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

Africa, French colonialism, and thoughts from the backseat of a Casablanca taxi

October 12, 2017

John Sjoholm

Casablanca. The Moroccan economic hub was quickly awakening to yet another rainy day. Its cafes were filling up, and its streets bustled

Podcast: PTSD, depression, suicide, and the many unorthodox treatments available to those that suffer – Ep.02

July 1, 2018

Lima Charlie

Join Lima Charlie for the second in a series of podcasts addressing PTSD, depression and suicide, and the many unorthodox treatments available

Lima Charlie’s U.S./D.C. Week in Review – June 24

June 24, 2016

Lima Charlie

|24th of June – Lima Charlie News U.S./Washington End-of-Week News Briefing: Congressional #SitIn – With the exception of a few interruptions Democrats held

Blame spreads after released Guantanamo detainee bombs Iraq military base

February 23, 2017

MENA Bureau

After the Islamic State identified the suicide bomber that attacked an Iraqi military base outside of Mosul on Monday as a former

Title Image: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Martin Schulz shaking hands before their TV debate in Berlin in September. Photo: Reuters

Merkel releases outline for the formation of a governing coalition

January 16, 2018

Diego Lynch

On Friday, Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, was able to compose an agreeable 28-page policy outline for a potential parliamentary coalition.

Russia’s energy divides Europe

March 1, 2019

John Sjoholm

OPINION: Fueled by Russian gas imports and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, an energy Cold War threatens to divide Europe. The European

Normandy Dispatch, Part One

June 2, 2016

Lima Charlie

On Memorial Day 2016, the non-profit organization The Greatest Generations Foundation took ten WWII veterans back to Normandy, France, to return to

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

Fusion Reactor Makes Breakthrough on Path to Commercial Viability

May 4, 2017

Lima Charlie

MILTON PARK, UK (LC) In the UK, a fusion reactor has been activated and achieved “first plasma,” a molten mass of electrically

21st Korean family reunion for families separated by war highlights complications of relations between the Koreas

June 27, 2018

Du 'Dennis' On

An upcoming reunion of families that were separated by the Korean War, set for August 20th through 26th, is highlighting the complications

Middle East – North Africa News Brief

February 28, 2018

MENA Bureau

Extended Middle East and Northern Africa News Composition Briefing: Regional Low Intensity Conflicts, February 18th to February 25th – Current as of February 26,