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Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States, World

What you need to know about CIA’s Iran Mission Center

by Vijay Prashad June 19, 2019February 18, 2020

China, United States, World

Washington’s war on Chinese telecom giant

by Sun Xi May 8, 2019February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, United States, World

CIA’s Beijing mole pleads guilty

by Asia Times staff May 2, 2019February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Spain, World

Spain not satisfied with CIA answers on embassy attack

by Jefferson Morley April 4, 2019February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia

N. Korea cites FBI for attack on Madrid embassy

by Sunghee Hwang March 31, 2019February 18, 2020

North Korea, Northeast Asia, United States, World

Trump’s counter-intelligence strategy

by Kent Harrington March 26, 2019February 18, 2020

Enes Kanter (0) of the Utah Jazz during an NBA game against New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on November 14, 2014 in New York City. Cem Ozdel / Anadolu Agency

European Union, France, Germany, Middle East, Turkey, World

Basketball star has reason to fear Turkish strongman

by Jefferson Morley January 11, 2019

Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during interviews with the press during a visit of US Senator Charles McGovern in Havana in May 1975. Photo: Reuters/Prensa Latina

Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

The Cuban Revolution, 60 years on

by Vijay Prashad January 6, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in May 2018. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters/ Mikhail Klimentyev

Afghanistan, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Trump’s Syria withdrawal is a chance for peace

by Jeffrey D. Sachs January 3, 2019

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, seen here at a search and rescue event last month, is expected to nominate Army chief Tjahjanto, on his right, as defense minister if he wins the election in April. Photo: Donal Husni / NurPhoto/ AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Widodo appoints Gen Perkasa as new Army chief of staff

by John McBeth December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, World

Did Trump’s enemies try to derail a trade deal with China?

by David P. Goldman December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Jerry Lee (right) is seen at a Christie's exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' in Hong Kong in October 2017. Photo: AFP

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Details emerge on HK biz partner of CIA mole recruited by Beijing

by Asia Times staff November 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters

China, Middle East, World

Has the CIA turned on Mohammad bin Salman?

by Jefferson Morley November 29, 2018

Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses lawmakers after being elected by the National Assembly in Islamabad on August 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/ handout

Afghanistan, European Union, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

Concerns raised over Pakistan’s crackdown on INGOs

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid November 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in London on March 7. Photo: Tolga Akmen / AFP

China, Egypt, European Union, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Turkey, World

One year post-Ritz, MBS looks to ride out Khashoggi affair

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse November 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Former CIA director James Clapper. Photo: Jefferson Morley

World

Former spy chiefs warn of Trump’s dangerous radicalization

by Jefferson Morley November 2, 2018

Colin Powell and the WMD false flag.

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, Vietnam, World

How historical fact makes right-wing fantasies more plausible

by Jefferson Morley October 31, 2018

Bombs dropped from a B-1B Lancer strike an al-Qaeda torture house and prison in Zambraniyah in Iraq in 2008. Photo: AFP via Atlas Photo Archive/ USAF/ James Richardson

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Laos, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Killer politicians: Curtain of deniability lifting

by Jeffrey D. Sachs October 25, 2018

الطبيب الباكستاني المحتجز شاكيل أفريدي الذي جندته المخابرات الأمريكية للمساعدة في البحث عن أسامة بن لادن (الثالث من جهة اليسار) في صورة عائلية في مكان غير معروف في باكستان، 2016. صورة: AFP/SS MIRZA

Pakistan, South Asia, World

Doctor who helped find Bin Laden ‘unwell’ in tiny cell

by F.M. Shakil October 11, 2018February 18, 2020

قامت القوات الخاصة الهندية بدور مهم في احتواء الهجوم الإرهابي على مومباي، ولكن حدت الاستخبارات الضعيفة من فعاليتها

Australia, European Union, Germany, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

India’s mixed success with foreign intelligence agencies

by Rana Banerji October 10, 2018February 18, 2020

The Korean War Memorial in Washington. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Korean War: How South Korea (and America) won the peace

by Andrew Salmon July 27, 2018July 27, 2018

A portrait of Kim Jong-pil, founder of South Korea's once-infamous spy agency, is seen on a mourning altar at a hospital in Seoul on June 23, 2018. Aged 92, Kim was a top figure in conservative politics and one of the country's most influential politicians in the 1980s and 90s. Photo: AFP/ Yonhap

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

Kim Jong-pil: Spymaster, kingmaker, exile, last of ‘3 Kims’ passes

by Andrew Salmon June 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Stringer

Australia, Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

Huawei faces being frozen out in US and Australia

by Asia Times staff June 18, 2018February 18, 2020

United States President Donald Trump has taken a softer tone. Photo: AFP/Oliver Contreras/Pool via CNP

AT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump dangles carrot to North Korea instead of wielding stick

by Andrew Salmon May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Lao children in a village setting. The Lao government aims to implement a universal health care scheme to cover remote impoverished areas of the country. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Laos, Middle East, South Asia, Vietnam

Laos: The legacy of the US ‘secret war’ still takes a deadly toll

by Binaifer Nowrojee May 15, 2018

A photo taken in April 2016 showing Shakil Afridi, in black, the jailed Pakistani doctor who was recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden. Years after his fake vaccination program helped the CIA track and kill bin Laden, he languishes in jail, abandoned by the US, say supporters. Photo: AFP/ SS Mirza

Pakistan, South Asia

Doctor who helped locate Osama bin Laden may soon be freed

by F.M. Shakil May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

A security agent stands guard near the Great Hall of the People in Beijing's Tiananmen Square as the sun appears through the smog. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Spy shamed as Beijing warns of ‘cloak-and-dagger scheming’

by Frank Chen April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

Beijing, China, India, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Now we know who spies on the spies in China

by Asia Times staff April 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Mike Pompeo is sworn in before testifying before the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 12, 2017, on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Trump administration. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Trump’s foreign policy enters new uncertain phase

by M.K. Bhadrakumar March 18, 2018

USA and Syrian flag in grunge and vintage style. Photo: iStock

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Ending America’s disastrous role in Syria

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 19, 2018