Shifting Currents in the Balkans
21 August 2018 – London, UK by Chris Murray Turkey’s internal difficulties have been cause for relations with its NATO allies to have been declining for some time, as has…
Wires Brief: Taliban attacks Ghazni; Germany needs new everything; Boko Haram recruiting through Facebook
17 August 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom A new report has been released expressing concern at the UK’s exposure to a threat from the Arctic, indicating…
Wires Brief: How Tinder almost hacked the F-35; German conscription too unpopular to return; Space Force by 2020
10 August 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom A dating app has been used to try and steal information on the F-35 fighter jet from the RAF.…
Wires Brief: China overtakes Russia as biggest threat according to USA; Rex Tillerson stopped a war; India turns to A.I. for defence
2 August 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK is aiming to strengthen its defensive ties with Romania in order to counter possible Russian aggression. UK…
Wires Brief: Delays in frigate development for UK; Russia threatens reaction to Swedish and Finnish NATO involvement; Iran threatens US
27 July 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom A cyber watchdog has strengthened its warning about Chinese company Huawei and its involvement in UK digital infrastructure. In…
Gaming Peace: A Call for Peacekeeper Roles
23 July 2018 – Canada A. Walter Dorn & Stewart Webb Every year, the E3 gaming conference captures the attention of the gaming community. How could it not? Last month,…
Wires Brief: UK unveils new fighter concept; Spanish subs too big for dock; Russia concerned of Israel/Iran conflict
20 June 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK has unveiled a concept for a new fighter plane at the Farnborough Air Show. It will be…
Wires Brief: Trump threatens to pull out; Macron (and Merkel) pump more in; India and China try to swap numbers
12 July 2018- Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The Ministry of Defence has said it should be free to exclude EU firms from defence contracts in order to…
More lies underneath al-Shabaab’s plastic bag ban
6 July 2018 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb This week al-Shabaab announced the banning of single-use plastic bags in areas that they control. Obviously, the ban attracted worldwide attention…
Wires Brief: Trump muddles invasion of Venezuela; Israeli soldiers suffer phone hacks from Hamas; China sets lasers to stun
5 July 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The UK has started talks with Sweden about joint jet fighter development. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said, “The…
