Category Strategy, Policy & Governance

Security & Threat Management, Strategy, Policy & Governance

US brainstorming technology strategy to prevent terrorists exploiting Internet to mobilize, facilitate and operationalize attacks

White House officials are drafting a presidential directive from President Trump that calls on his newly appointed defense secretary to take a more aggressive approach to attacking ISIS fighters in Syria. The New York Times reported that Trump is expected to…...

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Rajesh Uppal
February 1, 2017

Comparative Reviews & Capability Assessments, Global Risks & Future Threats

U.S. Intelligence Community’s statement on Worldwide Threat Assessment for 2016

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing on “Current and projected national security threats to the U.S” from Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper. The fast and radical change in the world and our threat environment is…...

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Rajesh Uppal
November 9, 2016

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries

UK MOD’s vision of Future Operating Environment in 2035, future force and Capability development

Britain’s Ministry of Defense has released a new forecast of future world in 2035, in report, titled “Future Operating Environment 2035”. It describes the key institutional, cultural and physical characteristics, actors and their motivations, that are likely to shape the…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 17, 2016

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Science, Engineering & Applied Research

UNESCO maps Global Science and Technology trends towards 2030 amidst Geopolitical developments

For two decades now, the UNESCO Science Report series has been mapping science, technology and innovation (STI) around the world on a regular basis. It is a quinquennial report that focuses on longer-term trends, with respect to policy and science…...

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Rajesh Uppal
November 28, 2015

Global Risks & Future Threats

Russia’s “Ocean Multipurpose System: Status-6” for “Assured Unacceptable Damage”

During President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with military officials in Sochi, where the development of Russia’s military capabilities were being discussed, a number of TV crews were able to capture footage of a paper with drawings of a new nuclear submarine…...

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Rajesh Uppal
November 21, 2015

Global Risks & Future Threats

Senate Panel Explores Future of Warfare and Speed of Innovation of U.S. Military Technology, Weapons Development

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on the future of warfare: “Today, we focus on the future – what features will define the battlefields of tomorrow,…...

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Rajesh Uppal
November 20, 2015

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries

Internet Threats, Control, Geopolitics and the Future of the Internet Governance

Internet has become arguably the most important driver of disruptive innovation in the early twenty-first century, it has transformed the way in which people obtain news, conduct business, communicate with one another, socialize, and interact with public officials. Around 40%…...

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Rajesh Uppal
October 15, 2015

Navy & Maritime, Strategy, Policy & Governance

Russia’s new maritime doctrine for protecting Russian Interests in World’s Oceans

The Russians unveiled their new doctrine last Sunday on board the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, and in the presence of President Vladimir Putin. “The degree of Russia’s economic involvement in the global [economy] has increased in recent years. At the same…...

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Rajesh Uppal
August 30, 2015

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries

Iran Nuclear Deal to reduce Nuclear weapon threat but may fuel Middle East conventional arms race

A nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany has been struck, binding Iran on limiting its nuclear activity in return for the lifting of international economic sanctions. The lifting of sanctions…...

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Rajesh Uppal
July 31, 2015

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries

NATO-Russia standoff amidst Ukraine crisis bring back the fears of Global crisis

Over the last few years, Russia and NATO have been caught in something of a security trap, where neither trusts the other’s intentions and thus tries to build up more military power to deter its rival. Although both think of…...

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Rajesh Uppal
June 16, 2015