DefRep Analysis: Al-Qaeda’s olive branch to ISIS may just be a PR move
2 November 2014 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Al-Qaeda’s olive branch to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) proved to catch many analysts by surprise. The al-Qaeda…
2 November 2014 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Al-Qaeda’s olive branch to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) proved to catch many analysts by surprise. The al-Qaeda…
24 October 2014 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray History holds no shortage of examples of states arming rebel factions. These attempts at co-opting rebel groups – harnessing chaos as…
10 October 2014 – Savonlinna, Finland by Timo Mustonen This Monday saw the most bloody day in over a decade of the crisis over Kashmir area between India and Pakistan. The firefight…
19 September 2014 – Savonlinna, Finland by Timo Mustonen Warfare today is hardly conventional, nor is responding to it any easier. The recent crisis in Ukraine has brought some new…
19 July 2014 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Malaysian Flight MH17, that carried 285 passengers and 13 crew members, crashed near the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Almost immediately after…
7 December 2013 – Ottawa, CA by Stewart Webb Fifteen Islamists were arrested last week in Moscow. In their possession were explosives, guns, ammunition, grenades and extremist literature. With the Winter…