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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

Middle East – North Africa News Brief – Extended

November 14, 2017

MENA Bureau

Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. Covers November 5th to November 12th, 2017 – Current as of November 13th, 2017. | [Read Middle East

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Gaming industry inspired supercomputer to help study mysterious radio emissions from space, FRBs

January 28, 2018

Lima Charlie

Last week, ASTRON—the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, announced that in the search for and study of fast radio bursts (FRBs), millisecond-long radio

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Kurdistan accepts Iraqi court ruling denying independence

November 18, 2017

MENA Bureau

As forecast by Lima Charlie News in recent coverage of the ongoing situation in Northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) released

The Shifting Sands of the Dictator

April 16, 2017

John Sjoholm

John Sjoholm examines the West’s historic support of dictatorships in the Middle East, and asks whether the region is ready for true

In Brief – JUL7 Middle East – North Africa

July 7, 2016

MENA Bureau

| Lima Charlie – In Brief – MENA Desk – JUL7 ‪#‎Jordan has removed mention of religion from its national identity cards, in

Insider agent helped kill al Qaeda’s number 2 man, instrumental in 9/11 attacks

March 3, 2017

John Sjoholm

A spray painted sedan by an insider agent marked the kill for al Qaeda’s number two man, Abu al-Masri, instrumental in the

A Realistic Western Response to North Korea

May 8, 2017

Dr. Gary K. Busch

To understand the reasoning and logic behind North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons requires a hard look at the political origins and

Secretary of Defense Mattis hints of arming Ukraine

August 25, 2017

Lima Charlie

Kiev, Ukraine [LC] During the first visit to Ukraine by an American defense secretary in nearly a decade, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

Lima Charlie’s U.S./D.C. Week in Review – Aug 5

August 5, 2016

Lima Charlie

Lima Charlie News U.S./Washington End-of-Week Briefing – AUG5 | #Election2016 With the US Presidential Primary Season officially complete, the first presidential