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Russia’s Kalashnikov becomes majority private-owned

Private investors have for the first time gained a majority share of Russia's Kalashnikov arms manufacturer, producer of the famed…

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia and Indonesia finalize Su-35 contract

Russia and Indonesia finalized a deal for the purchase of 11 Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter jets for the Indonesian Air…

Joanne Stocker

Book Review: Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy

Review: The book “Losing an Enemy” by Trita Parsi provides a definitive historical narrative to the JCPOA and an understanding…

Opinion Editor

Record number of Afghan civilian casualties in attacks in 2017, UN says

Nearly 2,300 civilians were killed or wounded in suicide bombings and attacks in Afghanistan in 2017, more than any previous…

Staff Writer With AFP

UK submits final offer for 34 Eurofighter Typhoons to Belgium

The UK Ministry of Defence submitted to Belgium its final offer for 34 Eurofighter Typhoon swing-role combat aircraft plus support,…

Fergus Kelly

Trump’s nuclear posture destabilizes, while disrespecting legacies of environmental injustice

Trump's 2018 Nuclear Posture Review is destabilizing and affects native and other American communities that were environmentally damaged for uranium…

Opinion Editor

US concerns over EU PESCO defense pact cloud NATO talks

Brussels (AFP) – NATO defence ministers met in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss Washington's concerns over the European Union's new…

Staff Writer With AFP

India to procure more than 745,000 rifles and machine guns

India's Defence Acquisition Council approved the purchase of more than 745,000 small arms along with torpedo decoy systems, in procurements…

Fergus Kelly

The Manbij Conundrum

The collapse, or eviction by military force, of the SDF from Manbij would have dire consequences for the stability of…

Opinion Editor

NATO chief signals new training mission in Iraq

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg defense ministers will likely begin planning for a training mission in Iraq when they meet in…

Joanne Stocker