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The truth behind the US show of force in Asia
As President Donald Trump toured Asia, three US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battle groups were exercising together in the Pacific. It’s an awesome display of US military power and reach, a reminder of Washington’s unparalleled ability to project global force. At ...
China’s ‘Big Brother’ tech gives surveillance new reach
As tens of thousands of Chinese walked into a festival in the eastern port city of Qingdao in August, a software program scanned their pictures.
Uber’s London fight a sign of tech battles to come
If there’s been one common thread running through almost every industry in the last decade, it has been how a handful of tech firms have revolutionized how the world does business. There’s Google for accessing information; Twitter for sharing opinion ...
The coming robot arms race
Russia’s latest “Zapad” military exercise is underway on NATO’S eastern border. Tens of thousands of soldiers are taking part in the massive four-yearly war games that are both a drill as well as a show of strength for the West.
By staying in office, British PM May courts disaster
By Peter App   DESPITE her dramatic electoral upset, British Prime Minister Theresa May appears determined to stay in office. In the short term, she could yet manage it. But the longer-term consequences may well be disastrous for her country. Negotiations on the ...
Calm down, America. Attacks won’t break Britain.
Peter Apps WHEN I rolled my wheelchair out of my apartment block last Sunday morning - mere hours after three attackers killed seven a few hundred yards away in London Bridge and Borough Market - the most striking thing was the ...
In standing up to Trump, Europe gets its mojo back
By Peter Apps IF President Donald Trump wanted to make an impression with his first visit to Europe last week, he unquestionably succeeded. In their own ways, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and new French President Emmanuel Macron this weekend signaled just how ...
Europe’s rising tide of attacks show diminishing political effect
By Peter Apps It shouldn’t be a surprise that Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) was quick to claim responsibility for Monday’s suicide attack in Manchester that killed 22 people. As its last territory in Iraq’s second city of Mosul falls to US-backed ...
Europe dodges a bullet, but far right dangers remain
By Peter Apps The outpouring of international relief over the French far right failing to seize the presidency says a lot about the febrile nature of modern Western politics. Europe has dodged a bullet, and the victory of Emmanuel Macron is, ...
As cyber warfare turns 10, the West risks falling behind
Peter Apps When Estonia became the first nation on the receiving end of an overwhelming cyber attack 10 years ago last week, government and other critical websites and systems such as banking collapsed in one of the most internet-connected countries of ...
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