Military history, Special Forces, modern warfare, psychology of war
We’ve had decades of EU countries variously ignoring EU directives and fiscal requirements – dishonesty coupled with institutional myopia. Greece joined by telling porkies about its economy, then like various other countries received huge...
Nobody expected judges at The Hague to hold responsible Dutch troops who handed over members of their interpreter’s family to certain torture and execution by Bosnian Serbs at Srebrenica. Until now, troops operating under...
Might it become legally possible to mount Special Forces military missions to arrest world leaders charged with serious offences at The Hague?
Are the Falkland Islander really as sanguine about their future as local press reports claim, in the face of UK’s inept hacking back of the Royal Navy especially its carriers, and the USA’s increasingly pro-Argentine position in relation to their desire to remain British?
RRXXAG6RRE7D The USA leads the world, introducing innovation and change that spreads outwards. Some of this is good; for example most technology especially IT, and some of it is very bad – like toxic...
Iran is attempting to use the Arab uprisings to achieve regional supremacy, an achievable aspiration if Syria’s Assad retains power and Gaddafi remains – even if Libya is partitioned. The USA must ensure the Arab spring progresses into summer.
As yet gain air power fails to deliver, the USA bows out of the Libyan intervention, leaving European politicians scrambling to find chairs for when the music stops.
Saudi Emir Turki al-Faisal, director of the King Faisal Center for Islamic Research, has called on the Gulf Cooperation Council to create a united “Gulf” force, which as part of an economic union he...
