Tag Archives: hamas

Small, Cheap UAVs are Making the Pentagon Nervous, so DARPA is Stepping in to Help

Posted on November 15, 2016

by Darien Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh is a contributor for War is Boring and Reverb Press. He serves on the Board of Directors for Auntie Bellum. The Video below, supposedly recorded near Aleppo in August 2016 shows what appears to be drones … Continue reading →

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The Syrian Army of Islam Can Learn a Lesson from Hamas

Posted on April 24, 2016

by Austin Michael Bodetti. He is a student in the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program at Boston College and a reporter for War Is Boring. He focuses on the relationship between Islam and conflict in Syria and Sudan. The Army of … Continue reading →

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Hamas Is Hardline but Palestinian Islamic Jihad Is Even More Extreme

Posted on April 4, 2016

by Austin Michael Bodetti. He is a student in the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program at Boston College and a reporter for War Is Boring. He focuses on the relationship between Islam and conflict in Syria and Sudan. The Islamic Resistance … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Complex Interconnectedness in Counterterrorism

Posted on February 24, 2016

by Emily Murphy (Instagram). She is a student in the Political Science Honors and Islamic Civilizations and Societies Departments at Boston College, as well as a Research Fellow for the Political Science Department.   In mid-January, Israel and the United … Continue reading →

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What is ISIS?

Posted on August 29, 2014

by Dr. Jack A. Goldstone. He is Hazel Professor of Public Policy, author of The New Population Bomb and co-editor of Political Demography: How Population Changes are Reshaping International Security and National Politics. His latest book is Revolution: A Very … Continue reading →

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Israel is Fighting a New War of Attrition

Posted on August 25, 2014

by Robert Beckhusen. Robert Beckhusen is a freelance writer who contributes regularly at War is Boring. He’s also written for publications including C4ISR Journal, Wired, The Daily Beast and World Politics Review. You can follow him on Twitter. If anyone expected Israel’s war with Hamas to end … Continue reading →

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Rockets and Iron Dome, the Case of Lebanon

Posted on August 5, 2014

  by Jassem Al Salami. The 2014 Gaza conflict marks a new breaking point in Israel-Palestine balance of power. From 1982 when Palestinian militia started to fire rockets from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel up until today cheap rockets have … Continue reading →

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Wofür Israel und Hamas diesmal wirklich kämpfen – über Berichterstattung und Krieg in Gaza

Posted on August 2, 2014

von Sascha Bruchmann. Sascha Bruchmann hat Internationales Recht und Internationale Politik in München und den USA studiert. Er war zuletzt als Analyst für den Raum MENA eingesetzt. Der Unterschied zwischen Anlass und Ursache eines Konfliktes, ist der zwischen dem offensichtlichen … Continue reading →

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Internationale Jagdsaison: gezielte Tötungen und das Völkerrecht (1/2)

Posted on August 14, 2012

Der 43. US Präsident George W. Bush hat sie im Krieg gegen den Terrorismus gebilligt, doch der Friedensnobelpreisträger und momentane US Präsident Barack Obama hat sie erst ausgeweitet: die gezielten Tötungen (auf englisch: Targeted Killing). Dieser zweiteilige Artikel beschäftigt sich … Continue reading →

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The softening of Hamas – Moderation through political participation

Posted on January 23, 2012

This article was written by Patrick Truffer for the University of St Andrews. It was published in the Small Wars Journal 8, No 2 on February 4, 2012. You can download the article in PDF-format with footnotes, annexes and a … Continue reading →

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