DefRep Analysis: Al-Qaeda’s olive branch to ISIS may just be a PR move
2 November 2014 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Al-Qaeda’s olive branch to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) proved to catch many analysts by surprise. The al-Qaeda…
DefRep Analysis: Order from Chaos – Co-opting irregular movements
24 October 2014 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray History holds no shortage of examples of states arming rebel factions. These attempts at co-opting rebel groups – harnessing chaos as…
Weekly Recap: Let’s Continue to Underestimate ISIS
18 October 2014 – Vancouver, CA by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk and Stewart Webb President Obama’s 2009 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), a supposed rationalizing of his predecessor’s so-called “Global War on…
DefRep Analysis: Kashmir conflict flares up again
10 October 2014 – Savonlinna, Finland by Timo Mustonen This Monday saw the most bloody day in over a decade of the crisis over Kashmir area between India and Pakistan.…
DefRep Analysis: Hybrid War – The Ukrainian example
19 September 2014 – Savonlinna, Finland by Timo Mustonen Warfare today is hardly conventional, nor is responding to it any easier. The recent crisis in Ukraine has brought some new…
Book Watch: Air Power in UN Operations: Wings for Peace edited by Professor Walter Dorn
Review by Stewart Webb Vancouver, CA Air Power in UN Operations: Wings for Peace Edited by A. Walter Dorn; Ashgate Publishing, 2014 The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations is…
DefRep Analysis: The Air war over Ukraine and Malaysian Flight MH17
19 July 2014 – Vancouver, CA by Stewart Webb Malaysian Flight MH17, that carried 285 passengers and 13 crew members, crashed near the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Almost immediately after…
Wires Brief: Italians flee ‘Blockbuster’, South Sudense massacre, Indian anti-ballistic missile test
24 April 2014 – London, UK Digital Wires United Kingdom The F-35 is set to make its maiden flight British flight, according to the Ministry of Defence. This will be…
Wires Brief: NATO suspends ties with Russia, Kuwait denies funding terrorism, North Korean artillery fire and drone
2 April 2014 – London, UK Digital Wires United Kingdom HMS Tireless has joined in efforts to locate the wreckage of the flight MH370. It is hoped that HMS Tireless’…
Wires Brief: 24 Engineer Commando Regiment saved, Ukrainian soldiers deployed to eastern towns, Taliban envoy missing
16 April 2014 – London, UK Digital Wires United Kingdom 24 Commando Engineer Regiment has been saved from cuts, various media outlets have reported. The Ministry of Defence announced that…
