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Cybersecurity. CISA urges enterprises to fix Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB flaw (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert urging enterprises to address the recently disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB CISA urges enterprises...

Afghanistan. The Fall Of Kabul, Peace Process And Afghanistan’s Political Future (ISAS)

The two decades-old war apparently ended in Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, with the Taliban cadres marching into Kabul without much resistance. Afghanistan’s President...

Nigeria/Russia. Nigeria To Buy Military Hardware From Russia (Lisa Vives, IDN)

Fighter jets, ammunition and other military hardware are among the top featured items in a new “landmark development in bilateral relations” between Moscow and...

Afghanistan/Turkey. Reports That Turkey Poised To Recognize Taliban As Afghanistan’s Government (RT)

NATO member Turkey is reportedly nearing a deal to recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban government and operate the Kabul airport in partnership with Qatar, paving the...

Yemen. At Least 30 Killed In Houthi Drone, Missile Attack On Airbase (Arab News)

At least 30 soldiers were killed and more than 65 injured on Sunday in an attack by the Iran-backed Houthi militia on a military...

India. Lessons From The Taliban: Only A Secular Democracy Can Keep India Integrated (Brig. Deepak Sethi (retd), outh Asia Monitor)

The Taliban’s capture of power in Afghanistan has grave geostrategic ramifications. It signals Islamic resurgence, affecting not only the wide swathe of Muslim nations...

Australia/USA. Abandoned And Alone: Lamenting The US-Australian Alliance (Binoy Kampmark, Eurasia Review)

Listening to Australian pundits talk about the relationship of their country with the US – at least from a strategic perspective – can be...

Japan. Framing Japan’s Economic Security Agenda (Titli Basu, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), Eurasia Review)

The COVID-19 pandemic has situated the policy conversation on economic security at the centre stage of national security calculus not just in Washington and...

Germany. Is German Industry At Risk Of Falling Behind In Digitalization? (Oliver Noyan, EurActiv, Eurasia Review)

The German economy is in danger of falling behind in Industry 4.0, digital association Bitkom warned in one of its position papers published on Thursday (26...

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