natasha Bertrand, Politico)

The assessment comes on the heels of a deadly riot at the Capitol staged by right-wing extremists earlier this month https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/white-house-assessment-domestic-extremism-461390

(Russia) GLONASS Program for 2021–2030 (Pavel Luzin, The Jamestown Foundation)

In January, Russia started a new federal ten-year program for developing a GLONASS dual-use satellite navigation system. Its main goal, and challenge, is to...

(Russia) Growing Presence of Cossacks in 2021 (Richard Arnold, The Jamestown Foundation)

The role of Cossack organizations in Russian life will likely grow in 2021, as last month’s Presidential Council for Cossack Affairs (PCCA) meeting demonstrated. https://jamestown.org/program/growing-presence-of-cossacks-in-2021/

(Russia/Karabakh) Russian “Peacekeeping” in Karabakh: Old Model, New Features, Mission Creep (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

Under the November 9–10, 2020 armistice declaration, Russia’s “peacekeeping” mission in Upper (Nagorno) Karabakh is limited to 1,960 motor-rifle troops with light weapons and...

(NATO/USA/New START/Russia) NATO welcomes US intention to extend New START with Russia (Xinhua, Global Times)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Friday welcomed US President Joe Biden's newly announced intention to extend by five years a bilateral treaty...

(India) India’s capacity to produce high-quality vaccines questioned after fire (Wang Qi, Global Times)

Observers and netizens questioned India's capacity to manufacture and produce high-quality vaccines after a fire ravaged a plant at India’s biggest vaccine maker and...

(China) China adopts coastguard law, safeguarding sovereignty in Diaoyu Islands (Wang Qi and Xing Xiaojing, Global Times)

China passed its coastguard legislation on Friday, and experts said China will safeguard sovereignty regarding the dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu Islands. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202101/1213649.shtml

(China/Bosnia and Herzegovina) China’s Sinopharm donates anti-epidemic supplies to BiH hospital (Xinhua, Global Times)

China Sinopharm International Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinopharm (China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation), has donated a batch of epidemic prevention supplies to a...

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