Wires Brief: Russian conducts live-fire Baltic exercises, US commits to further Syrian deployments, Turkey, Russia and Iran discuss Syria
5 April 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom The origin of the nerve agent used in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skrypal cannot be verified, after the…
ISIS in Afghanistan is Moving North, Not South
4 April 2018 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Afghanistan has seen a dramatic increase in Taliban and ISIS attacks in the past month. The country has also been the…
Propaganda as a drug – even for Putin’s Russia
29 March 2018 – San Fransisco, US Kseniya Kirillova Recently, Russian propaganda has committed another abomination against the dissident Ilya Yashin and his elderly grandmother. The camera crew “Life” broke…
Wires Brief: EU releases defence Union Action Plan, Laser Buggy downs drones, Saudis accuse Iran of smuggling missiles to Yemen as Houthis fire at Saudi Arabia
28 March 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom As part of the response to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in the UK, the USA and more than…
Recap: Where, exactly, is the surprise about Russia?
26 March 2018 – New York, US by Victor Rud – Board member of the Ukrainian American Bar Association and Chairman of its Committee on Foreign Affairs Why are we…
Limelight: Canada’s Upcoming Peacekeeping Mission in Mali – CTV News
25 March 2018 – Vancouver, CA I joined CTV National News today to discuss Canada’s upcoming peacekeeping mission in Mali. If the video below does not work, a link can…
Wires Brief: US looks to put lasers in the air, Israel admits to Syrian nuclear reactor airstrike, India defends decision to buy home-grown aircraft
21 March 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom BAE Systems has launched the Type 31 frigate design proposal for export, having “already got interest from two South…
Skrypal’s assassination attempt paid off for the Kremlin
21 March 2018 – San Francisco, US by Kseniya Kirillova The attempt on the life of the former GRU Colonel Sergey Skrypal added a new round of confrontation in the…
More than just acquiring Crimea – sometimes it is about natural resources
17 March 2018 – San Fransisco, US by Ksenya Kirillova The main goal for the Russian annexation of Crimea and invasion into Donbas was an attempt to block Western energy…
Wires Brief: Russian poisoning escalates with UK, Mattis makes unannounced visit to Kabul, arms sales to Africa drop, Chinese test railgun at sea
15 March 2018 – Cambridge, UK by Robert Grayston United Kingdom UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the intended expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats after a deadline put to…
