Dave Chamberlain, Honiara In the annals of modern geopolitics, few episodes illustrate the futility of intelligence gathering more starkly than the moment when eighteen U.S. intelligence agencies reportedly told the President that Iran was not a nuclear threat—only to have that collective judgment brushed aside. Instead, the President leaned on assertions from Mossad, reinforced in…
Richard Saunders, Phnom Penh President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed retired General Ricardo David Oban Jr., former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), as the country’s new National Security Adviser. The move is seen as a strategic effort to bolster the administration’s national security leadership, pairing Oban’s military expertise…
Richard Saunders, Phnom Penh Israeli defense companies are discreetly reestablishing ties with Taiwan after a 25-year hiatus, adopting a stealth approach shaped by security concerns and regional sensitivities. The renewed cooperation offers Israel a fallback option should its relationships in the Middle East deteriorate further. The partnership recalls earlier decades when Taiwan operated Israeli-made Gabriel…