DefRep weekly recap: British defence industry fraud and malpractice
London, UK – 19 August 2012 By Robert Densmore Handling the UK defence industry with kid gloves The close connection between non-standard business practice and large defence contracts is neither…
Assad must create “Srebrenica” genocide for West to help Syria
London, UK – 16 August 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Syria’s rebel fighters can not expect assistance in the form of armed intervention from an outside coalition involving the US and…
DefRep weekly recap: British civil-military relations, Turkey’s purge and Afghanistan’s
London, UK – 10 August 2012 By Robert Densmore United Kingdom civil-military relations The way in which service members’ remains are handled may often be interpreted as an accurate reflection…
PKK destabilises Turkey in face of looming Syrian border conflict
London, UK – 26 July 2012 By Marion Ghibaudo Turkey’s growing armed conflict with internal Kurdish ethno-political groups has weakened its role as a regional power and potentially compromised its…
DefRep weekly recap: Israel plans next Lebanon war
London, UK – 8 July 2012 The DefenceReport weekly podcast blog takes on this week’s bombshell: the Israeli Defense Forces’ unveiling of attack plans against Lebanon. We take a closer…
DefRep weekly recap: David Axe on Korea, the Flame virus and Assad’s latest victims
London, UK – 1 June 2012 DefenceReport staff take on this week’s biggest special operations controversy – defence blogger David Axe’s reporting on a Spec Ops commander’s blunder over US…
India’s Anti-Maoist campaign faces training deficiencies, threatens Army strength
Brussels, Belgium – 4 May 2012 A programme of planned offensives waged by India’s Maoist insurgents, including the 23 April high-profile kidnapping of a senior government official, are increasingly overwhelming…
DefRep weekly recap: Liberia’s Charles Taylor and the “enemy within” America
London, UK – 28 April 2012 As the DefenceReport staff prepare themselves for some serious investigative work on next week’s articles, the DefRep weekly recap planners aim to take a…
UK’s delayed decision on F-35 purchase may be too little, too late
London, UK – 7 April 2012 By Robert Densmore F-35 STOVL choice for Great Britain comes too late A controversial decision by the UK government to purchase the vertical takeoff…
European ground offensive in Somalia would put civilians in harm’s way
Brussels, Belgium – 1 April 2012 European Union plans to launch ship-based strikes against land targets in Somalia have come under fire from experts who say such action would carelessly…
