Peace and Conflict

Remembering the Tragic Events of July 20, 1999, in China

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The Tian Guo Marching Band outside the Victorian State Library in Melbourne.

The Tian Guo Marching Band outside the Victorian State Library in Melbourne. (Image: via Trisha Haddock)

The Highly Secretive Five Eyes Alliance Has Disrupted a China-Backed Hacker Group

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Flags of Australia, Canada, the U.S., the UK, and New Zealand with the image of an eye on them to symbolize the Five Eyes alliance.

Using stealth techniques, the attacker – referred to as “Volt Typhoon” – exploited existing resources in compromised networks in a technique called 'living off the land'. (Image: Dennis Desmond)

The Black Sea Drone Incident: Avoiding ‘Accidental’ War

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A Russian jet spraying a U.S. drone with fuel.

Released by the Pentagon, the drone’s own video captures the Russian aircraft apparently spraying the drone with fuel, then deliberately colliding with it. (Image: via U.S. European Command / handout)

The World of Surveillance Has Tried Everything From Schoolchildren to Trained Cats

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Pigeons used for surveillance.

Intelligence agencies have long used not just human agents, but animal ones too. (Image: via Public domain)

China Spy Balloon Controversy: The CCP’s Civil-Military Integration Strategy

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The Chinese spy balloon.

The suspected Chinese spy balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, on February 1, in this picture obtained from social media. (Image: Chase Doak via YouTube)

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s Musical Mission to Defend Their Country and Raise Funds for Victims

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Ukraine smoke flag isolated on a black background.

An all-Ukrainian ensemble composed of notable musicians from Ukrainian cities is on a musical mission to raise funds and spirits. (Image: Vladm via Dreamstime)

Schindler of the East: John Rabe (Part 2)

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Bodies of victims along Qinhuai River.

Upon seizing Nanjing, Japanese soldiers conducted mass killings and other atrocities as they ravaged the Chinese citizens during the Second Sino-Japanese War. (Image: Public Domain via Wikimedia)

Schindler of the East: John Rabe (Part 1)

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Portrait of John Rabe.

John Rabe, a German businessman, is known to the world for setting up a safe zone during the Second Sino-Japanese War in China (1937-1945) and saving 250,000 Chinese people. (Image: DrSivle via Wikimedia)

Alexander the Great’s Conquest of the Persian Empire

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The Battle of the Granicus

'The Battle of the Granicus' (1665) by Charles Le Brun depicts Alexander the Great at the center of the cavalry battle. (Image: Public Domain)

Beijing Is the ‘Greatest Challenge’ Confronting the US, Says CIA Director

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A mobile phone open to the CIA's homepage is sticking out of the pocket of a pair of blue jeans.

William Burns, the CIA Director, has labeled China as the 'greatest challenge' confronting the U.S. (Image: Piotr Swat via Dreamstime)
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