DefenceTalkA host of state intelligence services warned early of a new coronavirus with the potential to wreak havoc worldwide, yet many governments failed to heed the warnings — a mistake that experts say they are unlikely to make again. The scramble to contain the outbreak has underscored for many officials the need to adapt spycraft […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-task-for-spy-agencies-stay-ahead-of-epidemic-threats-75506/

DefenceTalkMoscow on Sunday slammed NATO for focusing on a “non-existent” threat from Russia at a leaders summit in Warsaw that saw fears over the Kremlin’s expansionism high on the agenda. “A preliminary analysis of the results of the meeting shows that NATO continues to exist in some sort of military-political looking-glass world,” the foreign ministry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/moscow-blasts-nato-focus-on-non-existent-russia-threat-67814/

DefenceTalkThe prospect of Donald Trump winning the US presidency represents a global threat on par with religious militancy destabilizing the world economy, according to British research group EIU. In the latest version of its Global Risk assessment, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked victory for the Republican front-runner at 12 on an index where the current […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-victory-a-major-global-risk-eiu-67074/

DefenceTalkBeijing on Tuesday dismissed an annual Pentagon report that accused it of widespread cyberspying on the US government, rejecting it as an “irresponsible” attempt to drum up fear of China as a military threat. The paper came as concerns in Washington have grown over Beijing’s double-digit rises in defence spending and a steady hacking campaign […]https://www.defencetalk.com/beijing-says-us-defence-report-hypes-china-threat-47724/