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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

Putin’s struggle amid a Russia in the throes of change

July 1, 2017

Dr. Gary K. Busch

[Suggested further reading: Dr. Gary K. Busch’s latest, ‘Sanctions and the Rise of Putin’s Russia (starring oligarchs, siloviki, Rossiyskaya mafiya and Oleg

Venezuela’s struggles deepen as inflation, shortages, unrest rise

May 7, 2017

Lima Charlie

Thousands of women marched in major cities around Venezuela Saturday both for and against the country’s socialist government. Those wearing white shirts

Battle against ISIS: the walls of Raqqa are falling

June 9, 2017

John Sjoholm

Across the region, the Islamic State is being driven back. In Iraq, the Iraqi military is pushing the Salafist Jihadist group out

U.S. and South Korea to proceed with joint military exercises, Ulchi-Freedom Guardian

August 17, 2017

Lima Charlie

BEIJING, LC The United States and South Korea will proceed with joint military exercises next week, a U.S. military official said on

DACA Dreamers – my family story

September 12, 2017

Liz Perez

My dad, Jose Louis Perez, was the youngest of 10 children. He was born in Mexico. In the early 60’s, his parents decided

The French in Syria – a long and tortured history

April 19, 2018

Dr. Gary K. Busch

France has taken the position that it is a humanitarian force, eager to bomb Syria for using chemical weapons and to promote

GailForce: CENTCOM and the ISIS Threat – Was there a Politicization of Intelligence?

August 25, 2016

Gail Harris

CENTCOM Accused of Downplaying Threat of ISIS in Intelligence Reports: Examining the Allegations “An old rule that I’ve used with my intelligence

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Rock the Casbah: a Saudi coup that never was

November 15, 2017

John Sjoholm

Part 1 of the “American Foreign Policy Review” series: A look at our regional allies and foes. Part 2 follows. November 5,

GOP’s ethical dilemma raises questions

January 5, 2017

J. David Thompson

The 115th Congress got off to a rocky start in its first days as Republican Members of Congress backed away from a

Middle East – North Africa News Brief

April 26, 2017

MENA Bureau

MENA Regional Low Intensity Conflicts, April 15 – April 23 [EGYPT]: An Egyptian Air Force F-16 struck an alleged Islamic State weapons and gathering point