Author: Ron P. Schwery
Just a quick note to put a really good podcast in front on you. I stumbled into a few stories a few months back about China illegally fishing around the Galapagos Islands (which you can read about here and here ) and in the climate of conflicts in the “Grey Zone”
A New Initiative at The Modern War Institute
It is no secret that the military has tried to move on from the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think we are working on the third president that has vowed to end the conflicts there but for various reasons we just can quit them. My very unscientific polling
Iraq – Caught in the Middle
Once again it appears the Iraq is caught in the middle. This time, they are stuck between Turkey and Iran in a battle for influence in Sinjar province. Al Monitor reports that in their attempt to further push out the PKK, Turkey is increasingly focused on Iraq’s Sinjar
Update: What is Going on in Ethiopia?
It has been quite sometime since we have posted here and there is A LOT going on in the world. So, to re-start things, I thought we should provide an update to a story we brought you in November which you can find here. When we last reported, Ethiopia was poised to send
Terror Grips Northeastern Nigeria
We haven’t even started Christmas shopping…This is how I originally started this post and then went on to discuss how 70+ farmers were murdered by terrorists. You know, our bubble is not so bad… Today’s Featured Article: Nigeria: Boko Haram killed 76 farmers in Borno State –
Iran: A Plurality of Minorities? Not Quite, but it further muddies the waters in Iranian support for Armenia
Today’s Featured Article, or in this case Podcast, goes back several days to a John Batchelor interview with Russell Berman of the Hoover Institute. As we try to catch up from the long weekend and shake off all of the tryptophan induced sluggishness, check out the other
Creating Terrorists Since 2005: Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed Afghans – Reuters
Today’s Featured Article (from Nov. 19), Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed Afghans – report is from Reuters but could really be from almost any major publication (see here, here, and here). Be sure to head over to the Homepage and check out
Upcoming Events: Is this a Conspiracy Theory and Disinformation Campaigns 2.0
There are two up coming events that I wanted to bring to your attention. I am planning on sitting in on both of these FREE events! The first is: The event is being lead by Daniel Manning, the Lead Instructor for Human Intelligence an organization that teaches critical
Nothing Stopping Other NATO Countries from Increasing Troop Levels in Iraq or Afghanistan
Have you ever read a headline to an article that infuriated you so much that you had to read it or couldn’t stop thinking about it once you did? Trust me, it happens A LOT here when you go to as many different sites as I do. Most of the time I can get over […]
What is Going on in Ethiopia?
If you have been watching the headlines on our sidebar of the What Others are Writing Section the last couple weeks you have noticed a bunch of them discussing Ethiopia and the Tigray region there. So, what is going on? This post will take several articles from the sidebar,