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Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) testifies before a Senate Intelligence hearing on his nomination to head the CIA on Capitol Hill in Washington January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 12, 2017 | World
President-elect Donald Trump’s for CIA director presented a score of challenges facing the United States on Thursday, considering Russia a threat, Iran “disruptive” and shedding light on China that he said is creating “real tensions.”...
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by David Ignatius | Sep 20, 2016 | Opinion
Contemplating Russian nuclear threats during the Cold War, the strategist Herman Kahn calibrated a macabre ladder of escalation, with 44 rungs ranging from “Ostensible Crisis” to “Spasm or Insensate War.” In the era of cyberwarfare that’s now dawning, the rules of the...