Editor’s Picks
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Jun- 2018 -1 JuneAfrica
Decades after the end of empire, Portugal’s military returns to Africa in a new role
Decades after Portugal ended its more than 500-year-old empire in Africa, the Portuguese military has returned in force, from Mali to Somalia, and now Central African Republic
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May- 2018 -29 MayCommentary
Trump’s nuclear weapons policy? He doesn’t have one
The North Korea nuclear talks demonstrate that Trump takes an ad-hoc approach to nuclear issues, but there is no wider policy controlling what he does
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26 MayCommentary
Project Maven does not make Google evil
As controversy rages over Google working with the U.S. military to include its AI software in American drone programs, Saahil Dama argues that regulation of autonomous weapons systems – not prohibition – is key
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25 MayAsia Pacific
A war over water: Fall of Farah exposes a new proxy front in Afghanistan’s conflict
Iran is seen to recognize western Afghanistan as its ‘area of influence’ where it identifies development activities such as the building of dams as competition rather than cooperation
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22 MayAsia Pacific
A shortcut to heaven: How women and children became suicide bombers in Indonesia
A desire to enter heaven together motivated three Indonesian women to join their husbands in forcing their children to carry out suicide attacks
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12 MayCommentary
Will the Korean Spring bring a just peace?
The stunning pace of diplomatic events on the Korean Peninsula are hopeful but beg many questions. Colonel David Murphy asks: Why the sudden change in strategic direction by the Kim regime?
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9 MayCommentary
Expanding global footprint: Russia builds on Syria experiments in Central Africa
Kiril Aramov and Ruslan Trad take an in-depth look at Russia’s expansion of its burgeoning hybrid state, as it moves private military contractors into the Central African Republic
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7 MayCommentary
Assessing Azerbaijan’s indigenous defense industry capabilities
As Azerbaijan accelerates defense spending, Ayaz Rzayev takes an in-depth look at the state’s military-industrial capacity and cooperation with nations including Israel, Turkey, South Africa and Russia
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1 MayMiddle East
Signaling strength: Russia’s real Syria success is electronic warfare against the US
Syria has become Russia's “ultimate testing ground” for weapons, and Russian forces have been particularly successful at using electronic warfare technology to interfere with Coalition-led operations.
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1 MayMiddle East
Russia’s dangerous disregard to the growing Iran-Israel war in Syria
Neil Hauer investigates Russia’s contribution to de-escalating tensions between Iran and Israel in Syria, which appears negligible at best, and actively antagonistic at worst
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