DefRep Analysis: Is the Cold War policy of Containment returning?
13 July 2015 – Trento, Italy by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk “Containment” has once again become part of the geopolitical parlance of today. The striking use of this term is increasingly…
DefRep Analysis: Putin learns the adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”
12 July 2015 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray This past week the New York Times reported that there are now Chechen Fighters in Ukraine working to support the Ukrainian…
DefRep Analysis: Finland enters next-generation fighter competition
Espoo, Finland – 11 June 2015 by Timo Mustonen On 11 July 2015, the Finnish Ministry of Defence released its recommendation for the procedure of replacing the F-18 Hornet fleet…
DefRep Analysis: Erdoğan’s slide
10 June 2015 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray and Stewart Webb Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered a major set back in Turkey’s most…
DefRep Analysis: A Fractured Iraq cannot take back Iraq
Vancouver, CA CIA Director John Brennan, in an interview to CBS’ Face the Nation, stated that the battle against ISIS will be a “long fight”. Brennan also commented that the…
DefRep Analysis: Accidental death of ISIS leader may have sparked Jalalabad bombing
Vancouver, CA In the wake of the Jalalabad bombings, there has been much buzz about the ISIS chapter in South Asia. The bombings targeted government workers who were claiming their…
Policy Analysis: US Doctrine and Joint Warfare – Planning and Implementation
Trento, Italy The Full Report can be found here. Executive Summary The US constantly looks to the future of its strategic environment to understand where its military, security, economic, technological,…
DefRep Analysis: Ukraine’s military crowd-sourcing has wider implications
6 March 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb By March 2014, the Ukrainian government was able to raise about USD 1 million (GBP 655,237) for defence spending through a…
DefRep Analysis: NATO’s continuing war on austerity
22 January 2015 by Chris Murray Recently NATO nations have faced a host of concerns internationally and domestically that have been not only varied but also at times conflicted. So…
DefRep Analysis: Russia looks to improve soft security underbelly that is Central Asia
19 January 2015 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray On 24 November 2014 a new Abkhaz-Russian treaty was signed with little mainstream media attention in the West. The ‘Alliance and…