ISDEI Instituto de Seguridad, Defensa y Estudios Internacionales

Egyptain security forces have killed 6 terrorists in Notrh Sinai and seized their weapons, an Egyptian Army spokesman reported on October 23. The Egyptian Army and security forces are conducting a series of security operations against ISIS-linked militants operating in North Sinai in order to strengthen security in the border area with Gaza Strip. Government forces intensified operations in the area earlier this week after  militants kidnapped three Palestine workers on the Palestinian side of the buffer zone and took them to North Sinai. Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image Click to see the full-size image

Various sources have accused the U.S. of trying to enforce the model of a unitary world where it alone dictates to all other nations. The following essay develops the idea that seeing the world as multipolar instead is much more in consonance with reality.   Ability to tolerate the diversity implied by a multipolar world should be seen as a sign not of weakness but of maturity. Such maturity is urgently needed in today’s world, where humanity is sliding down a slippery slope to oblivion. This maturity can only be found if we stay rooted in our spiritual center. While the argument is a philosophical one, it has life or death application to today’s geopolitical conflicts. Nothing could be more dangerous than the growing threats and conflicts among nuclear-armed powers that have lost the ability for self-examination and mutual respect. It’s as though we are seeing the Cuban missile crisis playing out on a daily basis. “FULL-SPECTRUM SUPERIORITY” In the forefront is what seems...

Travelers are being warned to keep their distance from areas of Madagascar affected by the bubonic plague. As the outbreak worsens, some doctors are even warning that “no one is safe” from the disease. The outbreak of the  black plague in Madagascar  has so far killed 97 people, and doctors are warning that it will be continuing to  spread and worsen, meaning no one is safe.  Health officials say the disease,  which contributed to the deaths of more than 50 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages , has spread from rural areas to the more urban areas not usually affected. Hundreds of cases are reported on the tropical island every year, but experts are warning the epidemic is “much more dangerous” than in previous years. Officials have reported infections in 17 of the island nation’s 22 regions since the outbreak started in August. And the number of cases is growing by the day, said Elhadj As Sy, the secretary general of the International Fede...

The Intercept has  just released a new top-secret NSA document  unearthed from leaked intelligence files provided by Edward Snowden which reveals in stunning clarity that  the armed opposition in Syria was under the direct command of foreign governments from the early years of the war  which has now claimed half a million lives. The US intelligence memo – marked “Top Secret” –  is arguably the most damning piece of evidence to date which gives internal US government confirmation of the direct role that both the Saudi and US governments   played  in fueling an armed insurgency which launched massive and well-coordinated  attacks on civilians, civilian infrastructure, as well as military targets in pursuit of regime change.  The NSA report is sourced to the intelligence agency’s controversial  PRISM program  – which gives the NSA the ability to sweep up all communications and data exchanged through major US internet service provide...