Israel’s Bashan Arrow operation in Syria continues
As the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad was collapsing on December 8, Israel set in motion a contingency plan that anticipated the situation. In recent weeks, the military intelligence...
Mikoyan MiG-29
War in Ukraine update: Ukraine Debuts New UK-Supplied Storm Shadow Missiles
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced last week that London had given Storm Shadow missiles to Kyiv. Soon after, Ukraine debuted its new weapon in strikes deep inside Russian-occupied...
Op-eds
Russia’s Potemkin army to parade on Red Square
During my eight years in Moscow, the annual May 9 Victory over Nazism Parade was a huge, nationally televised extravaganza. Journalists parsed President Vladimir Putin’s speech. Military attaches from...
Op-eds
Dear Captain Sully: Fasten your Seatbelt
You already have decades of experience navigating the skies. Now, you will need to navigate the realm of multilateral diplomacy.
Op-eds
ICAO’s Authoritarian Test
When Belarus’ authoritarian strongman, Aleksandr Lukashenko, personally dispatched a fully armed MiG-29 fighter jet to intercept Ryanair Flight FR4978 in order to arrest a journalist and regime critic,...
Op-eds
Erdogan Saves Putin’s Belarusian Ally by Playing Spoiler Role Within NATO
Turkey reportedly used its veto power within NATO on Wednesday to water down an official condemnation of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko for forcing down a passenger plane to arrest Roman Protasevich,...
Policy Briefs
Russia and Egypt are Growing Closer
As Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi begins his second term, a new chapter in Egyptian-Russian relations is being written. Disappointed by U.S. policy, Cairo has strengthened its ties with...
Op-eds
Russia’s Charm Offensive in North Africa
With the world’s attention focused on the question of Russian influence in the United States and the European Union, the Kremlin is quietly making inroads in anot...
Op-eds
Russian Forays Into Turkish Airspace Challenge Ankara’s Syria Policy… And NATO
Russian warplanes entered Turkish airspace from Syria twice over the weekend,...
Policy Briefs
Tempest in Tunis
Much is being made about the role that social networking and other technologies played in the mass protests which forced Tunisia’s President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country, end...
Op-eds
Moscow’s Opportunism in The Middle East
After a deliberately much-trumpeted visit by its president to Syria last week, Russia has been heralded, for the umpteenth time in recent years, as making a Middle Eastern comeback through Damasc...
Op-eds
Revolutionary Déjà Vu
By: Paul Crespo. Hugo Chavez quotes Fidel Castro when asked what is on the horizon for Venezuela: “A new wave will arrive in Latin America, but in a different form.”...