Новости за 22.10.2018

---Quote--- COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway on Monday mourned World War II saboteur Joachim Roenneberg, who headed a five-man team that daringly blew up a plant producing heavy water, depriving Nazi Germany of a key ingredient it could have used to make nuclear weapons. ---End Quote--- ...

---Quote--- Navy carrier aviation is back in the Arctic Circle for the first time in nearly 30 years, the latest sign that the Pentagon is looking to flex its muscles during an era of great power competition. The Harry S. Truman entered the Norwegian Sea on Friday, the first flattop to do so...

Thanks, Trudeau. ---Quote--- Canada installs Chinese underwater monitoring devices next to US nuclear submarine base Ocean Network Canada confirms addition of hi-tech sensors built by Chinese scientists to its marine observatories in Pacific Ocean US state department has ‘nothing to say’ on...

This is a forthcoming volume 'Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in China: Domestic and Foreign Policy Dimensions' and the Editor is an Australian SME, Michael Clarke on the issues. The Amazon notice refers to: ---Quote--- Four areas of investigation are looked at: the scope and nature of ...

The regional SME Alex Thurston, a Visiting Assistant Professor of African Studies at Georgetown University has a short article that reviews the writings of Colonel Timothy Antigha, a Nigerian Army spokesman. It ends with: ---Quote--- In conclusion, read the whole piece. It is the most...

Long ago Pakistan detained a significant Afghan Taliban figure, although some contest his importance and via Twitter there is a story: ---Quote--- Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the Afghan Taliban, popularly known as “Mulla Baradar” has been finally released from jail in Pakistan....

---Quote--- TAIPEI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Monday in the second such operation this year, as the U.S. military increases the frequency of transits through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China. The voyage risks...

Human Rights Law is Harming Britain's Armed Forces

Human Rights Law is Harming Britain's Armed Forces by General David Petraeus – The Times

Assessment of Current Efforts to Fight the Islamic State

Assessment of Current Efforts to Fight the Islamic State by Ido Levy - Divergent Options

A New U.S. Framework for Stabilization: Opportunities for Civil Affairs SWJED Mon, 10/22/2018 - 6:50am

Kevin Melton, Peter Quaranto, Patrick Quirk, Sara Reckless and Kelly Uribe - State-USAID-DoD Stabilization Assistance Review (SAR) - As we completed the SAR, far more than breaking new intellectual ground, we were more interested in breaking bureaucratic barriers.

The Western International Counternarcotics Regime in North Africa and the Sahel: Imagining Islamic Law as Part of the Solution SWJED Mon, 10/22/2018 - 6:32am

This article argues that Islamic law should be enlisted in the fight against narcotics trafficking in the Sahel, rather than being displaced by the western counter-narcotics regime. An understanding of Islamic law’s distinction, however nuanced it may be, between drug use and trafficking is crucial to assessing, developing, and implementing... Читать дальше...

---Quote--- The first known private military contracting and consulting firm catering just to jihadists issued a new online fundraising appeal for help in arming fighters while also noting this week that donors came through to build a training camp for jihadists in Syria. ---End Quote---...