New report from ICSVE reveals that Pro-IS Transnational Networks Step Up Online Fundraising Efforts, Successfully Extricating Foreign IS Women and Children from Syrian Detention Camps in Post-Assad Syria: Since the ouster of the Assad regime, IS has sought to exploit Syria’s fragile transitional governance period, marked by sectarian violence, USContinue Reading
The Norwegian Government and Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) announced development and production of low-cost air defence missiles and unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Ukraine. During his first visit to Kyiv, the Norwegian Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik met with president Volodymyr Zelenskyj, Minister of Defence RustemContinue Reading
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump used a speech honouring soldiers on Tuesday to defend his decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles in a confrontation over his immigration policy, a move critics have decried as a politically motivated overreaction. “Generations of Army heroes didContinue Reading
Recent events have solidified the Baltic Sea as an area of critical strategic importance. It serves as a vital maritime trading route, hosts considerable networks of Critical Undersea Infrastructure (CUI), and holds significant potential for the development of new sources of energy. As a result, it is also an areaContinue Reading
Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stensønes, Director Norwegian Intelligence Service, presents The Norwegian Intelligence Service’s annual report Focus: Norway faces an increasingly challenging security situation. Over the past year, tensions have been rising between Russia and China on the one hand and the West on the other; they will continue toContinue Reading
Trump’s comeback to The White House has raised international debate about his goals. Instead of jumping to conclusions, we let him tell in his own words the plans for how he will put America First. By Jan Helge Kalvik Editor In Chief MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN President Trump will takeContinue Reading
“Baqiya!” is the battle cry of those who continue to believe in the resurgence of ISIS. It is also the battle cry of female ISIS enforcers in Camp al Roj, the camp in Syria housing women and children related to ISIS members. These women recently attacked and brutally beat HodaContinue Reading
Paul Cobaugh on Truths on Threats: Welcome to another week of our perpetually hotter summers. No, today’s essay is not about Climate change, but about those who deny that it exists. Like Climate change, there is a whole stable of false narratives or conspiracy theories. That they believe these blatantlyContinue Reading
Militant groups such as the Islamic State (IS) and its supporter communities are increasingly capitalising on advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) to disseminate propaganda and disinformation more efficiently and at reduced costs. By exploiting generative AI through easy-to-use and accessible Chatbots and image and audio generators, IS supporters are producingContinue Reading
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Finnish President Alexander Stubb to NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (10 April 2024), just days after Finland celebrated the first anniversary of its accession to the Alliance. The Secretary-General praised Helsinki’s many contributions to NATO, saying “Finland takes security and defence seriously”. “You have long made defenceContinue Reading