Lima Charlie News

The Dodik Problem – Civil War in the Balkans Looms Large

November 17, 2021

As the U.S. and E.U. remain asleep at the wheel, the Balkans face what could be another Serb, Bosnian, Croat civil war,

American Insurgency – What Does a Peaceful Transition of Power Look Like Now?

January 17, 2021

America is supposed to be the world’s exporter of democracy, a profile in and of the peaceful transition of power for our

As Trump’s hold on power fades domestic hybrid warfare rages on

December 10, 2020

Behind the scenes of a Trump power grab, America remains engaged in its own, internal, political hybrid warfare.

Cyber Warfare Now – Tales from the Digital Battlefield

July 2, 2019

Democracies worldwide are facing critical challenges from ever expanding cyberwarfare operations with the ability to not just threaten infrastructure, but to control

Israel-Hamas Cyberwar, when old warfare meets new

May 11, 2019

While strategies shift, Israel and Hamas continue to battle in both cyberspace and conventional space. Israel struck 320 ground targets in the

Murder, genocide, politics and the almost surrender of Radovan Karadžić

April 19, 2019

Amidst a bloody genocidal war that erupted after the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1992, author William Stuebner was sent into the fray

Imagine a Global Space Community … The Space Foundation Can

April 5, 2019

Lima Charlie World is attending the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium in Colorado to discover how the world’s space agencies, military communities and

Is Russia Failing in Ukraine? A Diminishing Threat

March 23, 2019

As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, with the threat of a potentially greater conflict emerging, critical factors have emerged that

Strike a deal with which devil? The many faces of the Taliban

March 22, 2019

18 years later, the U.S. is engaged in negotiations with the Taliban over the future of Afghanistan. But what exactly is “the

Brothers in Arms, Donald Trump, cigars and a fine steak dinner: The Library in Amman

January 3, 2017

Reflections on a peaceful meal with brothers in arms at a Middle Eastern oasis. A review of the Library Lounge & Cigar

Swords to Plowshares: Urban Farming for the New Warrior

August 19, 2016

A U.S. Army combat veteran reports on the therapeutic nature of returning to the land, and a business built on urban farming.

‘Tickling Giants’ – Bassem Youssef, Sara Taksler charm & inspire

August 17, 2016

I remember landing in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, and taking a taxi to the Windsor Hotel. It is located within

Myanmar’s crisis is much more than the Rohingya

September 21, 2017

Dr. Gary K. Busch

The General Assembly of the United Nations is meeting in New York to try and resolve the problem of the expulsion of

Lima Charlie’s U.S./D.C. Week in Review – July 8

July 8, 2016

Lima Charlie

| 8th of July – Lima Charlie’s U.S./Washington End-of-Week News Briefing: #PrayForDallas On JUL7, just before 9 PM, Army Veteran, Micah

International Peacekeeping stinks, but it’s infinitely better than the alternative

May 9, 2017

Doug Brooks

International peacekeeping: there’s hope for improvement UN peacekeeping can be ugly. A recent BBC documentary examined the plight of aid workers in South Sudan

Combat Veterans, Scientists, Gamers work to save the world’s dying coral reefs

June 28, 2018

Lima Charlie

With ocean temperatures and acidity rising, many of the world’s coral reefs are being wiped out. From combat veterans to scientists to

The Alevis Dilemma – Turkey’s Erdogan sets a religious minority on a collision course with Erdogan’s Turkey

April 7, 2019

Norvell B. DeAtkine

A significant religious minority in Turkey, the Alevis, have become increasingly subject to President Erdogan’s populist ire, as they find themselves on

The Fears of Iran and its Forgotten Kurds

February 23, 2019

Norvell B. DeAtkine

In the West much is heard about the struggles of the Kurdish peoples of Iraq and Turkey. Yet, little is heard about

Turkey to refuse teaching evolution in schools

August 22, 2017

Lima Charlie

Turkey’s new school curriculum, which goes into effect this autumn, will no longer include evolution as part of its teachings. Instead the

A Trump Israel Wrap Up

May 24, 2017

J. David Thompson

JD Thompson reports from Tel Aviv on President Trump’s trip to Israel and his final day. US President Donald Trump’s final day in

Image Christian cross on a coptic church and cresent on the minaret of a muslim mosque in Upper Egypt

Egypt to legalize construction of new churches without permits

January 31, 2017

MENA Bureau

CAIRO, EGYPT, 31ST JANUARY 2017, LIMA CHARLIE NEWS WIRE Egyptian Prime Minister, Sherif Ismail, has announced the intent to make the construction

Lima Charlie Middle East / N. Africa Update – 27th June

June 27, 2016

John Sjoholm

|27TH of June – #MENA Weekly News Update from Lima Charlie News: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY The #UnitedNationsSecurityCouncil met this week for its quarterly