Developments in the Global Oil Market Strategic Significance
Since mid-2014, global oil prices have fallen dramatically. The price of an American WTI barrel of oil was $44 in late January 2015, compared...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – February 10th 2015
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U.S Visa waiver program is under attack by many experts
Terror attacks on...
Counterterrorism and preventive activity
Wave of arrests of jihadi operatives throughout Europe
Following the attacks in Paris, European security forces raised the state of alert and tightened security at...
Belgium concerned by ISIS members returning home
Belgium is the main source for European fighters in ISIS.
The country's law enforcement officials fear that at least seventy of some 350 Belgian fighters...
The Iranian Nuclear Crisis and the U.S. Administration
The Dilemma of Sanctions in Light of the Effort to Promote an Agreement
In his State of the Union address on January 20, 2015, President...
France to sell Egypt advanced frigates and jet fighters
France will become a major arms supplier for Egypt.
Cairo is interested in procuring 20 Rafale fighter jets as well as two FREMM frigates from...
Strat Aero will establish first UAV pilot base in Netherlands
Strat Aero has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Dutch Government to establish an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) training facility in the...
Pressure to revive uniform air-passenger information legislation in Europe
The European Parliament is considering reviving draft legislation which would force airline companies to give EU member governments a cohesive and uniform set of...
Israeli systems on Italian helicopters?
The Italian army is testing a very advanced Israeli developed systems for use on its helicopters.
The proposed system is currently undergoing acceptance tests on...
Europe is slowly waking up to the terror threat
Europe is waking up. The Europol (European Police Office), which has new authority to collect information on people who have never been convicted of...
New air defense system for the British Army
The British Army is to get a new ground-based air defense missile to replace the aging Rapier system following the signing of a development...
The U.S Visa waiver program is under attack by many experts
The plan to apply a visa waiver program to the U.S is being attacked from many sides.
Recently, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged the...
Polish army to acquire UAVs for Brigades and Elements of the...
The Armament Inspectorate of the Polish army has started a procedure aimed at making it possible to acquire UAVs for the Polish Army per...
Spotlight on Global Jihad – Paris terrorist attacks
This week was marked by a series of terrorist shooting attacks in Paris, directed against the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and Jewish targets. These...
The Terror Attacks in Paris: Tip of the Iceberg or a...
The shock that gripped France following the terrorist attacks in Paris in early January 2015 will probably wane as time passes. Similarly, the urgency...
A global security summit in Washington to fight the rise of...
President Barack Obama will invite allies to a Feb. 18 security summit in Washington to try and prevent violent extremism, U.S. Attorney General Eric...
Cyber: hackers attack German steel mill causing physical damage
According to a report issued by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik - BSI), hackers had struck an...
The black market for weapons in Europe serves terror cells
"Marine and land containers are used to smuggle huge numbers of weapons to Europe and they are in the hands of terror cells," an...
Israeli experts: this is how ’Al-Qaida in Yemen’ operates in Europe
Al-Qaida in Yemen said it directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris "as revenge for the honor" of Islam's...
Israeli technology – major coastal defense element in a Spanish port
Securing seaports and defending them has unfolded as a key priority in recent years. The threat posed by terrorist organization sets its eyes on...
High alert in Jewish organizations in France following the attack in...
High alert in all the Jewish organizations following the deadly attack in Paris this morning.
"In some Muslim neighborhoods in Paris and other cities, there...
Experts: strong terrorist infrastructure in France
France is a hub of diverse terrorist activity, just waiting for a chance to perpetrate terrorist attacks. This, according to Israeli counterterrorism experts.
These experts...
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