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Alan W. Dowd is a Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes on the full range of topics relating to national defense, foreign policy and international security. Dowd’s commentaries and essays have appeared in Policy Review, Parameters, Military Officer, The American Legion Magazine, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, The Claremont Review of Books, World Politics Review, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, The Financial Times Deutschland, The Washington Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Examiner, The Detroit News, The Sacramento Bee, The Vancouver Sun, The National Post, The Landing Zone, Current, The World & I, The American Enterprise, Fraser Forum, American Outlook, The American and the online editions of Weekly Standard, National Review and American Interest. Beyond his work in opinion journalism, Dowd has served as an adjunct professor and university lecturer; congressional aide; and administrator, researcher and writer at leading think tanks, including the Hudson Institute, Sagamore Institute and Fraser Institute. An award-winning writer, Dowd has been interviewed by Fox News Channel, Cox News Service, The Washington Times, The National Post, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and numerous radio programs across North America. In addition, his work has been quoted by and/or reprinted in The Guardian, CBS News, BBC News and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dowd holds degrees from Butler University and Indiana University. Follow him at twitter.com/alanwdowd.

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Scott Tilley is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes the “Technical Power” column, focusing on the societal and national security implications of advanced technology in cybersecurity, space, and foreign relations.

He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

He is president and founder of the Center for Technology & Society, president and co-founder of Big Data Florida, past president of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow.

He has authored over 150 academic papers and has published 28 books (technical and non-technical), most recently Systems Analysis & Design (Cengage, 2020), SPACE (Anthology Alliance, 2019), and Technical Justice (CTS Press, 2019). He wrote the “Technology Today” column for FLORIDA TODAY from 2010 to 2018.

He is a popular public speaker, having delivered numerous keynote presentations and “Tech Talks” for a general audience. Recent examples include the role of big data in the space program, a four-part series on machine learning, and a four-part series on fake news.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

Contact him at stilley@cts.today.

Russia Bans 63 Japanese Officials, Including Prime Minister, over Ukraine War Sanctions

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Categories: ASCF News National Preparedness

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Source: https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2022/05/04/russia-bans-63-japanese-officials-including-prime-minister-over-ukraine-war-sanctions/

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The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday announced an indefinite ban on entering Russia for 63 Japanese officials, including Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. The ban was presented as retaliation against Japan for sanctions it imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine.

“The administration of Fumio Kishida launched an unprecedented anti-Russian campaign, allowing unacceptable rhetoric against the Russian Federation, including slander and direct threats,” railed the Russian Foreign Ministry in its statement Wednesday.

The Foreign Ministry accused the Japanese government of being “completely biased” and tainted by “the attitudes of the West towards our country.”

Other Japanese officials banned from entering Russia included Kishida’s cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, Foreign Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, Finance Minister Shun’ichi Suzuki, and Defense Minister Nobuo Kisi.

Russia also banned some Japanese businessmen and media figures, including executives from the publisher of Japan’s top newspaper.

Prime Minister Kishida, currently meeting with Vatican officials and Pope Francis in Rome to discuss denuclearization, told reporters the Russian travel ban was “unacceptable.”

Kishida enraged Moscow in April by referring to Russia’s slaughter of Ukrainian civilians as a “war crime” that left him in “deep shock.”

“The aggression and war crimes should never be tolerated,” he said while announcing additional Japanese sanctions against Russia.

Nikkei Asia — whose executives were among those banned from entering Russia on Wednesday — argued Monday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should serve as a “wake-up call” for a previously indulgent Japan:

When Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the administration of then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refrained from slapping serious sanctions on Moscow, breaking ranks with major Western powers. This time, the Japanese government has taken a clear and strong stance against Russia’s aggression, joining the U.S. and Europe in putting pressure on Moscow. This is undoubtedly a correct response to Russia’s egregious violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty.

Nikkei Asia suggested Japan should learn from Ukraine’s experience by strengthening security ties with the U.S., Australia, and Europe, with particular emphasis on Japan’s indispensable alliance with America. Japan should also strengthen its defenses so it can hold out until American help arrives in the event of an attack, much as Ukraine’s remarkable resistance held the Russians at bay for a few crucial weeks.

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