"We Need Nothing Short of New Moscow Rules to Wrangle Putin," Jack Devine, The Daily Beast, June 2021
A 31-year veteran of the CIA with decades of experience with the Russians, TAG President Jack Devine sees ongoing Russian aggression against the United States through an intelligence prism and argues that “now is the time to engage in ‘unseen’ efforts to compel Moscow back to a contained and constrained level of behavior.” According to […]
In Other News: US-Russia Summit, Nigeria's Conflict with Twitter & More – June 18, 2021
June 18, 2021 Ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin claims the Russian economy has now reached pre-pandemic levels. In an attempt to project strength ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Biden in Geneva, Putin announced the recovery of the Russian economy from the pandemic. Putin’s posturing ahead of the summit is […]
In Other News: Iranian Navy Ships Headed to Venezuela, Bangladesh Economic Growth & More – June 11, 2021
June 11, 2021 Reports indicate that two Iranian navy ships are headed to Venezuela with a transshipment of weapons in an apparent arms deal between the two countries. The U.S. government has been monitoring the movement of the ships Makran and Sahand which sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa and are currently […]
In Other News: Mexican Midterm Elections, New Zealand-Australia Joint Declaration & More – June 4, 2021
June 4, 2021 As Mexicans go to the polls on June 6, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is counting on his high approval rating to hold on to a supermajority in Congress. López Obrador is not on the ballot, but the outcome of these high-stakes midterm races will have a huge impact on the […]
In Other News: China Limits Cryptocurrencies, Anxiety Over Tokyo Olympics & More – May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021 China’s move to limit cryptocurrencies other than its own digital Yuan is a repressive move advertised as a protective measure. Last week, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) State Council ordered a halt to cryptocurrency trading and mining within its borders, claiming that the ban would better protect its citizens from fraud and […]
In Other News: Egypt's Diplomatic Role in the Middle East, Brazil's Economy Improving & More – May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi played a significant role in brokering a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which have been engaged in renewed violence in the last 11 days. Egypt mediated the truce to pause the fighting between the two sides starting today, after diplomats from Egypt, Qatar, and the United […]
In Other News: Russia Denies Ransomware Attack, Renewed Violence in the Middle East & More – May 14, 2021
May 14, 2021 Russia has denied involvement in the ransomware cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline in the United States, which has disrupted activity and supply from the biggest U.S. gasoline pipeline. According to the FBI, the attack was conducted by a criminal network called DarkSide, which is believed to be based in Russia or Eastern […]
In Other News: India's Covid Crisis, Post-Brexit Complications & More – May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021 India’s current Covid crisis could become a global economic crisis if the situation continues to deteriorate. India is suffering from a staggering surge of Covid-19 cases with multiple variants of the virus in circulation across the country. According to the Indian Health Ministry, the country recorded 412,262 cases of Covid-19 in a […]
In Other News: Russian Moves Against Opposition, Venezuela to Receive Humanitarian Aid & More – April 30, 2021
April 30, 2021 Russian authorities have suspended the activities of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s political organization the Anti-Corruption Foundation and is expected to label it extremist. This would put the organization in the same legal category as Al Qaeda and could portend prison sentences for its supporters. Many of Navalny’s aides and staff have […]
In Other News: Russian Aggression, Cuba without the Castros & More – April 23, 2021
April 23, 2021 Russia appears to be seeking out a middle ground between overt aggression and plausible deniability in its western-facing foreign policy, likely in response to the U.S. ratcheting up the rhetoric around and response to Kremlin transgressions in the U.S., UK, and elsewhere. President Putin warned the U.S. and other Western countries in […]
