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Security Policy Analyst. Journalist. Academic. Thomas Jefferson Fellow [Globalization] 2000 [. . . in the trenches . . .]

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 07/10/2026
A Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot gives the middle finger toward the falling wreckage of a Russian attack drone he had just shot down during an interception mission. #Ukraine
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 07/10/2026
A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually beat the accuracy of today’s best atomic clocks
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First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More exhibits of #ThucydidesTrap The visit — heavy on brass fanfares, flags and warm toasts — manifested a bet by #Trump that effusive overtures to #Xi can yield tangible gains. It sharply broke from the tone that defined his first term.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“While operational security precluded us from confirming the movement of our assets and forces in real-time, we can acknowledge now that all #US bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States”, a #Pentagon official said.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Structural dynamics of #ThucydidesTrap continue to unfold The #Pentagon confirmed all 12 B1-B bombers had redeployed to the #US after jets were filmed leaving the Gloucestershire base. Likely to happen sooner in South China Sea when #China flexes it muscle. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
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US pulls B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford over suspected terror plot
The Pentagon confirms a dozen jets returned home safely but remain fully prepared to launch long-range missions after the Gloucestershire security breach
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“I will never stifle the growth of technology that will be bigger than the industrial revolution,” Trump said. The task force will still yield to the industry as the primary vehicle for managing risks. But it will work in sync with the industry to identify risk and opportunities.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Members of the task force will include JD Vance,Pete Hegseth, Richard Walters,, Bessent, Wiles while external members will include David Sacks and Condoleezza Rice, who will provide advice on national security. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/new-...
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Exclusive | New AI Czar Unveils Goals, Members of White House Task Force
The group will examine the technology’s risks and opportunities—and focus on making sure the U.S. is first in the field.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Chinese delegation arranged no activities for Xi on the evening of his arrival, and the Chinese leader spent only about 10 minutes inside the National Archives on the final day of his visit, Sept. 25 — far less than US officials had planned.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Beijing officials told their #US counterparts they preferred more time for #Xi to rest during his Washington visit, the people said. The result was a roughly five-hour gap in the summit agenda, a long stretch of downtime during a barely two-day visit. www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Exclusive | Unusual Rest Breaks for Xi Jinping Sucked Hours Out of Summit With Trump
Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China’s 73-year-old leader.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The Security Division at #Israel's Ministry of Transportation and the Mossad were supposed to check the list of staff members of @flydubai #FZ1073. The Tax Authority confirmed the list was accepted, but the MoT refuses to say whether it has reviewed it." www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...
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ישראל קיבלה מראש את רשימת אנשי הצוות של טיסת פליי דובאי
לדברי מקורות ביטחוניים, אגף הביטחון במשרד התחבורה והמוסד היו אמורים לבדוק את רשימת אנשי הצוות שהתקבלה ברשות המיסים. החוק שקבע כי רשימות אנשי צוות של טיסות המגיעות לישראל יעברו לגופי הביטחון אושר לפני ...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US is aware that the policies, backed by Defense Minister Bezalel Smotrich have been accelerated in an attempt to create facts on the ground ahead of the vote. In closed conversations, the Americans are warning their Israeli counterparts of risks to the entire settlement project.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, Israeli passengers were subjected to lengthy customs inspections, consistent with an order barring items made in the settlements from being brought into Holland.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Now a double problem could arise: Israelis may be afraid to fly with foreign airlines because of dubious security arrangements, and foreign airlines will want to reduce or suspend flights to Israel for fear of copycat attacks.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In the midst of a fateful election campaign, #Netanyahu will try to turn even mud into gold: He met with the survivors and had his photo take with them, in the hopes that a bit of the stardust will stick to him.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
After all, the day before, Bibi hinted that acts of terrorism were expected soon. If #Netanyahu knew in advance about a threat to Israeli civil aviation – this time round, he was supposedly woken up on time – why didn't he order cautionary measures to be taken?
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The gov wish to link the event to #Iran somehow, meanwhile, has yet to be fulfilled. #Israel|i intel are finding neither evidence nor logic in this theory. Tehran craves revenge, but a deadly attack against such a blatantly civilian target probably wouldn't help ease its distress
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And there's also another matter that the prime minister isn't eager to mention: his efforts to preserve the tension in the various theaters of the war, based on the notion that escalation initiated by Israel will come to serve him if necessary.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Even among heads of states that are relatively friendly to Israel in the region, it seems there is no great enthusiasm for another wonderful term for the Netanyahu-Smotrich-Ben-Gvir coalition.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Netanyahu was compelled to urgently invite opposition leader MK Yair #Lapid from Yesh Atid in the middle of the night and reveal to him that, well, there wasn't really any concrete information about a #terrorist attack about to upend the #election.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Netanyahu warned about attempts by #Israel's enemies to disrupt the general election. The somewhat clumsy warning drew a flood of questions from the media and targeted criticism from the opposition parties. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu's flydubai problem: What did he know about the attack - and when?
Civilians stopped the attack when security systems failed. Netanyahu, weeks before an election, rushed to claim the credit
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The #UK has announced it won’t renew waivers for #Iran|ian banks that have been working in London. The action could effectively shut down London’s #BankMelli subsidiary, whose #British license is due for renewal next month. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Exclusive | A U.S. Arm-Twisting Campaign Is Cutting Iran Off From the Rest of the World
A former Citi banker now with the Treasury Department made a secretive trip, warning countries to end flights and cut off banks.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The discovery led investigators to three other containers linked to al-Muayyad that had arrived in Aden months earlier aboard the CMA CGM Verdi. “The components were deliberately split across four containers to make the shipment harder to detect.”
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The #US has increasingly sanctioned #China-based companies and individuals it accuses of supplying Iran’s military with sensitive dual-use goods, including last September when it targeted Chinese and other suppliers of #Iran's client #Houthis.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#China's War-profiting from #Iran & #GCC It was July, and the cargo had been sitting under guard for months. Spread before the authorities were industrial machines, chemicals and components shipped from China and bound for the #Houthi militants. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The Houthis Sustain Their War Machine With Chinese Goods
An examination of Chinese cargo seized en-route to a Houthi-controlled city reveals an array of commercial goods that can also be used to assemble ballistic missiles and drones.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#Pentagon has scheduled its first major test for just before the 2028 election. Meink also said the #Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system had moved “from initial contract to flight-ready hardware in less than one year,” without revealing further details.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“This is why the #US now has on-orbit #space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action.” Meink did not provide specifics on the weapons. It’s unknown when the weapons were put into orbit.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The nightmarish scenario of space(-based) arms race is real & present. Allegedly, the #Pentagon already shot a #China's satellite feeding geospatial date to #Iran. Probably as consequential for security policies and doctrines as the birth of atomic bomb. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/15/s...
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US military confirms it has deployed weapons in space | CNN
The United States has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday – the first public acknowledgment of such capabilities in orbit ...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The multiyear covert programme, codenamed C430L, has enlisted some of #Russia’s most experienced missile specialists to help #Iran develop a new class of weapon capable of threatening aircraft carriers, other warships and merchant ships in the Middle East. archive.ph/9wFZc#select...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Zionist Triad The #Germany- built Israeli submarines can deliver #nuclear arms. Multiple foreign publications have reported that submarines are part of a triad of nuclear #deterrence that #Israel possesses, along with land-based and air-based weapons. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
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Israel’s sixth submarine departs Germany in Navy upgrade | The Jerusalem Post
Multiple foreign publications have reported that Israeli submarines are part of a triad of nuclear deterrence that Israel possesses.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
While experts are still debating whether al Qaeda is relevant, Iran has erected a durable infrastructure of chaos and terrorism. Western societies need to stop treating Shiite extremism as tradition when it appears in the street, as diaspora politics when it waves portraits of ayatollahs ....
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"A perpetual politics of grievance and mourning, when fused with the ideology of Ruhollah #Khomeini, Hassan #Nasrallah, and other Shiite leaders, becomes mobilization," writes Saad Khan eloquently about militant #Khomeini|sm in #America. www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/46854...
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Dearborn isn't a 'walk for peace': Tehran launders extremism US refuses to see
Western blind spots allow Iran to expand Shiite radicalism in America under the guise of protected religious tradition and ritual.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“Values-based considerations like brutality and the Taliban’s horrific treatment of women and girls would not necessarily keep this administration from engaging with the #Taliban, particularly if that could help advance #US economic interests,” @MichaelKugelman said.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Moving past the current paralysis, Robin Raphel said, could create new access to minerals, strengthen relations with #Afghanistan’s Central Asian neighbors, and counter #China and #Russia, which do trade and have diplomats in the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/w...
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The Taliban Kicked the U.S. Out of Afghanistan. Now They Want It Back.
In an interview, Afghanistan’s foreign minister called on the U.S. to reopen its embassy and invest in the country — a near-impossible sell for now, analysts and former diplomats say.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Persistent myths about past conflicts add to the problem, esp the notion that the US military failed notfor it should not have started a war or because its goals were unattainable, but because it did not pursue the right tactics or commit enough resources. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Like Dixon’s incompetents, who shunned publicity of any sort, #Hegseth’s #Pentagon not only purged the professional press corps and banished it from the building, but rewrites casualty totals on a whim and hasn’t held a press briefing during #Iran war. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/31/h...
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The Book That Predicted Pete Hegseth’s Failures
‘On the Psychology of Military Incompetence’ examines the narrow minds of petty men.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Whenever you explain to them (#Iran|ians) we're done talking about money as it was a constant. They took that as a signal to talking about money more. . . . But a lot of times they'd come in with a blend of exaggerated sense of their own importance . . ." www.youtube.com/watch?v=L41x...
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Ex-CIA Reveals What It’s Like Spying on Iran
YouTube video by The Rest Is Classified
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Moroccans swarming Spain-run #Ceuta obviously seems driven by geopolitics i.e. #US & #Israel. In this day and age, #Spain's no grounds to keep colonial holdouts in #Africa or better put, any European state anywhere in the world. Time to leave now. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Spain pushes migrants back to Morocco as fallout deepens over mass border breach
The crisis in Ceuta, on the African coast, instantly became a touchstone in the global migrant debate as suspicions swirled that the viral incident was orchestrated.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The controversial provision is one of many sticking points that may prevent the Senate from passing its own version of the military policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act and delaying a vote on the House bill to the late fall.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Senator Hollen worries that #Israel’s ability to block 3rd-country transfers could extend to even more types of #US arms if the measure were to pass. He also negated Israel’s objection to Iron Dome transfer to Ukraine, noting such worries didn’t stop the US from #Patriot transfer
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“Once you’re creating jobs in congressional districts around the country, you’re giving members of Congress a reason to continue the program.” #Israel could also retain leverage over the #US because Israeli technologies would be integrated into future US weapons systems.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#Israel advocates view the measure as a means to preserve US support for Israel in the event that Congress chooses to discontinue the $3.8 billion of aid the #US sends to Israel every year, an increasingly contentious use of taxpayer money.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The new areas would encompass “artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, machine learning, and autonomous systems,” “Counter-Unmanned systems,” “biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and medical defense technologies” plus several other fields, the legislation says.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The provision is one of the issues #US senators are grappling with as they consider the annual defense bill, a “must-pass” legislation. The measure in the House bill creates an executive agent position inside the #Pentagon to influence how the US invests in arms co-production.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
When asked for comment, the #Israel|i embassy in #US defended the joint-production relationship and #Netanyahu’s veto of the Iron Dome transfer to #Ukraine, saying “the concern was that the technology could find its way to the #Iran|ians.”
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The debate in Congress over the military policy bill is the latest flash point over whether #Israel should continue to receive significant #US support despite concerns about its conduct in #Gaza and treatment of Palestinians there and in the West Bank.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A @Wapo story that truly exposes the depth of #Israel-#US defence relations and Washington's increasing vulnerability to Tel Aviv's say in arms transfers. Not only the new draft bill has implications for #Ukraine but also #GCC, #Turkey, #Pakistan etc. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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House push to integrate defense industries of Israel, U.S. draws scrutiny
Critics of the legislation fear that, if adopted, it would give Israel veto power over U.S. weapons systems.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
These deaths have left the regime in turmoil. Amid the chaos, Iran’s leaders are more vulnerable to charges of insufficient loyalty and will more acutely feel the need to assert their power.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ali Larijani's effectively in charge after the supreme leader was killed in February but was himself killed in a strike barely two weeks later. He was no moderate, but he was a pragmatic operator who could make deals and bring the regime with him.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
. . . reparation fund Iran made the seemingly nonsensical decision to pick a fight instead. Understanding why it did this is essential to figuring out how to handle the regime.
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Naveed @naveed360.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In July, #Iran trashed the ceasefire deal it had reached with the US by attacking three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Having negotiated an extraordinary package — ending sanctions, unfreezing assets and establishing a $300b . . .
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