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June 04, 2015

Chatham House Report

Keir Giles, Philip Hanson, Roderic Lyne, James Nixey, James Sherr and Andrew Wood

West 'must hike forces over Russia'
Thursday June 4th, 2015 at 1:41 PM

The West urgently needs to strengthen its conventional military forces in the face of continued aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a leading foreign affairs think-tank is warning.

A major study by Chatham House said the conflict in Ukraine - where Moscow is backing separatist rebels against the government in Kiev - would be a "defining factor" for the future security of Europe.

It warned that any unravelling of the settlement that has endured since the end of the Cold War could lead to the collapse of both the Nato alliance and the European Union.

The report suggested the outbreak of a wider European conflict could even see Moscow use tactical nuclear weapons, which have been a significant part of Russian military doctrine since the days of the Soviet Union.

"Just because something is unimaginable for Western planners does not mean it is not considered a viable option by Russia," it said.

The report - whose authors include two former ambassadors to Moscow, Sir Roderic Lyne and Sir Andrew Wood - is scathing about the failure of Western leaders to foresee the crisis in Ukraine, accusing them of "collective amnesia".

At every stage, the report said, Mr Putin had been encouraged in his ambitions by the "weak and unconvincing responses" from the West - including following Russia's seizure of the provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia in 2008.

"The Kremlin perceives that Europe lacks the will to pay the necessary price to defend its principles," it said.

"Russian ambitions and intentions had been telegraphed for well over a decade, but the West found it easier at the time to disregard them and indulge in the fantasy that Russia was progressing towards a liberal-democratic model with which the West felt comfortable.

"The war in Ukraine is, in part, the result of the West's laissez-faire approach to Russia."

With Russia embarked on a programme of military modernisation, it said that it was vital that the West now showed it was prepared to stand up to further aggression - including the so-called "hybrid" tactics deployed in Ukraine such as the use of unbadged troops and local proxies.

"Nato must retain its credibility as a deterrent to Russian aggression. In particular, it needs to demonstrate that limited war is impossible and that the response to 'ambiguous' or 'hybrid' war will be robust," it said.

"Conventional deterrent capability must be restored as a matter of urgency and convincingly conveyed, to avoid presenting Russia with inviting targets."

Failure to provide effective support for the Ukrainian government - whose forces have been "outgunned and outmanned" by the separatists - would, it said, have far-reaching consequences for Europe and the wider Western alliance.

"The conflict in Ukraine is a defining factor for the future of European security," the report said.

"Ukraine's failure would deepen instability in Eastern Europe, increase the risk of further Kremlin adventures and diminish the prospects for eventual beneficial change in Russia.

"Russia may have the greater interest in Ukraine. But the West has an even bigger interest in preserving the post-Cold War environment. If that is dismantled, it is conceivable that Nato and the EU could collapse too."

The current crisis comes at a time when Mr Putin is facing the greatest challenge of his 15-year rule, the report said, with economic collapse and rampant corruption casting doubt on the survivability of his regime. However, that did not make the situation any less dangerous.

"Indeed one school of thought holds that Moscow is at its most dangerous when weak," the report said.

"Whether the present leadership endures or is prematurely replaced, the way ahead will be complex and potentially turbulent. The events of the last 18 months have demonstrated conclusively that when dealing with Russia, optimism is not a strategy."

Europe Minister David Lidington said: "The blame for the current crisis lies squarely with Russia and the separatists in eastern Ukraine, who are backed by the Russian authorities.

"No-one could have predicted the scale of Russia's illegal intervention in Ukraine, but we remain clear that Russia must recognise the independence and territorial integrity of all of its neighbours, as well as fulfil its obligations under the Minsk agreement in full to resolve this crisis.

"The UK is working closely with EU and G7 partners in response to Russian actions in Ukraine. By imposing a robust sanctions regime, we have shown Russia that its unjustifiable and illegal actions will not be tolerated.

"The UK is also playing a leading role in Nato exercises in Eastern Europe and with Baltic partners as part of the assurance measures and collective defence in the region."

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West 'must strengthen forces in face of Russia'
Thursday June 4th, 2015 at 1:38 PM

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Russia’s continued aggression means the West should now begin arming the Ukrainian government so it can defend itself, a former Nato secretary general said.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen told the BBC: “We have reached the stage now where individual nations should consider the delivery of defensive weapons to the Ukrainians to make them more capable to defend their own country.”

He admitted it was difficult to say what was a defensive or offensive weapon and said “sometimes an offensive action is the best defence”.

Russian servicemen take part in the Victory Day Parade in the Red Square

The war in Ukraine is now a "defining factor" for the future security of Europe according to the think tank study, whose authors include two former British ambassadors to Moscow, Sir Roderic Lyne and Sir Andrew Wood.

Its concludes the Nato alliance must “retain its credibility as a deterrent to Russian aggression” and show it will react robustly to any other Kremlin attempts to destabilise nations.

“Conventional deterrent capability must be restored as a matter of urgency and convincingly conveyed, to avoid presenting Russia with inviting targets,” the report finds.

The report is damning about Western leaders’ failures to predict the annexation of Crimea and says Russia has been clearly more aggressive for more than a decade.

At every stage, including after Russia’s conflict with Georgia in 2008, Mr Putin had been encouraged by the "weak and unconvincing responses" from the West.

"The Kremlin perceives that Europe lacks the will to pay the necessary price to defend its principles," it says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

"The war in Ukraine is, in part, the result of the West's laissez-faire approach to Russia."

Former hopes that Russia under Putin could be a partner for the West have been dashed.

The country under the former KGB officer is increasingly authoritarian and has dramatically increased military spending.

“Moscow and the West have competing, conflicting and entirely incompatible agendas,” the report says.

“Second, Putin is a fundamentally anti-Western leader whose serial disregard for the truth has destroyed his credibility as a negotiating partner.”

But it also warns that Russia is in drastic need of reform and in economic decline which could one day sweep away its president.

The report warns: “Western countries need to consider the possible consequences of a chaotic end to the Putin system.”

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The West Must Stand Up To Vladimir Putin Or Risk Moscow’s Use Of Tactical Nuclear Weapons, British Intelligence Experts Warn
Thursday June 4th, 2015 at 1:37 PM

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If the West fails to stand up to Vladimir Putin and Moscow, then it could initiate a chain of events which would lead to World War 3, British intelligence experts have warned.

The U.K’s foreign affairs think-tank, Chatham House, has issued a report which states that Putin and Moscow could easily use tactical nuclear weapons on Europe in the future and create a possible World War 3 scenario.

“Just because something is unimaginable for Western planners does not mean it is not considered a viable option by Russia.”

The authors of the report include Sir Roderic Lyne and Sir Andrew Wood. The two former ambassadors to Moscow are well-aware just how ruthless Vladimir Putin can be. They are hypercritical in their condemnation of the Western leaders’ failure to predict the Ukraine crisis, and its potential to be one of the contributing factors to a World War 3 scenario.

The report accuses U.S. President Barack Obama and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron of suffering from a “collective amnesia,” and whose “weak and unconvincing responses” have encouraged Putin to further his global interests and ambitions.

“The Kremlin perceives that the West lacks the will to pay the necessary price to defend its principles.”

The report states that lack of effective support for the “outgunned and outmanned” Ukrainian government by the West would have far reaching consequences for the Western alliance, namely the possible risk of a World War 3 situation.

“The conflict in Ukraine is a defining factor for the future of European security. Russia may have the greater interest in Ukraine, but the West has an even bigger interest in preserving the post-Cold War environment. If that is dismantled, it is conceivable that Nato and the EU could collapse too.”

The report, which indicates World War 3 could be a possible outcome of current global situations if the West refuses to act accordingly, also admits that Putin currently faces the biggest challenge of his 15-year rule.

However, the British intelligence experts stress that Putin’s fragile position could make the Russian bear even more dangerous if provoked.

“Indeed one school of thought holds that Moscow is at its most dangerous when weak.”

The Express reports that the intelligence paper arrives at a time when both Europe and the U.S. are facing increasing aggression and bullish manoeuvres from Putin.

In May of this year, both Britain and Sweden scrambled fighters to intercept Russian bombers who were close to violating their respective airspaces, and a Russian fighter’s “sloppy and unsafe” interception of a U.S. reconnaissance plane in international aerospace above the Baltic Sea has caused the United States to file a complaint with Russia.

Europe Minister David Lidington has announced, in no uncertain terms, Europe’s intentions to curb Putin’s aggressive tactics.

“The blame for the current crisis lies squarely with Russia and the separatists in eastern Ukraine, who are backed by the Russian authorities. The UK is working closely with EU and G7 partners in response to Russian actions in Ukraine.

By imposing a robust sanctions regime, we have shown Russia that its unjustifiable and illegal actions will not be tolerated.”

What respect Putin will give to such words is questionable, but as the British intelligence report indicates, the West must start effectively standing up to Putin and defend what it holds dear if it is to prevent the hell and horror of a World War 3 scenario.

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NATO and EU 'Could Collapse' if Ukraine Falls
Thursday June 4th, 2015 at 1:36 PM

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In what should be a sharp wake-up call for Western leaders, Chatham House’s ‘The Russian Challenge’ report warns NATO members should discard “convenient or fashionable narratives” and instead re-prioritise to face up to the realities of Russian expansionism.

Describing the Ukrainian conflict as a “defining” event for the future of Europe, the report, which is printed in both English and Russia Cyrillic, notes that Putin and his allies are fully aware that as things stand Europe is totally unwilling to “pay the price” to “defend its principles”.

The almost total failure of Europe to stand up to Putin in the former Ukraine has allowed Russia to develop a proxy buffer-state along their Western border, and if the country consequently fails will force European leaders to concede “there can be no security without Russia”, giving it a privileged position in the emerging global order. The report states:

“For the Kremlin, war is a clash of wills as much as resources. In the absence of constraints on Russian military power, the risk is not that Russia could impose a military solution, but that it might enforce a political one that would damage the West’s interests and nullify its efforts”.

The most concerning warnings in the document is the acknowledgement of the increasingly prominent place of tactical nuclear weapons in Russian strategic and even diplomatic thinking, as a perverse expression of “soft power”. Although the use of limited nuclear strike may seem inconceivable today, ‘The Russian Challenge’ acknowledges “The experience of Crimea shows that just because something is unimaginable for Western planners does not mean it is not considered a viable option by Russia”.

The advice that the West concentrate on consolidating defence, and making clear to Russia that further limited wars will be met with a strong conventional response flies in the face of present British government policy, which is following up deep cuts in defence during the coalition with a further £1 billion savings this year. Former head of the Royal Navy Lord West of Spithead has said of the new round of cuts that it risks reduucing the UK to an “irrrelevance” on the world stage.

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Thursday June 4th, 2015 at 1:35 PM

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Foreign affairs think-tank Chatham House warned that the conflict in Ukraine would be a "defining factor" for the future security of Europe – and suggested Moscow could use tactical nuclear weapons on Europe in future.

"Just because something is unimaginable for Western planners does not mean it is not considered a viable option by Russia," it said.

At every stage, the report said, Mr Putin had been encouraged in his ambitions by the "weak and unconvincing responses" from the West.

"The Kremlin perceives that Europe lacks the will to pay the necessary price to defend its principles," it said.

"The conflict in Ukraine is a defining factor for the future of European security," the report said.

It continued: "Russia may have the greater interest in Ukraine. But the West has an even bigger interest in preserving the post-Cold War environment.

"If that is dismantled, it is conceivable that Nato and the EU could collapse too."

The current crisis comes at a time when Mr Putin is facing the greatest challenge of his 15-year rule, the report said.

But this could make the situation more dangerous, Chatham House warned.

"Indeed one school of thought holds that Moscow is at its most dangerous when weak," the report said.

The stark warning comes as Europe faces increasing aggression from Putin.

Earlier this month, both Britain and Sweden said that they had scrambled fighters to intercept Russian bombers near their territory.

The United States said last month that it was filing a complaint to Russia over a Russian fighter's "sloppy" and unsafe interception of a U.S. reconnaissance plane in international aerospace over the Baltic Sea.

Europe Minister David Lidington said: "The blame for the current crisis lies squarely with Russia and the separatists in eastern Ukraine, who are backed by the Russian authorities.

He added: "The UK is working closely with EU and G7 partners in response to Russian actions in Ukraine.

"By imposing a robust sanctions regime, we have shown Russia that its unjustifiable and illegal actions will not be tolerated."

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Viewpoint: The Russian challenge for the West
Thursday June 4th, 2015 at 1:34 PM

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A report from the Chatham House think tank makes the case for a very different strategy for dealing with Russia - one based on the reality of that country's leadership, rather than unworkable diplomacy.

Why do America and Europe persist with the notion that they can work in partnership with Vladimir Putin? Never mind that he is the only leader since former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to annex part of another sovereign country, he now appears to be the only major world statesman who hasopenly supported Fifa president Sepp Blatter.

Western politicians ought by now to have realised that this is not a man with whom they can do meaningful business.

Yet Kremlin misdemeanour after Kremlin misdemeanour, the West keeps returning to the table.

As if US Secretary of State John Kerry, for example, hadn't been humiliated enough by being made to wait for two hours before his last meeting with Mr Putin in Russia, he was back again two weeks ago in Sochi.

The purpose of that trip is a worrying mystery:

either he was trying to negotiate a solution with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov - and there is no solution that meets the interests of both Russia and Ukraine
or he was putting the final touches to a shabby deal already done giving Russia what it wants

We don't yet know which.

New strategy

This recognition the Western response to the Ukraine crisis has been a series of short-term, tactical steps (by no means all of them wrong) lacking a strategic context has inspired a Chatham House report.

The Russian Challenge's six authors propose a markedly different strategy.

Appeasing the Russian leadership hasn't worked in the past, and it won't work now. It's wrong in principle, and it's bad policy to boot.

If the West does (or already has done) some kind of backroom deal with Russia, allowing it a Cold War sphere of influence around its borders, this condemns millions of people in several supposedly independent former Soviet countries to a return to domination by Moscow.

But even this would bring little improvement in East-West relations.

The Russian leadership believes these countries are theirs.

The West would not get so much as a thank you - just like the last time this terrible mistake was made, in Yalta during World War Two.

The Russian Challenge makes the case for an entirely new set of policies.

They will not replace the regime in Russia.

The West does not have that capability anyway.

Recommendations

However, the policies outlined will deliberately make life less comfortable for the Russian leadership, as a response to its highly controversial pursuit of what it sees as its natural right to dictate terms to Ukraine.

These policies would include:

reaffirming commitment to the full sovereignty of the post-Soviet independent states at every opportunity
finding new ways to communicate with the wider population of Russia so that it is in their interests to be part of a rules-based Europe
supporting the reconstruction of Ukraine and the development of all other post-Soviet states
depriving Russia of leverage in EU energy markets
countering Russian propaganda, as well as restoring more conventional deterrent capabilities
regenerating Russian expertise so as to better understand and predict Russia's actions
maintaining sanctions for as long as Russia remains illegally in Ukraine
preparing for the eventual and inevitable change of regime in Russia (be it an improvement or a deterioration)

The recommendation on sanctions needs urgent attention, as the decision on extending or relaxing them comes up this month.

The duration of sanctions is at least as important as their severity.

Again, they are not designed to do the impossible - change Vladimir Putin's mind - and they most certainly should not represent the totality of the Western response.

But they are what mature nations do when confronted with aggression, as opposed to descending to an aggressor's level and responding in kind.

Optimism not a strategy

A recent Chatham House paper argued this was not another Cold War.

Russia has retained some of the characteristics of its Soviet predecessor, but it is no longer a global superpower.

The simple fact is the end of the Cold War resulted in liberation and independence for the former Soviet republics - but it is this fact Russia, and President Putin personally, now do not wish to recognise.

Russia continues to argue a moral equivalence between its actions and those of the West.

But from providing weaponry Western nations believe shot down a Malaysian airliner, killing 298 people (which Russia denies), to suppressing dissent and the liberal media, to making the deaths of its young soldiers once again a state secret, Russia demonstrates time and again it has no place among the Western community of civilised nations.

Russia has just banned 89 supposedly "hostile" EU citizens from entering its territory. Western policy should not react to such day-to-day events.

In a speech in February, the head of the European Union External Action Service, Federica Mogherini, was asked repeatedly what the EU's response should be if the situation deteriorated.

Three times Ms Mogherini replied she was an optimist - but gave no indication there was any strategy beyond this.

Now, unsurprisingly, the situation has deteriorated. Optimism is clearly not a strategy.

But with just a small amount of political will, the new set of more robust policies recommended by the Russian Challenge can induce a better relationship with Russia in the longer term.

James Nixey is head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House.

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West Can't Wait Out Putin on Ukraine
Thursday June 4th, 2015 at 1:31 PM

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Who said the West lost its Russian expertise after the Cold War?

Chatham House, the U.K. Royal Institute of International Affairs, has published a 58-page report on "The Russian Challenge" that's full of excellent insights about the ideological roots, methods and economic peculiarities of President Vladimir Putin's regime. I have found nothing to fault in the facts and analysis provides by the report's experienced authors, including two former U.K. ambassadors to Moscow.

Even so, the paucity of constructive suggestions in the report shows how Putin has succeeded in locking both Russia and the West into an unproductive tug of war that resolves nothing.

The report's narrative on how the parties have arrived at this point is eminently realistic. After plumping for closer integration with Europe and the West in general in the first three years of his rule, Putin veered toward building a stronger state, encouraged by his country's improving economic circumstances, bringing his values and goals into conflict with those of Europe.

Scuffles over European Union and NATO expansion followed, culminating in the Ukraine crisis. Meanwhile, systemic corruption, statism and worsening terms of trade created structural problems for the Russian economy, sending into decline. Putin has managed to sell this situation to Russians as part of a western plot against their country, however, so he's probably not getting overthrown tomorrow. And the Russian political system is so centered on Putin that it's impossible to predict what kind of ruler would succeed him.

The authors lay out the facts in a systematic, clinical fashion -- and arrive, from different angles, at the description of a stalemate. Roderic Lyne, a former U.K. ambassador to Russia, describes Putin's quandary in this way:

He cannot afford to be seen to step back. He has to deliver what he can portray as a victory. But the confrontation has been and will continue to be very costly. The longer it lasts, the harder it will be to show that it is beneficial to Russia. Putin has to keep convincing his people that this is a fight for survival.

On the other hand, the West cannot back down, either, writes James Sherr, who until recently ran Chatham House's Russia and Eurasia program:

Betraying Ukraine – what else would it be? – and, soon enough, Moldova and Georgia will add to the stock of Vichyite states in Europe with no love for what remains of the West, and even less respect. It will then be entirely rational for Latvians or Poles to ask why, if the West is unwilling to uphold the Paris Charter by means short of war, it should be willing to uphold the Washington Treaty by means of war when ‘hybrid’ threats arise.

There are few ways to resolve a conflict in which neither side is willing to back down. Economic sanctions, the West's immediate response to Putin's aggression, have failed to achieve any practical goal. They have even been counterproductive. According to Philip Hanson, who wrote the economic part of the report:

The sanctions in place at the time of writing are unlikely to provoke such economic distress as to generate pressure for radical change. On the contrary, they provide the Russian leadership with a handy scapegoat for stagflation: the West. It has been argued that they also strengthen the forces of nationalism and statism arrayed in Russia against thoroughgoing market reforms. Even if, as seems probable, nationalism and statism were gaining ground in Russian policy-making before 2014, this is a serious unintended consequence of Western sanctions.

Yet the West is now locked into the sanctions policy: It cannot be seen to back down on them as on anything else. "Reducing sanctions while the situation in Ukraine remains unchanged," Hanson writes, "would send its own message: the West is giving up; you will get away with more adventures."

All-out war with Russia would be another option, but I have never seen a serious expert suggest it, and the authors of the Chatham House report don't, either.

So their advice is, essentially, to wait it out. The West should, they say, build up Ukraine as a strong, self-sustaining sovereign state, prop up the European ambitions of other Soviet states, and improve the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's credibility. Broadly the West should rearm, counter Kremlin propaganda, strip Russia of political leverage in energy markets and maintain sanctions. By no means resume business as usual with Russia. Eventually, the Russian leadership will change and there will be an opportunity to re-engage with it, the authors say. And even if a new regime was "worse" than Putin from the Western point of view, it wouldn't have Putin's problem with backing down.

The problem with these recommendations is that they spell out an essentially passive policy that depends on Putin's passivity. In chess terms, Putin is not in a stalemate, he's in a zugzwang: He is forced to make further moves even if they worsen his position, precisely because he must keep selling his "war of civilizations" concept to Russians. He cannot afford a prolonged lull in events, because he must keep his audience focused.

If Western leaders don't signal their willingness to normalize relations -- for example, to cancel sanctions while freezing the conflict in eastern Ukraine, or to pressure Ukraine into a softer approach to reintegrating separatist-held territories -- Putin can only make the conflict more acute.

In recent days, fighting has flared up again with the pro-Russian rebels attacking, but so far failing to take, the town of Marinka near Donetsk. If previous experience is any indication, when the rebels suffer military setbacks, regular Russian troops come in and wreak havoc on the Ukrainian military. If the current shaky truce breaks down and this happens again, the West will not be able to keep playing its waiting game. It may lean toward arming Ukraine and, instead of building up its economy, drag it into a destructive, full-scale war. In other words, for the West, too, the stalemate may turn into a zugzwang.

While they understand the root causes and the current shape of the "Russian challenge" perfectly well, the best Western experts -- and therefore the Western leaders -- lack the courage to take a stand. Just like after the Crimea annexation, the choice before them is simple: Fight to win or do a deal. There's no waiting it out.

To contact the author on this story:
Leonid Bershidsky at lbershidsky@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor on this story:
Marc Champion at mchampion7@bloomberg.net

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Thursday June 4th, 2015 at 1:30 PM

A major study by Chatham House

found the conflict in Ukraine – where Moscow is backing separatist rebels – represented a “defining” moment for the future of Europe. It called for the West to increase the strength of its conventional military forces.

It also warned that Russia was prepared to use tactical nuclear weapons in certain circumstances and Nato should make clear that a so-called “limited war” was “impossible”.

“The conflict in Ukraine is a defining factor for the future of European security,” the report said. “Ukraine’s failure would deepen instability in Eastern Europe, increase the risk of further Kremlin adventures and diminish the prospects for eventual beneficial change in Russia.

“Russia may have the greater interest in Ukraine. But the West has an even bigger interest in preserving the post-Cold War environment.

“If that is dismantled, it is conceivable that Nato and the EU could collapse too.”

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The report, whose authors include two former ambassadors to Moscow, Sir Roderic Lyne and Sir Andrew Wood, said Russian President

Vladimir Putin had been encouraged by the “weak and unconvincing responses” from the West to events such as Russia’s seizure of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia in 2008.

“The Kremlin perceives that Europe lacks the will to pay the necessary price to defend its principles,” it said.

“Russian ambitions and intentions had been telegraphed for well over a decade, but the West found it easier at the time to disregard them and indulge in the fantasy that Russia was progressing towards a liberal-democratic model with which the West felt comfortable

“The war in Ukraine is, in part, the result of the West’s laissez-faire approach to Russia.”

And it warned that if there was a wider conflict in Europe, Russia would be prepared to use tactical nuclear weapons. “Nato must retain its credibility as a deterrent to Russian aggression. In particular, it needs to demonstrate that limited war is impossible and that the response to ‘ambiguous’ or ‘hybrid’ war will be robust.”

Hybrid tactics is a term that describes the deployment of unbadged Russian troops and the use of local pro-Moscow forces in eastern Ukraine.

The growing threat from Moscow means that “conventional deterrent capability must be restored as a matter of urgency and convincingly conveyed, to avoid presenting Russia with inviting targets”, the think-tank warned.

The Treasury has reportedly asked the Ministry of Defence to make spending cuts of £1bn this year.

David Lidington, the Europe minister, said: “The UK is working closely with EU and G7 partners in response to Russian actions in Ukraine.

“The UK is also playing a leading role in Nato exercises in Eastern Europe and with Baltic partners as part of the assurance measures and collective defence in the region.”

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» Spectacular footage shows Wolf volcano erupting - YouTube
03/06/15 18:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jun 3, 2015 Lava flows into the ocean as the volcano continued its activity after erupting for the first time in 33 years. Report by Cara Legg.

» FBI Behind Mysterious Surveillance Aircraft - YouTube
03/06/15 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jun 1, 2015 ONLY ON AP: An AP analysis has revealed the FBI is operating a fleet of small planes, all hidden by fictitious companies, that carry video and, at times, cell phone surveillance techn...

» Dozens of Labs Received Potentially Live Anthrax - YouTube
03/06/15 18:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jun 3, 2015 At least 51 laboratories in 17 states and three foreign countries received potentially live anthrax spores from the Defense Department over the past decade, and the number is likely t...

» AP Reporter: 'New Phase in Holmes Trial in Colo' - YouTube
03/06/15 18:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jun 3, 2015 AP Reporter Sadie Gurman says the trial of James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 and injuring 70 others in a theater shooting in Colo. three years ago, is entering a new phase, w...

» Two civilians killed, market destroyed in fresh fighting in Ukraine - YouTube
03/06/15 18:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jun 3, 2015 PLEASE NOTE: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Civilians caught in the crossfire, in the latest round of fighting in Ukraine. A couple driving through the Luhansk region of eastern U...

» AP Top Stories June 3 P - YouTube
03/06/15 18:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Jun 3, 2015 Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Here's the latest for Wednesday June 3rd: Boston police review video of shooting; Bus carrying Italian tourists co...

» 2015-06-03» U.S. Defense Secretary Visits India to Build Military Ties 04/06/15 01:00 from
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» Pennsylvania Bus-Truck Collision Leaves 2 Dead, 17 Hurt - Wall Street Journal
03/06/15 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Daily News Pennsylvania Bus-Truck Collision Leaves 2 Dead, 17 Hurt Wall Street Journal MOUNT POCONO, Pa.—Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a head-on crash between ...

» Two dead, 17 injured after head-on crash between bus, tractor-trailer in Pa.: video - PennLive.com
03/06/15 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. PennLive.com Two dead, 17 injured after head-on crash between bus, tractor-trailer in Pa.: video PennLive.com MOUNT POCONO, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a h...

» Afghanistan Arrests Suspects in Kabul Guesthouse Attack
03/06/15 16:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Afghanistan’s intelligence agency says it has arrested two of the alleged organizers and planners of a deadly attack on a Kabul guesthouse that killed 14, including nine foreigners. The...

» Blatter under pressure to go immediately
03/06/15 16:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Despite his resignation questions remain about timing of Fifa president’s departure

» Protester Disrupts News Conference with Egypt's el-Sissi
03/06/15 16:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi defended his government's human rights track record Wednesday, saying he was operating “amid very difficult circumstances” after Chancellor Angela...

» Potentially Live Anthrax Sent to Dozens of Labs Around the World
03/06/15 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (WASHINGTON)—The problem of unintended shipments of potentially live anthrax spores over the past decade is worse than first believed, officials said Wednesday. Officials said it’s possible that ship...

» WikiLeaks releases documents related to controversial US trade pact
03/06/15 16:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Document dump regarding Trade in Services Agreement comes day after organization put $100,000 bounty on documents from series of US trade treaties WikiLeaks on Wednesday relea...

» Immigrants try to board moving trains to the USA while carrying their CHILDREN
03/06/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. These pictures were taken in Huehuetoca, near of Mexico City, immigrants from countries such as Guatemala and El Salvador cross the Mexican border en route to a new life.

» What next for Greece? A look at its options in coming days
03/06/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 3 p.m. EDT. ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's bailout talks are going down to the wire....

» US ends NSA's phone snooping, ,passes USA Freedom Act - Hindustan Times
03/06/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Newsweek US ends NSA's phone snooping, ,passes USA Freedom Act Hindustan Times Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R) speaks to the press in Washington. McConnell...

» Harvard Gets $400 Million Gift, Biggest Ever
03/06/15 16:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. America's prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it has received its biggest gift ever - $400 million from Wall Street hedge fund billionaire John Paulson. The university said the ...

» US passes NSA surveillance reform - The Hindu
03/06/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Hindu US passes NSA surveillance reform The Hindu It was a historic moment for civil liberty advocates as much as it was for libertarians of the American right when the U.S. ...

» Boston police say terrorism suspect was not shot in the back – video
03/06/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Boston police commissioner William Evans described to reporters the video that reportedly captured a fatal police shooting of a terrorism investigation suspect the day be...

» Four batches of anthrax to military labs contained live spores - USA TODAY
03/06/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN Four batches of anthrax to military labs contained live spores USA TODAY WASHINGTON — At least four batches of anthrax samples shipped from a military lab to labs in 12 state...

» Fed survey sees growth return to US
03/06/15 16:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Beige Book points to second-quarter second quarter expansion after slow winter

» Canada police missed chances to stop Parliament attacker: probe
03/06/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian police missed chances to stop a gunman who stormed into Parliament last October after killing a soldier, an official probe said on Wednesday, adding that th...

» June 7th Turkey Election to Be Closely Scrutinized
03/06/15 16:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Turkey's June 7th general election is set to be closely monitored amid growing concerns among opposition parties. But civic society in Turkey is mobilizing in an unprecedented way to ens...

» How FIFA’s Leader Has Clung to Power Despite Corruption Scandal
03/06/15 16:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. There aren’t many venues in global politics these days where developing nations, especially from Africa, can overrule their wealthy European peers. But FIFA is surely one of them. Such are the rules ...

» Cop Accused Of Using Dead Man's Credit Card
03/06/15 16:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The officer allegedly stole the card after finding the victim's body and later used it to buy a $3,200 diamond ring.

» FBI Investigates Russia And Qatar World Cups
03/06/15 16:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. The FBI investigation into corruption at FIFA is looking into the awarding of the World Cup to Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

» Saudi Officials Identify Mosque Bomber
03/06/15 16:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A suicide bomber who killed four people in an attack on a Shiite mosque last week was a Saudi teenager, the country’s interior ministry said.

» Sheryl Sandberg on husband's death: 'I have lived 30 years in these 30 days'
03/06/15 16:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Facebook’s chief operating officer writes an emotional post about the ‘void’ of the month since her husband, David Goldberg, died in an accident Sheryl Sandberg, the chief ope...

» U.S. Defense Secretary Visits India to Build Military Ties
03/06/15 16:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Ashton B. Carter met with senior officials in a country that the United States sees as a crucial future partner in Asia, although neither side made any big announcements.

» Ангела Меркель перечислила угрожающие мировому сообществу основные проблемы - Коммерсантъ
03/06/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Gazeta.ua Ангела Меркель перечислила угрожающие мировому сообществу основные проблемы Коммерсантъ Канцлер Германии Ангела Меркель в преддверии саммита G7, намеченного на 7-8 июня в...

» Congress Passes, Obama Signs Pared Back Domestic Spying Bill
03/06/15 16:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The U.S. Congress has approved sweeping changes to surveillance laws enacted after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, eliminating the bulk collection of phone rec...

» Russian Delegation Banned from EU Parliament in Retaliatory Move
03/06/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The European Parliament has restricted the Russian delegation's ambassador's access to the assembly in a jab at Moscow for banning 89 EU politicians from entering Russia.

» Ukraine Live Day 471: Russian-Backed Forces Launch Major Assault Near Donetsk
03/06/15 16:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here . An archive of our liveblogs can be found here . For an overview and analysis of this developing story s...

» Chinese Corporations Show New Patterns of Investment in Australia
03/06/15 16:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. For the first time, almost half of all Chinese investment in Australia is concentrated in real estate, while spending on infrastructure has also increased significantly. Chinese private...

» Спецслужбы США ограничили сотрудничество с немецкой разведкой - Российская Газета
03/06/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Российская Газета Спецслужбы США ограничили сотрудничество с немецкой разведкой Российская Газета Защиту своих солдат в северо-иракском Эрбиле Германия теперь должна осуществлять с...

» Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Greece’s Runaway Train
03/06/15 16:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. No one is focusing on the day after a deal or a default, and on which outcome will offer the least pain.

» Russia’s Online Assault Evaporates Internet Freedom
03/06/15 16:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The recent threats by Russian authorities to block access to popular U.S.-based websites such as Google come amid a larger and growing effort by the Kremlin to wall off sections of the In...

» Russia's Online Assault Evaporates Internet Freedom - Voice of America
03/06/15 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Voice of America Russia's Online Assault Evaporates Internet Freedom Voice of America WASHINGTON—. The recent threats by Russian authorities to block access to popular U.S.-based webs...

» New US Law Puts Curbs on Surveillance Programs
03/06/15 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The bill signed into law by President Barack Obama ends the government's massive collection of telephone call data intended to prevent terrorist attacks, part of a national security progr...

» Russia, China Get Energy Deals Under Way - Forbes
03/06/15 16:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Forbes Russia , China Get Energy Deals Under Way Forbes China is moving quickly on its $400 billion deal to get Gazprom natural gas out of Russia and into northern China. The Chinese ...

» Fearing Repeat of Crimea, Baltic States Prepare for 'Hybrid War' With Russia
03/06/15 16:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. From sabotage of energy installations to cyber attacks and declarations of "independence" by Russian-speaking border villages, the Baltics are preparing for possible flashpoin...

» В генштабе заявили о применении украинскими силовиками тяжелой артиллерии - Газета.Ru
03/06/15 16:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Украина В генштабе заявили о применении украинскими силовиками тяжелой артиллерии Газета.Ru В генштабе Украины заявили, что украинские военные применили против ополченцев в Дон...

» Chechnya Rights Activists' Office Attacked by Mob
03/06/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Human rights activists in Chechnya say that masked men bashed their way into the group's office, sending the occupants fleeing through the windows. The Committee against Torture wrote on ...

» Turkey’s Erdogan borrows some bad habits
03/06/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. The president The controversial Turkish president now seems to combine many vices in a single leadership

» Will FIFA's Mounting Scandal Affect Russia?
03/06/15 16:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The sudden resignation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter amid a widening scandal at soccer's world governing body could leave Russians jittery as the spotlight turns to thei...

» Russian Finance Ministry Rebuffs Rosneft Oil Firm's Request for State Aid
03/06/15 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russia's Finance Ministry has rejected an application by oil giant Rosneft for a multibillion-dollar cash injection from one of the country's reserve funds, the Vedomosti news...

» District Near Donetsk Comes Under Attack
03/06/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Tekstilshik District on the outskirts of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine appears to have come under artillery fire. Emergency workers rushed to the market in the territory...

» В Грозном разгромили офис правозащитной организации
03/06/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 01:06 Люди в масках разгромили в среду офис правозащитной организации "Комитет против пыток" в столице Чеченской республики. Это уже второе н...

» Gunmen Kill 2 Egyptian Policemen Near Pyramids
03/06/15 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed two policemen Wednesday, near Egypt's iconic pyramids. The attack came a day after a hearing to confirm death sentences against top Muslim Brotherhoo...

» Бои на окраине Донецка
03/06/15 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from SvobodaRadio's YouTube Videos. From: SvobodaRadio Duration: 00:44 Район "Текстильщик" на окраине Донецка попал под огонь артеллерии. Пожарные работают на рынке, находящемся на контролируемой сепаратист...

» Ukraine Crisis Torpedoes Russia's Naval Expansion
03/06/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Moscow's breakup with Ukraine has forced the Russian navy to suspend construction of a variety of next-generation warships, throwing the future of Russia's naval rearmament ca...

» Reports Paint Mixed Picture of US Economy
03/06/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Reports published Wednesday show a mixed picture of the U.S. economy, and a top official of the U.S. central bank says slow economic growth may continue for a while. A measure of the serv...

» США возложили на Россию ответственность за возобновление боев в Донбассе - РБК
03/06/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК США возложили на Россию ответственность за возобновление боев в Донбассе РБК Госдеп США прокомментировал возобновление боевых действий на востоке Украины. Вашингтон считает, чт...

» Attack on NGO in Grozny Renews Concerns About Russian Control Over Chechnya
03/06/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The attack perpetrated Wednesday on the Grozny office of the Committee Against Torture, a prominent human rights NGO, adds to the long list of recent incidents in Russia's rep...

» Ukraine Battle Tests Cease-Fire to Breaking Point
03/06/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. A major battle erupted Wednesday on the western edge of the main separatist rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine, leaving more than a dozen dead and threatening to tip the coun...

» Europe's Seven Deadly Sins - Transitions Online
03/06/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from anti-americanism in russia - Google News. Transitions Online Europe's Seven Deadly Sins Transitions Online France defends the Mistral contracts worth $1.7 billion, but Western companies have lost billions ...

» European parliament hits back at Russia blacklist - Yahoo News
03/06/15 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News European parliament hits back at Russia blacklist Yahoo News Brussels (AFP) - European parliament head Martin Schulz on Tuesday said he was limiting access to the instituti...

» No return to a G8 with Russia - ever - Deutsche Welle
03/06/15 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Deutsche Welle No return to a G8 with Russia - ever Deutsche Welle Eckhard Cordes, chairman of the German business association representing companies with significant investments in R...

» Baltics eye flashpoints with Russia, guard against 'green men' - Reuters
03/06/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Reuters Baltics eye flashpoints with Russia , guard against 'green men' Reuters TALLINN/RIGA From sabotage of energy installations to cyber attacks and declarations of "independe...

» Baltics eye flashpoints with Russia, guard against 'green men' - Yahoo News
03/06/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Yahoo News Baltics eye flashpoints with Russia , guard against 'green men' Yahoo News TALLINN/RIGA (Reuters) - From sabotage of energy installations to cyber attacks and declarations ...

» EU Set to Roll Over Sanctions on Russia, Officials Say - Wall Street Journal
03/06/15 16:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal EU Set to Roll Over Sanctions on Russia , Officials Say Wall Street Journal While the plans aren't finalized—some haven't even been formally discussed yet at EU le...

» Anti-ISIS Coalition Makes Little Progress at Paris Meeting
03/06/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The coalition of countries arrayed against the Islamic State has been hobbled by a variety of weaknesses.

» Media: “Browning of America” Good, “Bleaching Out” of San Fran Bad
03/06/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. For people who once claimed the ideal is a colorblind attitude toward race, leftists talk an awful lot about race.

» Baltimore Is Now Paying the Price
03/06/15 16:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Baltimore is now paying the price for irresponsible words and actions, not only by young thugs in the streets, but also by its mayor and the state prosecutor, both of whom threw the police to the wolv...

» Shocking Interviews: The Muslims in America Who Want Sharia
03/06/15 16:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Shocking new interviews with Muslims in America reflect what polls have shown: A distressingly high number of them prefer sharia law to our Constitution.

» ISIS Seized $1 Billion of U.S. Military Aid, Iraqi Leader Admits
03/06/15 16:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The so-called Islamic State, a brutal terrorist group also known as ISIS, seized 2,300 U.S. military Humvees and other weaponry from Iraq’s U.S. taxpayer-funded armed forces in Mosul, Iraqi Prime Mini...

» 11112015-06-02ISIS Advances in Syria & Iraq Upends US Strategy | Obama: 'We Have Put
03/06/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 11 11 2015-06-02 ISIS Advances in Syria & Iraq Upends US Strategy | Obama: 'We Have Put Our International Relationships on Very Strong Footing' ISIS Advances in Syria & Iraq Up...

» 2015-06-02Russia's economy contracts 4.2% in April - MarketWatch | » Are Americans
03/06/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-06-02 Russia's economy contracts 4.2% in April - MarketWatch | » Are Americans blind to widening inequality? 02/06/15 16:03 Russia's economy contracts 4.2% in April - MarketWatch...

» 2015-06-03Obama: "I want to, I would love to, I am all for it, I am all itching
03/06/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Mike Nova - Google+. 2015-06-03 Obama: "I want to, I would love to, I am all for it, I am all itching so bad, but my "Mommy", the Bundes-Chancellor wouldn't let me..." - Lethal aid to Ukraine, Obama and Me...

» Black Lives Matter Protesters Admit Plot to Bomb Police Station
03/06/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Pair planned Michael Brown revenge attack.

» San Francisco’s Median Rent Hits a Ridiculous $4,225
03/06/15 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. The whole Bay Area shows a rental market on fire.

» How Deng Xiaoping Helped Create a Corrupt China - New York Times
03/06/15 15:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. New York Times How Deng Xiaoping Helped Create a Corrupt China New York Times The big news these days is the Communist Party's campaign against corruption. In the three years s...

» Jihad in Boston
03/06/15 15:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Breitbart News Network. Jihad in Boston : Knife-Wielding Terrorists Plotted to Behead Cops Although early statements from the FBI and local authorities on Tuesday afternoon indicated Rahim was not consider...

» Chechen leader's show of strength muddies loyalty to Putin
03/06/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Ramzan Kadyrov’s show of loyalty to Putin could be warning of Chechen forces’ huge potential Chechnya’s macho leader Ramzan Kadyrov is the most loyal of Vladimir Putin’s regio...

» Official: Boston terror suspects wanted to behead cops
03/06/15 15:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Last Updated Jun 3, 2015 1:55 PM EDT BOSTON - The terror suspects at the center of an investigation in the Boston area were actively plotting multiple attacks on law enforcement, including the possible behead...

» Official: Terror suspects wanted to behead cops
03/06/15 15:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. After one terror suspect killed by Mass. police, and another taken into custody, officials begin detailing the case against them

» US authorizes $300mln in lethal defensive aid and training to Ukraine
03/06/15 14:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from armenpress.am RSS -. 10:01, 15 May, 2015 YEREVAN, MAY 15, ARMENPRESS: The United States authorized providing Ukraine defensive lethal aid and training that the country needs to protect its sovereignty, US ...

» House defies Obama veto threat, passes defense policy bill with lethal aid for Ukraine - read on
03/06/15 14:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Uatoday.tv. 10:33 May. 16, 2015 Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs ChairmanGen. Martin Dempsey, left, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2015 (AP photo) The House passed a n...

» DOD on ukraine - Google Search
03/06/15 14:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Obama, Stoltenberg Discuss NATO Meeting Highlights Department of Defense - May 26, 2015 In what Obama called a “challenging and important time for NATO,” the two discussed Ukraine , NATO's role in...

» stoltenberg on ukraine - Google Search
03/06/15 14:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Stoltenberg assures Obama that NATO is helping to strengthen ... Kyiv Post - May 26, 2015 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) during a meeting with US ... Since 1995, the Kyiv Post has been the world'...

» Obama's "Tough Talk" on Russia Grows Tedious
03/06/15 14:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from RealClearPolitics - Articles. I felt some sympathy for State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf the other day as she responded to questions from CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about the administration’s Ukr...

» stoltenberg on lethal aid to ukraine - Google Search
03/06/15 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . NATO Secretary General Reaffirms Support For Ukraine , But ... International Business Times - Jan 26, 2015 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Georgia is getting closer ... for lethal military aid fr...

» nato on lethal aid to ukraine - Google Search
03/06/15 14:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Biden cracks door to lethal aid to Ukraine USA TODAY - May 27, 2015 American support to Ukraine , a non- NATO ally, has been limited to training its national guard and "non- lethal " aid , such as Humvees. Bi...

» Germany’s G7 Summit and Russia
03/06/15 14:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The G7 summit in Germany this year will again convene in the shadow of the war in Ukraine—a war in Europe that is intractable and a vexing problem for German leadership, which will undoubtedly be center...

» Consider 'Lethal Aid' to Ukraine Through NATO
03/06/15 13:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . According to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey, it is time to consider arming Ukraine in its battle against pro-Moscow separatists. Dempsey told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that Wa...

» Former NATO Commander Stavridis: U.S. Should Provide Lethal Aid to Ukraine
03/06/15 13:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from USNI News. Soldiers from the Ukrainian Armed Forces Airborne Brigade stand in formation in 2012. US Army Photo “We ought to be providing lethal aid”—anti-tank, anti-armor weapons, unmanne...

» Former NATO chief: The West should consider arming Ukraine
03/06/15 12:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Military & Defense. NATO allies should be prepared to arm Ukraine's military if Russia continues to destabilize its western neighbor, says Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the man who once headed the world's mos...

» Rasmussen on ukraine - Google Search
03/06/15 12:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Forces TV West Should Consider Arming Kiev With 'Defensive' Weapons – Ex ... Sputnik International - 3 hours ago With the ceasefire in Ukraine being violated on a daily basis and heavy fighting continui...

» lethal aid to ukraine, obama and merkel - Google Search
03/06/15 12:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . New York Times Obama , Merkel pledge alliance on Ukraine CNN - Feb 9, 2015 Any weapons the U.S. sends would not be meant to help Ukraine ... Both Obama and Merkel stressed the importance of working together. ...

» US faces Europe in disarray at G7 summit | Germany | DW.DE
03/06/15 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Before setting off for Thursday's G7 summit in Dresden, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Europe against 'brinkmanship' with Greece, expressing concern that a single miscalculation could lead to a crisis ...

» lethal aid to ukraine, obama, merkel and G-7 - Google Search
03/06/15 12:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Putin getting left out of G-7 meeting, but not much else Stars and Stripes - May 30, 2015 The debate over whether to provide lethal defensive aid , such as anti-tank missiles, to Ukraine is ......

» The U.S. Needs to Rethink Its Failing Ukraine Strategy
03/06/15 11:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Regarding your editorial “The Russians Are Coming, Again” (May 29): The cease-fire in Ukraine isn’t legitimate, and Russia’s success in exploiting it demonstrates the need to rethink o...

» US Effort to Rebuild Ukraine Army Doomed to Fail / Sputnik International
03/06/15 11:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Sputnik International. Opinion Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) — US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in an interview that the Iraqi army, which the US military helped train following ...

» Obama and lethal aid for ukraine - Google Search
03/06/15 11:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . PBS NewsHour Lawmakers Push Obama to Approve Lethal Aid for Ukraine <a href="http://NBCNews.com" rel="nofollow">NBCNews.com</a> - Mar 5, 2015 A bipartisan group of House leaders are urging Preside...

» lethal aid for ukraine - Google Search
03/06/15 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . House defies Obama veto threat, passes defense policy bill with ... Ukraine Today - May 16, 2015 ... defies Obama veto threat, passes defense policy bill with lethal aid for Ukraine ... On Ukraine, the bill c...

» New Black Panther Party Members Who Met in Ferguson Admit Planning to Kill Prosecutor, Blow Up Police Station
03/06/15 09:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: New Black Panther Party Members Who Met in Ferguson Admit Planning to Kill Prosecutor, Blow Up Police Station. Kevork Djansezian/Getty by John Sexton 2 Jun 2015 774 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch...

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» 'Ferguson Effect': New Crime Wave Hits Democrat-Run Cities
02/06/15 19:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: ‘Ferguson Effect': New Crime Wave Hits Democrat-Run Cities. Seven cities were worthy of note. To no one’s surprise, all seven of those cities are run by Democrats. With the exception...

» James Mattis: U.S. suffering 'strategic atrophy' that says 'we're pulling back' to allies
02/06/15 19:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis said the U.S. is suffering “strategic atrophy” that will threaten the long-term security of the nation. The retired general and former Central Command (CENTC...

» Ex-CIA spy blasts 'lousy' Obama terror strategy: 'It's very safe politically'
02/06/15 19:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . An ex- CIA spy says the Obama administration has done a “lousy” strategy to combat global terrorism because its “waging the war they want to fight but not the one that will lead to success.&...

» Unmanned Aircraft Remains Future of Military Engagements
02/06/15 19:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus / AP BY: Chris Safran Autonomous aircraft and unmanned military drones are the future of global military engagements, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus s...

» Who created the Islamic State? George W. Bush, Blackwater, Barack Obama, all fair game in blame game.
02/06/15 19:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Christian Science Monitor | USA. Who created the Islamic State? Last week, Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky famously blamed the GOP. The Wall Street Journal, in return, blamed Senator Paul. President Obama h...

» Former CIA spy: Obama doing ‘lousy job’ in fight against ISIS
02/06/15 19:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Henry “Hank” Crumpton, the former CIA official who led a covert team of operators in Afghanistan after 9/11, believes the Obama administration is doing a “lousy job” in the fight again...

» Former CIA spy: Obama doesn't understand how to fight ISIS
02/06/15 19:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Military & Defense. The Obama administration isn't capable of fighting the type of war necessary to defeat the Islamic State, a former CIA official told The Hill. "I don't think they understand the kin...

» Постпреду России при ЕС ограничили доступ в Европарламент - РБК
02/06/15 19:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Постпреду России при ЕС ограничили доступ в Европарламент РБК Постпреду России при ЕС Владимиру Чижову ограничили доступ в Европарламент. Этот шаг стал ответом на список невъез...

» Police shoot, kill man under surveillance by Joint Terrorism Task Force - Fox News
02/06/15 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Police shoot, kill man under surveillance by Joint Terrorism Task Force Fox News A man under surveillance by the Joint Terrorism Task Force was shot and killed Tuesday m...

» International coalition vows unity in fight against ISIS
02/06/15 18:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. Iraq's international partners vowed Tuesday to remain united in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, as Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for more support for his nation's f...

» Obama: Netanyahu stance on Palestine endangers Israel's credibility
02/06/15 18:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's conditions for diplomacy that might lead to Palestinian statehood put Israel's credibility in question, U.S. President...

» Russian Authorities Confiscate Sifrei Kodesh And Question 30 Youths
02/06/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world news - Google Blog Search. According to the exclusive Ladaat News report, the youths questioned as suspected of racist studies based on their limud Torah. The youths questioned were told the investig...

» State Department: US, Houthi Reps Met in Oman
02/06/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Senior U.S. officials met in Oman last week with representatives of the Houthi rebel movement that has overrun Yemen, the State Department acknowledged on Tuesday. Assistant Secretary of ...

» Anthrax Scare Spreads to Canada, Washington State
02/06/15 18:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Pentagon says a U.S. military lab might mistakenly have sent live anthrax - or anthrax with activated spores - to labs in Canada and Washington state, in addition to the labs announce...

» First on CNN: Pentagon may have received shipment of live anthrax - CNN
02/06/15 18:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. CNN First on CNN: Pentagon may have received shipment of live anthrax CNN Washington (CNN) The Pentagon is now investigating whether live anthrax was brought into the Pentagon bu...

» CIA torture more 'brutal and sadistic' than Senate report disclosed - Telegraph.co.uk
02/06/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk CIA torture more 'brutal and sadistic' than Senate report disclosed Telegraph.co.uk The CIA's use of torture was far more “brutal and sadistic” than was disclosed in la...

» Chief Says IRS Struggles to Stay Ahead of Online Attackers - New York Times
02/06/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Times Chief Says IRS Struggles to Stay Ahead of Online Attackers New York Times WASHINGTON — John Koskinen, the head of the Internal Revenue Service, on Tuesday attribut...

» Fierce fighting continues east of Aden, Yemen's second city
02/06/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 00:43 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Yemen's southern port city of Aden is still the scene of clashes betwee...

» Most Britons Want to Stay in EU, Poll Shows
02/06/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. A significant majority of Britons would rather stay in the European Union than leave it, part of a surge in support for the bloc across the continent that stems from a slowly improving...

» European Parliament Penalizes Russia Over Blacklist
02/06/15 18:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The European Parliament has taken measures against Russian officials in retaliation for Moscow's banning of 89 EU politicians from entering the country.

» US Congress passes surveillance reform in vindication for Edward Snowden
02/06/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Bulk collection of Americans’ phone records to end as US Senate passes USA Freedom Act Related: NSA reform: all amendments fail as Senate votes on USA Freedom Act – live The U...

» Former Maryland man held at Guantanamo alleges CIA torture
02/06/15 18:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 5:34 p.m. EDT. MIAMI (AP) -- A former Maryland resident imprisoned at Guantanamo was subjected to mistreatment while in CIA custody far in excess of what has previously been disclosed, ...

» Obama: Stalled peace process makes it harder for US to defend Israel at UN - Haaretz
02/06/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Haaretz Obama: Stalled peace process makes it harder for US to defend Israel at UN Haaretz In interview with Israeli TV, Obama hints at possibility that U.S. won't veto French re...

» Support for the European Union is Rising, Survey Suggests
02/06/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A poll carried out in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Britain found that a more resilient European economy was helping to restore faith in the bloc.

» Kremlin Critic Emerges From Coma
02/06/15 18:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Friends and allies of prominent Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr., who mysteriously fell ill with poisoning symptoms in Moscow, say he has regained con...

» Boston Police Fatally Shoot Knife-Wielding Terror Suspect
02/06/15 18:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Police in Boston shot and killed a terror suspect outside a drugstore Tuesday after he jumped at them with a large, military-style knife. Boston police and the FBI said the suspect was un...

» Who created the Islamic State? George W. Bush, Blackwater, Barack Obama, all ... - Christian Science Monitor
02/06/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Christian Science Monitor Who created the Islamic State? George W. Bush, Blackwater, Barack Obama, all ... Christian Science Monitor A host of characters is being blamed for help...

» World Briefing: Egypt Says It Has Arrested 2 Senior Muslim Brotherhood Leaders
02/06/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The leaders, Mahmoud Ghozlan and Abdul Rahman al-Barr, were arrested this week after evading the police for nearly two years, security officials said.

» Sepp Blatter finally lets go of Fifa as FBI noose tightens
02/06/15 18:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. After 17 years as virtual head of state, addicted to the power from ruling football’s top body, he accepted the inevitable and resigned – but he’s not going quite yet On Frida...

» News Analysis: Greece’s Alliances Fade in European Debate About Its Debt Crisis
02/06/15 18:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The promise of the leftist Greek government to roll back German-led austerity policies has met an unexpectedly unified opposition.

» Open Source: Blatter’s Fall Leads to Rejoicing Online From His Critics
02/06/15 18:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Sepp Blatter had the support of soccer officials but was broadly unpopular with fans of the game, so his fall was greeted with some glee.

» Senate passes NSA reform bill, the USA Freedom Act
02/06/15 18:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Senate rebuffs Senate GOP leaders' attempts to water down bill; Obama says he will sign it

» Russia's economy contracts 4.2% in April - MarketWatch
02/06/15 16:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Omaha World-Herald Russia's economy contracts 4.2% in April MarketWatch MOSCOW-- Russia's economic contraction deepened in April as its key drivers deteriorated, the economy ministry ...

» Москва заявила о праве размещать ядерное оружие в Крыму - РБК
02/06/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК Москва заявила о праве размещать ядерное оружие в Крыму РБК «Россия, безусловно, имеет право размещать, если потребуется, свои ядерные вооружения в любом месте на своей национа...

» The Daily Vertical: The Stalemate Inside Putin's Head
02/06/15 16:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that appears Monday through Friday. Viewers can suggest topics via Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertica...

» Russia Threatens to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Crimea - The National Interest Online (blog)
02/06/15 16:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The National Interest Online (blog) Russia Threatens to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Crimea The National Interest Online (blog) This is not the first time that Russia , or even Ulyanov h...

» Russian TV doc on 1968 invasion angers Czechs and Slovaks - BBC News
02/06/15 16:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. BBC News Russian TV doc on 1968 invasion angers Czechs and Slovaks BBC News The Czech and Slovak governments have accused Russia of rewriting history after Russian state TV broadcast ...

» Russia faked MH17 images: Report - CNBC
02/06/15 16:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. CNBC Russia faked MH17 images: Report CNBC Bellingcat's team analyzed image content and soil structures through publicly sourced Google Earth images and concluded that Russia tried to...

» Moscow’s Actions Mean Soon There Will Be No Crimea to Return to Ukraine Peacefully or Otherwise
02/06/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Staunton, June 1 – Many Ukrainians and their supporters abroad talk about the possibility of the peaceful return of Crimea to Ukrainian control at some point in the fu...

» World Museums Warn Of Traffic In Looted Iraqi Antiquities
02/06/15 16:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Museum experts from around the world have June 1 issued an "emergency red list" to help identify Iraqi antiquities at risk of being looted and illegally exported.

» French philosopher and Swedish tax chief among EU 89 banned by Russia
02/06/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. Polish politicians and military chiefs lead blacklist of 89 EU citizens banned from entering Russia, with UK second, but document has many obscure names as well A leaked document tha...

» French philosopher and Swedish tax chief among EU 89 banned by Russia - The Guardian (blog)
02/06/15 16:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian (blog) French philosopher and Swedish tax chief among EU 89 banned by Russia The Guardian (blog) The French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy is among the 89 EU citizens ban...

» Russian 'aggression' sees Poland rearm its military as minister warns: 'We must be ready'
02/06/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Poland says it is bolstering its armed forces in the face of perceived Russian aggression, and says that is “has to be ready” for what it calls its greatest threat since the Cold War.

» Russian 'aggression' sees Poland rearm its military as minister warns: 'We ... - The Independent
02/06/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Independent Russian 'aggression' sees Poland rearm its military as minister warns: 'We ... The Independent Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine a month later, saying i...

» Rohani Vows Iran To Back Syria Till End
02/06/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Iranian President Hassan Rohani has vowed his country will back Syrian President Bashar al-Assad until the end.

» US Navy releases video showing dramatic close pass by Russian warplane in Black Sea
02/06/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. The US Navy has released dramatic footage of a close pass by a Russian military jet as tensions continue to rise in the Black Sea.

» The Agency
02/06/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Russia. From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid “trolls” has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet — and in real-life American communities.

» World Bank Says Russia Bear A 'Bull' - Forbes
02/06/15 16:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Forbes World Bank Says Russia Bear A 'Bull' Forbes The Russian bear is now a bull. As if it wasn't already, at least from a portfolio manager's perspective. The guys who responded thi...

» Russia Producing Oil Near Record Swells Global Glut Before OPEC - Bloomberg
02/06/15 16:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Bloomberg Russia Producing Oil Oil Output Near Record Swells Global Glut Before OPEC Bloomberg Russian oil output neared a record in May, damping speculation before OPEC meets this we...

» History Hijacked: Four Facts Recast By The Kremlin
02/06/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A new Russian film on the 1968 events in Czechoslovakia has revived accusations that the Kremlin is twisting historical facts to forge a new ideology and justify some of ...

» The West Needs More Russophiles (Op-Ed)
02/06/15 16:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The West needs more unsentimental Russophiles, and this would be good for Russia too, writes columnist Mark Galeotti.

» Islamic State ‘Entrenching’ in Syria, Iraq
02/06/15 16:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Underestimated on the battlefield, the group known as the Islamic State is aiming to surprise the Western world again, trying to develop a state-like infrastructure that could help sustai...

» Islamic State militants open major new offensive in Aleppo
02/06/15 16:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Syrian rebels appealed for international assistance to counter a surprising new offensive by the Islamic ...

» Are Americans blind to widening inequality?
02/06/15 16:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. One study seeks to explain why many people seem unperturbed by the rising concentration of wealth and income in the U.S.

» David Cameron prepared to break with Europe on human rights
02/06/15 16:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. ‘Nuclear option’ on table if Strasbourg rejects UK plan as prime minister seeks right to veto European court of human rights judgments David Cameron is to keep open the “nucle...

» Obama Sternly Warns China About South China Sea Expansion
02/06/15 16:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. President Barack Obama sternly warned China Monday that its land reclamation projects in the South China Sea are counterproductive and a threat to Southeast Asian prosperity. He told...

» Ship With 457 People Reported Sunk in China’s Yangtze
02/06/15 16:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. China’s official news agency said the sinking occurred Monday night in a storm and that as of Tuesday morning, only eight people had been rescued.

» US Met Secretly With Yemen Rebels - Wall Street Journal
02/06/15 16:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Wall Street Journal US Met Secretly With Yemen Rebels Wall Street Journal Top-level Obama administration envoys met secretly last week for the first time with Yemen's Houthi rebels and...

» Obama: No Military Answer to Iran's Nuclear Program
02/06/15 16:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. U.S. President Barack Obama says diplomacy, not military action, is the only way to stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb. Obama made his comments in an interview with Israel's Channel 2...

» White House Slams Senate for Letting Surveillance Programs Lapse
02/06/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The White House has condemned the Senate for failing to extend provisions of the Patriot Act that gave the National Security Agency the authority to collect Americans’ telephone data. Whi...

» Vatican official and sex abuse survivor 'will not be silenced' by George Pell legal threat
02/06/15 16:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Peter Saunders stands by his call for Cardinal George Pell to be removed as head of the Vatican’s finances over allegations he protected paedophile priests Child sexual abuse ...

» Americans and Turks Discuss ISIS Threat
02/06/15 15:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Shiite militiamen clashed with members of the Islamic State in Fallujah, Iraq. Turkey wants to clear ISIS from its southern border.

» Poland Rearming As Fears Of Russian Attack Grow
02/06/15 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. Volunteer militias are reporting a surge in new members since the start of the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine.

» U.S. Downplays Flyover Of Warship By Russian Bombers
02/06/15 15:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Pentagon has taken The Pentagon took the unusual step of releasing a video June 1 of a Russian Su-24 bomber flying past a U.S. warship in the Black Sea to dispel what...

» East-West Tensions Find New Stage in Macedonia
02/06/15 15:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Macedonia is turning into an unexpected stage for tensions between Moscow and the West as a political crisis engulfs the former Yugoslav republic.

» More than 450 people missing after ship sinks in China's Yangtze River when it was battered by cyclone
02/06/15 15:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Hundreds are missing after a ship carrying more than 450 people sank overnight in the Yangtze River during a cyclone in southern China.

» LGBT people suffer widespread violent abuse, discrimination: new UN report
02/06/15 15:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The report cites beatings, jailings and murder and says despite actions to reduce the abuse, human rights violations based on sexual orientation continue The United Natio...

» Putin's Gunboat Diplomacy
02/06/15 15:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Is Russia's troop buildup build-up a precursor to a summer offensive in Ukraine? That depends on what Vladimir Putin actually wants.

» Ship with over 450 on board sinks in China's Yangtze
02/06/15 15:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AFP's YouTube Videos. From: AFP Duration: 00:49 Keep up-to-date with the latest news, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/AFP-subscribe Rescuers search for hundreds missing after a passenger ship carrying mo...

» IRS Commissioner to Face Questions About Security Weaknesses
02/06/15 15:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Government watchdogs warned the Internal Revenue Service about security flaws in the federal tax collection agency's computer systems years before hackers stole the personal information o...

» Beijing Hint: No More Mr. Nice Guy in South China Sea
02/06/15 15:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. China’s argument that it has exercised “enormous restraint” in the South China Sea raises the question: If Beijing’s island-building equals restraint, what would the opposite look like?

» U.S. Navy Releases Video Of Ship Being Buzzed By Russian Jet
02/06/15 15:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The U.S. Navy released a video on Monday of a Russian SU-24 fighter jet flying near the USS Ross destroyer in the Black Sea, in international waters 25 miles off the coas...

» Hamas Kills Islamic State Supporter in Gaza Crackdown - New York Times
02/06/15 15:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Al-Bawaba Hamas Kills Islamic State Supporter in Gaza Crackdown New York Times GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas forces have killed an Islamic State group supporter, the first fatali...

» Gunmen in Afghanistan Kill 7 Aid Workers, 2 Guards at People in Need NGO - NBCNews.com
02/06/15 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. BBC News Gunmen in Afghanistan Kill 7 Aid Workers, 2 Guards at People in Need NGO NBCNews.com KABUL, Afghanistan — Seven aid workers and two security guards were shot dead at a E...

» Israeli Military Punishes Soldier for Eating a Pork Sandwich - New York Times
02/06/15 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Israeli Military Punishes Soldier for Eating a Pork Sandwich New York Times JERUSALEM — A U.S.-born Israeli soldier is deep in the mud after pigging out during training. The military s...

» US and allies meet to discuss strategy to battle powerful Islamic State militants
02/06/15 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. PARIS – Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi called Tuesday for a vastly stepped-up international effort to help his nation c...

» U.S. accuses Syria of backing Islamic State's Aleppo advance
02/06/15 15:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States has accused the Syrian military of carrying out air strikes to help Islamic State fighters advance around the northern city of Aleppo, messages pos...

» Russian Missile Maker: MH17 Shot Down by Ukrainian Missile - New York Times
02/06/15 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Russian Missile Maker: MH17 Shot Down by Ukrainian Missile New York Times MOSCOW — The Russian maker of the Buk air defense missile system said Tuesday that it ha...

» Gunmen target aid workers in deadly attack in northern Afghanistan
02/06/15 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post. KABUL — Gunmen stormed a compound housing a European-run charity on Tuesday, killing at least nine people in one of the deadl...

» The Agency - NYTimes.com
02/06/15 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . A round 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, got a call from a resident who had just received a...

» Ex-Kremlin Internet 'Troll' Sues to End Putin Propaganda
02/06/15 15:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A former "Kremlin troll'' is suing her old employer to shut down what she describes as a "factory'' churning out Internet propaganda defending Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lyudmila S...

» Danish cowboy bares all in bid to be prime minister
02/06/15 15:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. John Erik Wagner, 51, has attracted global attention with his giant election posters featuring himself wearing nothing but a Stetson, a gun holster and a smile Conversations t...

» One Million Smokers Win £8bn In Compensation
02/06/15 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. A Canadian judge rules that tobacco companies failed to adequately warn consumers about the health risks associated with smoking.

» Ship sinks in China's Yangtze river
02/06/15 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A Chinese ship carrying 458 people went down late Monday during a storm.

» ISIS kidnapped 500 children to create suicide bombers or child soldiers
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mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The children were taken by the Islamic extremists from Iraq's Anbar and Diyala provinces in recent weeks, and authorities fear they will now be trained so the militants can use them in ...

» Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Can Kurds Shake Up Turkey’s Politics?
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mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. A new party that attracts leftist and Kurdish nationalist voters could spell trouble for Erdogan.

» Polls reflect troubles for Clinton and Bush - USA TODAY
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mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. USA TODAY Polls reflect troubles for Clinton and Bush USA TODAY A pair of new polls reflect potential long-term challenges for the best-known presidential candidates in each part...

» Russian Ultranationalist Leader Goes On Trial For High-Profile Killings
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mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The long-awaited trial of an alleged Russian ultranationalist leader accused of high-profile, murderous hate crimes has begun.

» New Russian invasion documentary dismays Czech and Slovak governments
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mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. The 1968 invasion by Soviet troops of Czechoslovakia has had a revision on Russian TV claiming they were there to stop Nato overthrowing the government Both Czech and Slovak g...

» How Obama blurred the border between Hollywood and Washington
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mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Later this month, Hillary Clinton will host a fundraiser in Tobey Maguire’s house, the day after Barack Obama does the same at Tyler Perry’s LA gaff. When did the movies and p...

» Ksenia Sobchak's Bearded Priest Post Sparks Probe In Russia
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mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Prominent Russian Ksenia Sobchak could face prosecution over an Instagram post that showed her wearing a priest's robe and a flowing fake beard. Investigators are checkin...

» Inmates who asked for forgiveness at Iranian prison are executed
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mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. The 34 inmates had congregated in the yard of Ghezel Hasar, northwest of the capital Tehran, to ask Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for forgiveness but were instead promptly executed.

» Bungling US military scientists sent live anthrax samples to Canada in latest biohazard security blunder
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mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Canada is the third country to have been placed on after bungling scientists sent out live samples of the deadly Anthrax bacteria forcing the precautionary vaccination of more than 20 p...

» Iraqi Leader Wants More Help Against Islamic State
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mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Iraqi forces need more support from the international community in fighting Islamic State, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said after a meeting of top diplomats in Paris.

» ISIS is world's 'failure' Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi warns before Paris summit
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mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) and members of the anti-Islamic State coalition meet on June 2, 2015 in Paris, to discuss strategy in fighting the jihadists who have made key b...

» Schoolboy found hanged days after video of him being punched by another teenager as others laugh was posted online
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mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. In footage which has been widely circulated on social media, Adam Tharia, from Cheltenham, was seen being knocked to the ground, just one week before he was found hanged.

» Frontrunner angst: Bush lead evaporates, Clinton favorability hits 7-year low - Washington Post
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mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Frontrunner angst: Bush lead evaporates, Clinton favorability hits 7-year low Washington Post After five months of forums, fundraising appearances and trips to the early states, ...

» Russian Missile Maker Points Finger At Ukraine In MH17 Shootdown
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mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Russian maker of the Buk surface-to-air missile system says the Malaysian Airlines jet that crashed in eastern Ukraine last summer was hit by a missile that is used b...

» China Races to Find Ferry Accident Survivors
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mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Chinese authorities are racing to reach survivors still trapped beneath a passenger ship that capsized in the Yangtze River late Monday.

» Iraqi PM Warns That New ISIS Fighters Are Overwhelming the Iraqi Army
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mikenova shared this story from TIME. As U.S., European and Middle Eastern officials gathered in Paris on Tuesday to discuss how to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), Iraq’s Prime Minister told reporters that hund...

» Missile maker says Russia did not shoot down Malaysian plane over Ukraine
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mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian company that makes the BUK air defense system that was used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine said on Tuesday the plane was hit by a mis...

» US senators call for mandatory reporting of police killings
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mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Plan, announced one day after Guardian investigation, would force all US law enforcement agencies to report officer-involved killings to Department of Justice Related: The Cou...

» Anti-IS Coalition Vows Support For Iraqi Plan
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mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Coalition countries fighting the Islamic State (IS) group have pledged their "firm support" for an Iraqi plan to tackle IS advances in Iraq's western Anbar Province.

» FBI Flying Surveillance Planes Over US Cities
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mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. There are dozens of planes in the agency's spy fleet - all registered to front companies - circling over neighbourhoods.

» Crimean Tatar Leader's Son Found Guilty Of Manslaughter
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mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The son of a leading Crimean Tatar figure has been found guilty of manslaughter by a Russian court.

» Syria: Isis advance on Aleppo aided by Assad regime air strikes, US says
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mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Opposition fighters make same claims as Isis advances towards Azaz, 20 miles north-west of Aleppo, which would imperil their supply line into Syria’s biggest city The US has a...

» US Homeland Security Chief Reassigns Top TSA Official
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mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he reassigned the acting administrator for the Transportation Security Administration, TSA, after earlier ordering improved security...

» CIA sex abuse and torture went beyond Senate report disclosures, detainee says
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mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Majid Khan, who underwent ‘enhanced interrogation’, says authorities poured ice water on his genitals and hung him naked from a beam for days The US Central Intelligence Agenc...

» Blatter Resigns as FIFA Chief
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mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term. Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after th...

» FIFA President Sepp Blatter To Resign
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mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. FIFA President Sepp Blatter is to quit amid a corruption scandal engulfing the footballing body.

» FIFA President Sepp Blatter Resigns
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mikenova shared this story from TIME. (ZURICH)—FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will resign from soccer’s governing body amid a widening corruption scandal and has promised to call for fresh elections to choose a successor.

» Sepp Blatter to Resign as FIFA President
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mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he will step down as the head of the global governing body of soccer, in the wake of the disclosure last week of more than a dozen U.S. indictments aga...

» FIFA President Blatter to step down
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mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. FIFA President Sepp Blatter will step down as head of world soccer's governing body but only after the organization's executive committee organizes a fresh vote "for the election of my suc...

» Blatter stands down as FIFA president
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» Russia Extends Detention Of Alleged Estonian Spy
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» FBI Behind Mysterious Surveillance Aircraft Over US Cities
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mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The Associated Press has learned the FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video or, at times, cellphone surveillance technology....

» Justices don’t resolve much in online threats case
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mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. It’s worse to be reckless than it is to be negligent, but a reckless person may not fully know what he’s doing. Would recklessness suffice to convict Elonis?

» ISIS Advances in Syria & Iraq Upends US Strategy
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mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By John Ubaldi Contributor, In Homeland Security The fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi and the Syrian city of Palmyra has placed into question the U.S. strategy for dealing with ISIS.

» Nukes Along the Sunni-Shia Divide
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mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By Dr. Terry Simmons Contributor, In Homeland Security When the Saudi Royal House snubbed President Obama with their low profile attendance at the GCC conference recently, there was a...

» Cybersecurity: What are the Best Options?
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mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. By Madison O’Day Special Contributor to In Homeland Security The Department of Defense’s newly-released Cyber Strategy isn’t strongly worded by any means, but it does state unam...

» Russia invites Asia-Pacific military specialists to observe defense drills
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mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Russia is interested in inviting military specialists from the Asia-Pacific region as observers to drills held on a bilateral and multilateral basis, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Ana...

» Joint Press Conference by Secretary Carter and Minister of National Defense Thanh, in Hanoi, Vietnam
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» Carter: China "Out of Step" With Pacific
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. In a major address Saturday, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter once again asserted America's right of transit in the Pacific while continuing to single out China as a bad actor in the...

» Long-term Responst to Russia
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Peter Hultqvist, Swedish defense minister, on his country's concerns with Russian actions.

» Tensions High as Russia Responds to Exercise
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Russia's decision to conduct unscheduled large-scale maneuvers in response to the Norway-led Arctic Challenge Exercises 2015 (ACE) in the High North has added fuel to growing geo-polit...

» Iraq Lost 2,300 Humvees in Mosul, Prime Minister Says
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Iraqi security forces lost 2,300 Humvee armored vehicles when the Islamic State jihadist group overran the northern city of Mosul, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday.

» China Rejects US Criticism of Sea Reclamations
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. China on Sunday rejected US demands to stop reclamation works in the South China Sea, saying it was exercising its sovereignty and using the controversial outposts to fulfill internati...

» Carter's Focus: Building Up Pacific Partners
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter will spend the next week touring Asia, where he will focus on building up the maritime security capabilities of regional allies. &#...

» Election Could Alter Poland's Defense Focus
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The largely unexpected victory by opposition candidate Andrzej Duda in the second round of Poland's recent presidential elections could shift Polish military priorities and create more...

» Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm
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» OMB Chief: Fix Sequestration, End OCO 'Gimmick'
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Ahead of a House Appropriations Committee markup session set for Tuesday, a senior White House official sent a letter to committee leadership decrying the use of war accounts to pay fo...

» US Downplays Russian Flyover in Black Sea
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The US military released a video Monday of a Russian Su-24 bomber flying past an American warship in the Black Sea to dispel what it called inaccurate media reports about a routine enc...

» NATO Flexes Muscles in Baltics, Poland
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mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. US-led NATO drills began Monday in the Baltic states and Poland, a move intended to reassure Russia's nervous neighbors amid tensions over Ukraine. &...

» Riding the Tiger of Anti-US Sentiment - Foreign Policy (blog)
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mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Foreign Policy (blog) Riding the Tiger of Anti-US Sentiment Foreign Policy (blog) Then on May 26, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter called for China to halt its island re...

» China Energy Exchange Targets a Market Gap - Wall Street Journal
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» The World's Largest Telecom Companies: China Mobile Beats Verizon, AT&T ... - Forbes
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mikenova shared this story from Cyber Warfare - Google News. Forbes The World's Largest Telecom Companies: China Mobile Beats Verizon, AT&T ... Forbes China Mobile, the world's largest carrier by subscribers, tops the list of the wor...

» Boat With More Than 450 People Sinks in China's Yangtze - ABC News
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» How America Can Balance China's Rising Power in Asia - Wall Street Journal
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» Iraq's PM: ‘We Lost a Lot' of U.S.-Funded Weapons to ISIS
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