In recent years, a frankly alarming trend has been observed in the world. The authorities of individual states openly declare that they are ready to use cyber capabilities for military purposes to confront other countries. At the same time, this is presented under
International information security is, unfortunately, not going through its best times. States often accuse each other of committing cybercrimes, including hacking attacks on individual institutions and organizations, as well as entire segments of the economy or political activity. Perhaps the undisputed world leader
Introduction In 2018, I was working with Caritas Colombiana monitoring the implementation of the Peace Agreement in the Amazon region with the Kroc Institute, we “experts” arrived in “the field” with a predesigned methodology to ask “campesinos”[1] and indigenous people their perception of
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan meet in Sochi (Kremlin, October 31) On October 25, 2022, Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused the West of pressuring Armenia to cut its traditionally close ties with Moscow in an effort to squeeze
In February 2021, I wrote an article “Turkey’s Pivot in Central Asia: A Calculated Risk?” and asked to what extent can Turkey push its pan-Turkic aspirations in Central Asia? If Turkey’s economic and energy relations in Central Asia continue to deepen, will it
As I was wandering his atelier, Simon begins to describe with precision and a gleaming passion, the details of the work of his fellow artists. He knows the story of each one vividly. Simon has immense admiration for the unique talent of each.
My mother Hilda passed away recently after 14 years of living with dialysis for polycystic kidney disease, an inherited condition. Hilda 69 died in the middle of the pandemic and in a Beirut half destroyed by the gigantic blast at the port on
The recent Azerbaijani border line encroachment towards Syunik should not surprise us at all. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s threats after the war over Artsakh to forcibly open a “corridor” connecting Azerbaijan to its Nakhichevan exclave via Syunik, the role of Azerbaijani media in mobilizing its people for
During this week I received calls and messages from friends from all over the world concerned about my safety, with enough gratitude I tell them that for me things have been calmer, despite the sleepless nights, the permanent anxiety, and anguish to hear
“It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland.” A US Official on Bangladeshi Genocide of 1971 (2011) The 20th century has often been cited as the bloodiest century that the world has ever witnessed, with