Wires Brief: UK’s Bloody Sunday debacle, ISIS attacks Afghanistan, EU migrant report
12 November 2015 – Durham, NC DIGITAL WIRES United Kingdom Infamous ‘Soldier J‘ was released on bail by authorities in Belfast yesterday following his arrest over the wrongful shooting death…
Wires Brief: Pakistan has low-yield nuclear weapons, Canada to call back CF-18s, Russia expands military bases in Arctic
22 October 2015 – Vancouver, CA United Kingdom British industry is now warning that the country’s national security will be at risk if there are any delays to replacing the…
Book Watch: Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands
Review by Chris Murray Kingston, CA Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands By Richard Sakwa; I.B. Tauris, 2015. GBP 18.99 ISBN-10: 1784530646 ISBN-13: 978 1 78453 064 8 The ‘Ukrainian…
Tackling the Technical – a high tech approach to widespread counterinsurgency
12 October 2015 – Espoo, Finland by Timo Mustonen Canada’s military seems to have awaken to the possibilities conducting cyber warfare through equipment hacking. They seek to hire a hacker…
The Russian Intervention in Syria: Where the Major Players now Stand
6 October 2015 – Toronto, CA Eric de Roos These past weeks, the world witnessed one of the most noteworthy events this year in international relations. President Vladimir Putin significantly…
Can Putin’s Russia Really Become a Global Security Actor?
2 October 2015 – Trento, IT by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk Russian President Vladimir Putin has been setting in motion a number of instruments in the past several years to realign…
Wires Brief: Taliban on offensive, Russian airstrikes in Syria, US-Canadian joint force being pondered
30 September 2015 – Vancouver, CA United Kingdom Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has refused to say if he supports military action in Syria, reports Bloomberg. in New York, Prime Minister…
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…
