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

Iraq Army captures IS mosque declares victory

Iraqi Army captures iconic Islamic State Mosque; declares end of ISIS

July 1, 2017

John Sjoholm

Iraqi forces have captured the iconic Great Mosque of al Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, from the Islamic State, and proclaimed a symbolic

Race to Moon and Mars peaks public, private sectors

December 18, 2017

Lima Charlie

Last week Japanese aerospace startup ispace set a record for fundraising by a commercial space exploration company raising $90.2 million in its

The Final Movement of the Islamic State

September 13, 2017

John Sjoholm

The grand symphony of Death and Destruction continues to play itself out across the streets of Deir Ezzor. A mortar round detonates.

Middle East – North Africa News Brief

June 5, 2017

MENA Bureau

MENA BRIEF, SITREP May 28 – June 4: Middle East and Northern Africa Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. [MISC]: LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK: A terror

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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

Veterans & Moral Injury – Lima Charlie interviews USC CIR’s Dr. Hazel Atuel

September 23, 2017

Lima Charlie

Moral injury is a subject that is widely misunderstood and a key symptom of participating in war and conflict. The U.S. Department

Blindspot on a Bureaucracy: Who’s supposed to ‘pay’ what to NATO?

July 22, 2018

Lima Charlie

Since 1949 NATO has been the cornerstone of Europe’s security. Amid tensions with Russia at a new high, NATO members have committed

Totalitarianism Crushes Pollution in China

January 27, 2018

Lima Charlie

On Friday, the Chinese capital city of Beijing announced it will spend $3 billion to reduce air pollution, which is half a

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

Middle East – North Africa News Brief

February 5, 2018

MENA Bureau

Extended Middle East and Northern Africa News Composition Briefing: Regional Low Intensity Conflicts, January 30th to February 4th – Current as of February 5,