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Abstract: Recent attacks, disrupted plots, and arrests in Europe and the United States have suggested that the terrorist threat posed by older extreme far-right individuals might be increasing. A deep dive into the United Kingdom, which has seen five attacks by extreme far-right men over the age of 47 since …
Read More »Going Private (Equity): A New Challenge To Transparency In The Arms Industry – Analysis
In the latest ranking of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies (the SIPRI Top 100), published in December 2022, two firms based in the United States—Peraton and Amentum—had recently been acquired by private equity firms. Both their arms sales were considered to have a high degree of uncertainty. …
Read More »Repair, Replace, Reimburse: Sustaining A European Tank Coalition For Ukraine – Analysis
On 25 January, the German government authorised the transfer of European stocks of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The decision by Chancellor Olaf Scholz came five days after the most recent Ramstein format meeting, where expectations had been high for such an announcement. Germany will now provide Ukraine with 14 …
Read More »Iraqi forces track down ISIS leaders in wide-ranging operations
Iraqi forces have tracked down and targeted ISIS remnants in their hideouts during a series of operations in provinces across the country. Iraqi forces have been tracking down and killing key leaders of the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) in a series of operations targeting the group’s remnants …
Read More »Russian Defense Minister Visits Ukraine
Russia’s defense minister visited Russian soldiers in Ukraine on Saturday. The ministry said in a statement on the messaging app Telegram that Sergei Shoigu “inspected the forward command post of one of the formations of the Eastern Military District in the South Donetsk direction.” Shoigu has been criticized for Russia’s …
Read More »How Quickly The West Forgot It Was Their 2020 Regime-Change Project That Drove Belarus Into Russia’s Arms – OpEd
Is Russia preparing a 2nd offensive against Ukraine from Belarus? Belarus’ role as a partner with Russia in this war keeps staying in the headlines. What’s lost in these stories is how strange and impossible it would’ve been just a couple years ago to imagine Russia being able to use …
Read More »The World’s First Horse Riders
Researchers discovered evidence of horse riding by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans, which were between 4500-5000 years old. The earthen burial mounds belonged to the Yamnaya culture. The Yamnayans had migrated from the Pontic-Caspian steppes to find greener pastures in today´s countries of …
Read More »Iran Promises To Cooperate With UN Nuclear Watchdog, Joint Statement Says After Grossi Visit
Iran has vowed to cooperate with the UN’s nuclear watchdog to resolve outstanding issues after inspections reportedly showed that Tehran had enriched uranium to near nuclear-weapons grade, a joint statement from both sides said. “Iran expressed its readiness to…provide further information and access to address the outstanding safeguards issues,” a …
Read More »Bahrain Prosecutes Religious Reformers: Traditionalists Fight Back – Analysis
Gulf autocrats are trying to squash calls for reform of Islamic law with three Bahraini men on trial. Redha Rajab, his son Mohamed Rajab, and researcher Jalal al-Qassab are members of the Al-Tajdeed Society, which encourages discussion and questioning of Islamic law. They’re accused of violating articles 309 and 310 …
Read More »Israel Under Attack: Biden’s Coup to Get Iran the Bomb
“U.S. support for demonstrations in Tel Aviv isn’t about the future of Israel’s judiciary. It’s about handcuffing Israel while Iran gets the bomb.” — Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine, March 2, 2023. In reality, Iran’s mullahs will most likely blackmail the Biden Administration for billions of dollars not to use their …
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