US just launched strikes against Syria…now what?
6 April 2017- Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb US warships, under the direction of US President Donald Trump, launched cruise missiles at Syrian air…
Middle East
All Eyes on Al-Bab
22 December 2016 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb As the fighting in Aleppo dwindled down, the next chapter of the Syrian conflict focused on…
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…
The Quagmire of the ISIS Foreign Fighter
1 November 2016 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb At the time of writing this, Iraqi forces are preparing to enter the city of Mosul….
Book Watch: Irregular War: ISIS and the New Threat from the Margins
Review by Chris Murray 26 July 2016, Kingston, CA Irregular War: ISIS and the New Threat from the Margins By Paul Rogers; I.B.Tauris, 2016. USD…
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…
Book Watch: From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy
Review by Stewart Webb 19 December 2015 – Vancouver, CA From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy by Jean-Pierre…
Book Watch: Inferno in Chechnya: The Russian-Chechen Wars, the Al Qaeda Myth, and the Boston Marathon Bombings
Review by Chris Murray 2 December 2015, Kingston, CA Inferno in Chechnya: The Russian-Chechen Wars, the Al Qaeda Myth, and the Boston Marathon Bombings By…
The Russians are Coming: Moscow’s Caucasus Expansion
24 November 2015, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray In the wake of the Paris attacks there has been tremendous scrutiny directed towards how these events…
Recap – In the shadow of Paris: our next step will define a generation
17 November 2015 – York, UK by David Heaton, DefRep Guest Writer Paris was attacked in one of the most devastating terror attacks Western Europe…
