A Pole, a German, a Frenchmen, and a Swiss meet in a bar, or was it a Swiss, a French, a German, and a Slovak, I forgot. However, what otherwise…
Military
-
-
DefenceFeaturedGlobal NewsIsraelLifestyleMilitaryNewsWorld News
Delusional, or prophetic? One IDF general warned a massacre would happen
Most dismissed retired IDF general Yitzhak Brick’s warning earlier this year of a Hamas invasion. Now Netanyahu wants his advice on how to win. Yitzhak Brick might be the only Israeli…
-
Brussels (27/10 – 50) Just in September this year, ten “distinguished” people in Tajikistan have been awarded general ranks. The decree on conferring general ranks was signed by the country’s…
-
FeaturedGlobal NewsMiddle EastMilitaryNews
Hezbollah and the Reluctance for a Wider War: Cui Bono?
by Lucas Hayesby Lucas HayesBrussels (4/11 – 25) It’s an old story, a broken record: war crimes in the Middle East, encouraged and stoked by outsiders with their own agenda. Israel, offended and humiliated…
-
Brussels (3/12) Governments may be doing great while the people suffer. Bombing of the Nordstream 2 pipeline, carrying cheap Russian natural gas to industry and consumers in Europe, is exerting…
-
AsiaBilateral RelationsBusinessCrimeDefenceEconomyEnvironmentFeaturedGlobal NewsGovernmentHuman RightsIsraelMiddle EastMilitaryNational SecurityNewsPoliticsWarWorld News
A Thai view on the Hamas-Israel war
The Palestinians’ longstanding and legitimate grievances have been irrevocably subverted by Hamas’ brazen attack against Israel on Oct 7. Unlike previous rounds of conflicts and clashes between Israel and the…
-
AsiaBilateral RelationsBusinessCrimeDefenceDiplomaticsEconomyEnvironmentFeaturedGlobal NewsGovernmentHistoryHuman RightsIsraelLawMiddle EastMilitaryNational SecurityNewsPoliticsSocialTerrorismWarWorld News
Hamas and their Human Meat Shields
London, Dublin (1/11 – 66) Hamas is sheltered in a sea of civilians. Ostensibly a Palestinian political and military organization established in 1987, Hamas “governs” on the basis of having…
-
AfricaBilateral RelationsBusinessCrimeDefenceDiplomaticsEconomyEnvironmentEuropeFeaturedFranceGlobal NewsGovernmentMilitaryNational SecurityNewsPoliticsWorld News
The Fading Influence of France in Francophone Africa
Brussels, Frankfurt (10/11 -12) Words like ‘neocolonialism’ and ‘neo-imperialists’ are being tossed around by spokesmen of freshly-installed military regimes in Central and West Africa – but the language of their…
-
DefenceFeaturedGlobal NewsGovernmentHuman RightsMilitaryNational SecurityNews
Hamas, Wearing Out Its Welcome
London, Toronto (28/10 – 20) Ask any police officer which of his or her duties are the most undesirable, dangerous, difficult and unrewarding. The worst call for a cop is…
-
As the war in Israel rages, an ongoing struggle to control the narrative of the conflict is unfolding between Hamas and the Jewish state. This propaganda battle is not novel,…