DefRep weekly recap: British defence industry fraud and malpractice
London, UK – 19 August 2012 By Robert Densmore Handling the UK defence industry with kid gloves The close connection between non-standard business practice and…
Assad must create “Srebrenica” genocide for West to help Syria
London, UK – 16 August 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Syria’s rebel fighters can not expect assistance in the form of armed intervention from an outside…
DefRep weekly recap: British civil-military relations, Turkey’s purge and Afghanistan’s
London, UK – 10 August 2012 By Robert Densmore United Kingdom civil-military relations The way in which service members’ remains are handled may often be…
PKK destabilises Turkey in face of looming Syrian border conflict
London, UK – 26 July 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Turkey’s growing armed conflict with internal Kurdish ethno-political groups has weakened its role as a…
DefRep weekly recap: Israel plans next Lebanon war
London, UK – 8 July 2012 The DefenceReport weekly podcast blog takes on this week’s bombshell: the Israeli Defense Forces’ unveiling of attack plans against…
DefRep weekly recap: David Axe on Korea, the Flame virus and Assad’s latest victims
London, UK – 1 June 2012 DefenceReport staff take on this week’s biggest special operations controversy – defence blogger David Axe’s reporting on a Spec…
DefRep weekly recap: Liberia’s Charles Taylor and the “enemy within” America
London, UK – 28 April 2012 As the DefenceReport staff prepare themselves for some serious investigative work on next week’s articles, the DefRep weekly recap…
UK’s delayed decision on F-35 purchase may be too little, too late
London, UK – 7 April 2012 By Robert Densmore F-35 STOVL choice for Great Britain comes too late A controversial decision by the…
Calderon’s war on narco cartels cripples Mexican security
Brussels, Belgium – 1 March 2012 by Jonathan Dowdall Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s six year campaign of high-profile killings against top cartel leaders has failed…
Al Shabab escalates Somali violence, spreads terrorism beyond borders
London, UK – 31 January 2012 Written by Jonathan Dowdall and Robert Densmore Increased military pressure was being exerted on Somalia’s Al Shabab militants on…
