Category Archives: Authors

The Gulf crisis and future of Qatar’s military

Posted on June 19, 2017

by Paul Iddon In any potential war pitting Qatar against the militaries of its Saudi and Emirati neighbours it’s clear Doha would face two adversaries with superior militaries, in terms of both quality and quantity. The tiny resource-rich sheikdom, the … Continue reading →

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French Air Force 2017 – Infographic

Posted on June 17, 2017

by Louis Martin-Vézian of CIGeography (Facebook / Twitter). The infographic at the end of the article displays all the flying squadrons of the French Air Force (Armée de l’Air), Naval Aviation (Aéronautique Navale) and Army Light Aviation (Aviation légère de … Continue reading →

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International Cooperation at U.S. Africa Command

Posted on June 15, 2017

by Major Arnold Hammari. He is a U.S. Army Foreign Area Officer specializing in Sub-Saharan Africa who has worked at the U.S. embassies in Senegal, Uganda, and Chad as well as U.S. Africa Command and Combined Joint Task Force Horn … Continue reading →

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NATO & Trump: relationship status – complicated

Posted on June 13, 2017

by Patrick Truffer (originally published in German). He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Affairs and completes a Master of Arts program in International Relations at the Freie Universität … Continue reading →

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Can Saudi Arabia become America’s new gendarme in the Persian Gulf?

Posted on June 12, 2017

by Paul Iddon Over the next decade the United States may provide the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with as much as $350 billion worth of military hardware, which would dwarf the already exorbitant deals carried out in the last decade … Continue reading →

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Qatar – in a lunatic neighborhood! (Updated)

Posted on June 10, 2017

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. In the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, the Emirates, and Kuwait rarely … Continue reading →

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Satellite Imagery Confirms Qatari Isolation

Posted on June 9, 2017

Left: Planet imagery of Qatar’s As Salwa Border Crossing dated 07JUN17 / Right: 05JUN17 As the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and the rest of the GCC states unfolds, food, among other commodities, could be in short supply if some agreement … Continue reading →

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How Iranian-Backed Shia Militias Got US Drones

Posted on June 6, 2017

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. Scanning the bullet-scarred rooftops of Iraq’s western desert, Hussam al-Mayahi … Continue reading →

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US MOAB strike in Afghanistan was very Putin-esque

Posted on June 5, 2017

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 →

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NATO & Trump: relationship status – complicated

Posted on May 29, 2017

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