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China imprisoned more journalists than any other country in 2019, the Committee to Protect Journalists report says https://reut.rs/2P9DUvS
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People in Kashmir have been cut off from the world for four months. Now, the internet shutdown is wiping out their photos, videos, and cherished memories.
WhatsApp Is Kicking Kashmiris Out of Their Accounts
Kashmir has been cut off from the world for four months. Now, the internet shutdown could wipe out people's photos, videos, and cherished memories.
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https://www.cicero.de/karikaturen/nato-familienbild #NATOSummit2019 #SakuraiSeit #Ukraine-Krise 2014 ist #Litauen um Sicherheit besorgt. Deshalb rüstet es seine Streitkräfte kontinuierlich auf. Nach Kauf deutscher Radpanzer einigt man sich mit #USA nun auf Lieferung von 200 #Oshkosh #JLTV 4x4 Geländewagen (#Humvee-Nachfolger).
Furcht vor russischer Aggression: Litauen ordert 200 Militärjeeps aus den USA
Seit der Ukraine-Krise ist Litauen um seine Sicherheit besorgt. Aus diesem Grund rüstet der Ostseestaat seine Streitkräfte kontinuierlich au...
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The latest conflict afflicting northeast Syria
by Paul Iddon In the space of a mere week, northeast Syria has once again descended into conflict with various powers scrambling to achieve different objectives. This was precipitated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to green-light a Turkish attack … Continue reading
The Triple Shocks of 1979 and the Making of the Middle East
by Lt. Col. Chad M. Pillai. He is a U.S. Army strategist who has served in assignments in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Lt. Col. Pillai is a published author in a variety of journals and online forums to … Continue reading
Assad and the Russians turned their noses up at Raqqa operation
by Paul Iddon. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian backer were extremely dismissive towards the United States-backed operation that is removing Islamic State (ISIS) from the group’s de-facto Syrian capital city Raqqa. At first, in last April he mocked … Continue reading
US MOAB strike in Afghanistan was very Putin-esque
by Paul Iddon. The United States’ 21,600 pound (9,800 kg) GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast “Mother of All Bombs” (MOAB) saw its combat debut in Afghanistan in mid-April against the terror organization “Islamic State” (ISIS) in a massive retaliatory strike … Continue reading
Are mock ISIS weapons deceiving the coalition?
The US Department of Defense frequently releases press statements detailing the targets US-led coalition airstrikes have bombed in Iraq and Syria as part of their ongoing war against Islamic State (ISIS) militants. These statements invariably describe how many ISIS vehicles, … Continue reading
Ankara vs Damascus: The al-Bab Impasse
Even before launching its intervention in northwest Syria on August 24 it was clear that Turkey would do its utmost to forcibly prevent Syria’s Kurds from dominating the entirety of Syria’s northern border. Since June 2015 the Kurds have controlled … Continue reading
The Deir ez-Zor incident and the need for a communications mechanism between the US and Syria
US coalition F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters and A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes inadvertently killed scores, initial estimates range between 62 and 83, of Syrian Army soldiers in a bombing run against Islamic State (ISIS) on Saturday, prompting Russia to … Continue reading
Terrorism in Laos: Slow Burn?
by Paul Pryce. With degrees in political science from both sides of the pond, Paul Pryce has previously worked as Senior Research Fellow for the Atlantic Council of Canada’s Canadian Armed Forces program, as a Research Fellow for the OSCE … Continue reading
The Unlikely Case for Suicide Attacks
by Austin Michael Bodetti. He is a student in the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program at Boston College. He focuses on the relationship between Islam and conflict in Syria and Sudan. The complex logic behind suicide attacks has baffled and fascinated … Continue reading
Waging War with Tourist Maps: Lessons in (mis)planning from the invasion of Grenada (1/2)
by Sébastien Roblin. He holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. He has also worked in education, editing, and refugee resettlement in France and the … Continue reading
