Shifting Currents in the Balkans
21 August 2018 – London, UK by Chris Murray Turkey’s internal difficulties have been cause for relations with its NATO allies to have been declining for some time, as has been well…
Make America Crash Again: Trump, Economics, and Security
12 June 2018 – London, UK by Chris Murray In recent months the United States, with its population of 325 Million and GDP of $18.5 trillion has taken an aggressive and escalating…
Book Watch: Yugoslavia and Macedonia Before Tito: Between Repression and Integration
Review by Chris Murray 27 June 2017 – London, UK Yugoslavia and Macedonia Before Tito: Between Repression and Integration By Nada Boškovska; I.B. Tauris, 2017. GBP £69.00 ISBN-10: 1784533386 ISBN-13: 978-1784533380 The…
Macedonia could tip over the Balkans, and with it Europe
1 May 2017 – London, UK by Chris Murray Skopje: Protestors stormed the Macedonian parliament Thursday, brutally assaulting government lawmakers in what marks a shocking level of escalation in an ongoing political…
Recap: A Terrible Sinking Feeling – Turkey’s Course Set for Turmoil
8 March 2017 – London, UK by Chris Murray As I watch the only secular democratic state of the Middle East plunge headlong into the abyss I am left with a terrible…
Book Watch: Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft
Review by Chris Murray 12 February 2017 – London, UK Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft By Lewis E. Lehrman; Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, 2017. GBP £19.95 ISBN-10: 0811718980…
Book Watch: Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community
Review by Chris Murray 24 January 2017 – London, UK Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community By Max Bergholz; Cornell University Press, 2016. USD…
Book Watch: Charlie Foxtrot: Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada
Review by Chris Murray 9 January 2017 – London, UK Charlie Foxtrot: Fixing Defence Procurement in Canada By Kim Richard Nossal; Dundurn, 2016. CDN $19.99 ISBN-10: 1459736753 ISBN-13: 978-1459736757 It is no profound…
Turkey’s Troublesome Times Continuing with No End in Sight
20 December 2016 – London, UK by Chris Murray It feels like only moments ago that Defence Report was analysing the attempted coup in Turkey. July does not feel a long way away…
Book Watch: All Behind You, Winston: Churchill’s Great Coalition 1940-45
Review by Chris Murray 30 November 2016 – London, UK All Behind You, Winston: Churchill’s Great Coalition 1940-45 By Roger Hermiston; Aurum Press, 2016. GBP £20.00 ISBN-10: 1781313318 ISBN-13: 978-1781313312 As the Nazis…