Iraq’s Success lays with Civil-Military Relations Reforms
25 September 2015 – Toronto, CA by Eric de Roos Overview What initially surprised many analysts and commentators during the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s (ISIS) rapid incursion into…
Book Watch: PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future
Review by Chris Murray Kingston, CA PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future By Paul Mason; Allen Lane Publishers, 2015. GBP 16.99 ISBN-10: 1846147387 ISBN-13: 978-1846147388 What comes after Capitalism? This…
Book Watch: Mission Accomplished? The Crisis of International Intervention By Simon Jenkins
Review by Chris Murray Kingston, CA Mission Accomplished? The Crisis of International Intervention By Simon Jenkins; I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2015. GBP 9.99 ISBN-10: 1784531324 ISBN-13: 978-1784531324 The collapse of the…
Weekly Recap: Fumbling Towards War – The US that Never Left Syria
5 September 2015 – Trento, IT by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk The current war in Syria is not a war, yet. Danial Kofman, author of A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments…
Dear US: About Iraq, please take a lesson or two from Mali
1 September 2015 – Toronto, CA by Eric de Roos As the US-led coalition attempts to degrade the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) insurgent group, it would be…
Weekly Recap: F-35’s gaps can be filled by other aircraft
22 August 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb News about the F-35 seems to be a daily reminder of how it has gone vastly awry. We are reminded that…
Symptoms of Tech Addition: Small Arms
21 August 2015, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray The Kalashnikov, the most ubiquitous item on any modern battlefield. A product of Soviet obsession with the KISS rule, it is beyond…
Operational Holes: CAS and the Disaster in the Making
In recent months there has been a multitude of articles dealing with the many issues surrounding the F-35. The pile on has come from the exorbitant cost, severe shortcomings, and…
Weekly Recap: Precision and Predators – Drones as a Human Way of War
8 August 2015 – Trento Italy by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk The use of militarized drones is constantly under fire by critics for their disregard for the human component in warfare,…
DefRep Analysis: ISIS shows signs of internal rifts
6 August 2015 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Videos of executions broadcasted in gruesome detail is nothing new for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). In late…
