Pakistani Taliban’s leader’s death will further fracture the group
19 June 2018 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Last week, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) was killed in a US drone in the Afghan province of…
Wires Brief: Russia claims Ukraine World Cup provocation; landlocked Ethiopia announces naval ambitions; Trump meets Kim
15 June 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK and Turkey are looking to find a way to save a joint fifth-generation jet fighter development partnership…
Make America Crash Again: Trump, Economics, and Security
12 June 2018 – London, UK by Chris Murray In recent months the United States, with its population of 325 Million and GDP of $18.5 trillion has taken an aggressive…
UK received new F-35 jets; Merkel supports Macron’s European force proposal; Sudan cuts defence ties with North Korea
7 June 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK’s first F-35 fighter jets have landed in the east of England after their flight from the US.…
Wires Brief: UK most cyber breached country in Europe; US claims they killed 70 Taliban leaders, Canada invests more into F-35
United Kingdom MPs have expressed concern over the contract replacement for the E-3D Sentry (more commonly known as AWACS), with the possibility being raised Boeing will automatically be awarded it…
Wires Brief: Sweden issues war pamphlets; F-35 fires shots in anger; Trump cancels summit with North Korea
24 May 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK is making unrestricted access to the Galileo satellite navigation system a condition of its future partnership with…
In Search of “Traitors”: Targets of Russian Special Services in Crimea and on Mainland Ukraine
22 May 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova Originally posted in Russian here. On Monday of last week, the Security Service of Ukraine officially announced that they thwarted…
Wires Brief: UK finds more money for subs; Canada’s Plans for Returning ISIS Fighters Revealed; EU and NATO step up cybersecurity
17 May 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced a £2.5 billion increase in funding for the UK submarine programmes, split between…
North Korean progress: peace or calm before the storm?
14 May 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova The meeting between President Moon Jae In of South Korea and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un became one of the…
Wires Brief: France steps up ‘Coalition of the willing’; Trump severs Iran Nuclear Deal; Damascus blames Israel for missile strikes
10 May 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK government has claimed it will launch a satellite navigation system to rival that of the EU. The…
