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weekly analytical digest "OSINT news" #13-19
weekly analytical
digest "OSINT news" #13-19, 23 September
2019 to 27 September
2019
№ 13, 2019 23
September 2019 to 27 September 2019
1.In the News — Highlights
What is happening in Russia?
1.1.
Policy and Economics
In the Crimea offered Zelensky
alternative course in NATO
more information (ru):
https://news.mail.ru/politics/38883363/
1.2. Fight against corruption
Interior Ministry General accused of
attempted major fraud
He became a defendant in the case of
extortion of 100 million rubles from a businessman
more information (ru):
https://news.mail.ru/incident/38854625/
U.S. intelligence news
1.3. House Intelligence Committee Releases Whistleblower Complaint
September 26, 2019 - Press
Releases
Washington, DC – Today, the House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the declassified
whistleblower complaint. The complaint can be viewed here, and the Intelligence
Community Inspector General letter regarding the complaint can be viewed here.
Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) made the following statement: “The Committee this
morning will be releasing the declassified whistleblower com... Read
more »
2.Analysis
2.1.NIRA news
Analytical review-the actual health status of the
Japanese population
2.2. RUSI news
Explores the importance of military video games at the
present time
2.3. Research briefings POST
Published Thursday, September 26, 2019 | Commons
Briefing papers SN03878
This Briefing Paper describes the police stop and
search powers and outlines a recent history of their reform. It also discusses
the available evidence on the effectiveness of stop and search.
Published Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | Commons
Briefing papers CBP-8666
A collection of overarching climate change-related
briefings and publications.
Published Monday, September 23, 2019 | Commons
Briefing papers CBP-8149
In November 2017, 23 EU Member States submitted a
Joint Notification to the EU Council of Ministers setting out their intention
to utilise the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) mechanism to further
European defence (CSDP).
2.4. The Interpreter
Weekly Digest, published
by the Lowy
Institute.
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GRANT WYETH 23/9/19
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Canada has long looked across the Atlantic but
the pull of the Pacific flank is growing stronger.
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2.5. SWP news
Shifting Boundaries of
the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy
https://www.swp-berlin.org//en/publication/shifting-boundaries-of-the-eus-foreign-and-security-policy/
A Challenge to the Rule of Law
Europe’s foreign and security policy needs to become more effective.
To this end, the executive autonomy of European governments should be maximised, and legal constraints from EU law minimised – this view is
only seemingly plausible. Only an EU foreign and security policy anchored
in the rule of law based on the EU treaties is realistic and sustainable.
https://www.swp-berlin.org//en/publication/shifting-boundaries-of-the-eus-foreign-and-security-policy/
A Challenge to the Rule of Law
Europe’s foreign and security policy needs to become more effective.
To this end, the executive autonomy of European governments should be maximised, and legal constraints from EU law minimised – this view is
only seemingly plausible. Only an EU foreign and security policy anchored
in the rule of law based on the EU treaties is realistic and sustainable.
2.6. Hudson
Institute news
What's Next: Iran's Oil
Field Attacks
The recent drone strikes on Saudi
oil facilities have escalated tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and
have fueled speculation of how the U.S. will respond to the flagrant
attack on an important ally. In the coming days, Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo will sit down with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,
while Iranian President Hassan Rouhani plans to attend the United
Nations General Assembly in New York—leaving open a broad range of
possible responses and repercussions.
For
those wondering "what's next?" Hudson Institute's experts frame the
challenges ahead for the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Iran.
https://www.hudson.org
2.7. ACIPSS-Newsletter -
Today's intelligence news; tomorrow's intelligence history
Al-Qaeda is enduring
security threat despite Hamza bin Laden’s death, experts warn
Documents show NSA
over-collected phone data for a second time
Doubts at the NSA: Shelving a Mass Surveillance Program
Doubts at the NSA: Shelving a Mass Surveillance Program
2.8. The Journal of Military and
Strategic Studies (JMSS) news
The Journal of Military and
Strategic Studies (JMSS) is an interdisciplinary, electronic journal
examining issues of security, defence and
strategic studies. Its mandate is to encourage the creation of original
scholarship in strategic and military studies and to provide a forum for the
discussion of issues related to security, broadly defined, in an open-access
online format. It is a refereed academic journal that promotes original
scholarship in military and strategic studies to a worldwide audience. It is a
leading open access academic journal in military studies published in Canada.
The JMSS website is www.jmss.org.
The Journal of Military and Strategic Studies extends
an open invitation to readers across the world, whether students, soldiers,
workers in NGOs, to contribute to its sections, Commentary, and Notes From the
Field. These sections increase the range of the voices and experiences which we
represent, and our ability to illuminate events as they happen across the
earth.
You have been specifically selected to join our forum and to receive
issues of this Journal. (To be removed from the list, please refer to the
instructions at the end of this email.) You may link to the JMSS at www.jmss.org. As
one of the few electronic journals dedicated to the study of security related
issues based in Canada, we are pleased to provide a forum in which security
issues can be examined and discussed.
Enjoy this issue of the JMSS!
Vol 19, No 4
(2019)
Table of Contents
Notes From the Field
Dr. Thomas Keenan
Contemporary Issues in Military and Strategic Studies
Seçkin Ünver, Tuncay Gürbüz
Articles
Ioannis Salavrakos
David Scott
Dr. Nicole Jackson
William Richardson
Book Reviews
Lionel Beehner
3.RESEARCHER SPOTLIGHT
OSINT news
Monday, September 23, 2019
Terrorism Monitor Volume: 17 Issue: 18
The extent of al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) recruitment networks in the Maldives
Terrorism Monitor Volume: 17 Issue: 18
By: Brian M. Perkins
The Jamestown Foundation
https://jamestown.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TM-Sep.-20-2019-Issue-1.pdf?x54374
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
New Nuclear Power
This Commons Library briefing paper summarises current progress on nuclear power, including conventional reactors, advanced designs, waste disposal and nuclear research.
Published Monday, August 19, 2019 | Commons Briefing papers CBP-8176
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-8176
Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson clearly prefers soundbites over policy details
Friends of Europe news
With a new mandate focused primarily on emotions, and in search of the vulnerabilities of people and communities, Johnson fundamentally rethinks the brexit debate.
https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/back-pedaling-on-the-backstop-boris-and-the-blame-game/
With a new mandate focused primarily on emotions, and in search of the vulnerabilities of people and communities, Johnson fundamentally rethinks the brexit debate.
https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/back-pedaling-on-the-backstop-boris-and-the-blame-game/
Morocco's leadership in immigration management
RUSI news
modern trends of Morocco development in the context of the issue of immigration are shown
Get Africa Involved: Morocco’s Lead in the Management of Immigration
modern trends of Morocco development in the context of the issue of immigration are shown
Get Africa Involved: Morocco’s Lead in the Management of Immigration
20 August 2019
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Mexico Maya Train poses major challenges
Oxford Analytica news
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)’s Maya Train poses serious social, financial and environmental risks
https://dailybrief.oxan.com/Analysis/GA245654/Mexico-Maya-Train-poses-major-challenges
Mexico Maya Train poses major challenges
Defining the Concept of ‘Violent Extremism’
GCSP news
Over the past few decades, the concept of violent extremism (VE) has played an increasingly prominent role in global development policy and programming. Having gone through several incarnations, most actors are now focused on preventing and countering violent extremism. This terminology was developed in an attempt to repackage the global war on terrorism (GWOT) in such a way as to shift the focus from the overly militarized responses of the 1990s and early 2000s to methods related to social support and prevention.
Defining the Concept of ‘Violent Extremism’
https://www.gcsp.ch/publications/defining-concept-violent-extremism
Over the past few decades, the concept of violent extremism (VE) has played an increasingly prominent role in global development policy and programming. Having gone through several incarnations, most actors are now focused on preventing and countering violent extremism. This terminology was developed in an attempt to repackage the global war on terrorism (GWOT) in such a way as to shift the focus from the overly militarized responses of the 1990s and early 2000s to methods related to social support and prevention.
Defining the Concept of ‘Violent Extremism’
https://www.gcsp.ch/publications/defining-concept-violent-extremism
National Security
banking while an important part of U.S. innovation and culture, bankruptcy proceedings have nonetheless become a unique way through which foreign adversaries can acquire sensitive U.S. national security technologies and intellectual property. Through a detailed analysis of the existing gaps in the Federal rules governing foreign investment and bankruptcy procedures in the United States, Camilla Stewart provides the reader with an in-depth look at how foreign companies were able to circumvent these rules of foreign investment in the United States.
Full Court Press: Preventing Foreign Adversaries from Exfiltrating National Security Technologies Through Bankruptcy Proceedings
Journal of National Security Law & Policy
Full Court Press: Preventing Foreign Adversaries from Exfiltrating National Security Technologies Through Bankruptcy Proceedings
Journal of National Security Law & Policy
Nord Stream 2 Sanctions A Miss?
Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy news
Although sanctions against the Russian Nord stream 2 gas pipeline project will be very well accepted in Central and Eastern Europe, they can make the already tense relations between the US and its Western European allies even more complex
Online Jihadist propaganda – 2018 in review
Europol news
report based on open sources about the terrorist propaganda of Jihad in 2018
report based on open sources about the terrorist propaganda of Jihad in 2018
Online Jihadist propaganda – 2018 in review
how social media platforms have been instrumentalized for various purposes by terrorist organizations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, and how these governments have addressed this issue
Given the scale of inter-communal violence in the region, it is essential to conduct further research on this connection.
The use of end-to-end encrypted communications by terrorists is a common feature of all three case studies in the present document: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. However, the government's response to this in South Asia has so far been futile, as their proposals were not feasible and social media blocks were of limited effectiveness.
RUSI news
Transnational Lessons from Terrorist Use of Social Media in South Asia
The use of end-to-end encrypted communications by terrorists is a common feature of all three case studies in the present document: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. However, the government's response to this in South Asia has so far been futile, as their proposals were not feasible and social media blocks were of limited effectiveness.
RUSI news
Transnational Lessons from Terrorist Use of Social Media in South Asia
13 August 2019
DIIS - New article about the contested state-building in periods of cease-fire
DIIS news
New article about the contested state-building in periods of cease-fire
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND THE SECRET SERVICE
RIEAS news
sharp and very necessary in the present discussion article about democratic control over the security services
sharp and very necessary in the present discussion article about democratic control over the security services
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND THE SECRET SERVICE, MYTHS IN EUROPE
Counterintelligence Threat Brief for Turkey
a summary of the threat of counterintelligence about traditional and non-traditional counterintelligence threats to individuals who fail a security check who travel to Turkey as business travelers or for personal reasons.
Counterintelligence Threat Brief for Turkey
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2019/08/15/counterintelligence-threat-brief-for-turkey/
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