Recap: UK’s Labour Party & NATO
23 February 2017 – York, UK by David Heaton The Labour Party opposition in the UK should be in a mood of high confidence. The…
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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…
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;…
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…
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…
The Bear in the Mountains: Russia’s Balkan Exercise
2 November 2016 – London, UK by Chris Murray On 31 October, the Associated Press reported that Russia will be conducting joint exercises in Serbia with local…
What Happened in Turkey
25 July 2016, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray The world was caught surprised by the attempted coup in Turkey. While Turkey has had relatively frequent interaction with…
The ‘Best For The Best’ – Reflections On The Canadian Army’s Initial NATO Deployment to Latvia
16 July 2016 – Ottawa, CA by Rob O’Gorman What nature of ground force should Canada deploy to Latvia? Though publicly available numbers differ, it…
Brexit creates calls of conspiracy and fears of a “EU Army”
Brexit creates calls of conspiracy and fears of a “EU Army” 8 June 2016 – York, UK by David Heaton, DefRep Guest Writer The UK…
Finland ponders the consequences of NATO membership
5 May 2016 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen Two Nordic countries with a long tradition of neutrality, Finland and Sweden, have been pondering NATO…