Book Watch: The President’s Book of Secrets
Review by John A. Pennell 27 April 2017 – Kyiv, Ukraine The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents from Kennedy to Obama (Public…
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…
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 bases under the control of President…
British PM May threatens to turn back on UK-EU security cooperation
5 April 2017 – York, UK by David Heaton And so it has finally happened. At the end of over nine months of discussion, debate, and division, Theresa May finally…
Limelight: ISIS’ Second-in-Command killed in targeted strike featured on CTV National News
Our editor, Stewart Webb, on CTV National News discussing the airstrike that killed ISIS’ second in command.
Book Watch: Near Abroad: Putin, the West, and the Contest Over Ukraine and the Caucasus
Review by John A. Pennell 14 March 2017 – Kyiv, Ukraine Near Abroad: Putin, the West, and the Contest Over Ukraine and the Caucasus (Oxford University Press: New York, NY,…
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…
Canada’s Evolving Response to Child Soldiers
Children in Armed Conflict: Contemporary Discourse and Canadian Responses 7 March 2017 – Toronto, CA by Alim Jiwa On February 21st 2017, Canada and France became the latest of 59…
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 Conservative Party has been scrambling…
Book Watch: Defense of the West: NATO, the EU and the Transatlantic Bargain
Review by John A. Pennell 22 February 2017 – Kyiv, Ukraine Defense of the West: NATO, The European Union and the Transatlantic Bargain (Manchester University Press: Manchester, UK, 2016) by…