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ISSUES & TRENDS

Brazil Faces Environmental Disaster: President Dilma Rousseff Does a Fly-By

Posted on November 24, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/24/2015
Two breached dams of the Germano iron ore mine have unleashed 50 million cubic meters of sludge and iron mine waste.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

A South African Perspective on the Evolution of Electronic Warfare

Posted on November 24, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/24/2015
Our strategic partner, defenceWeb, takes a look at the evolution of electronic warfare from the South African perspective.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Russia Adds Remotely Piloted Aircraft to their Arctic Force

Posted on November 24, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/24/2015
The Russians are deploying RPAs in support of their Arctic presence and engagement policies.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Russian Information Ops: Up Close and Personal

Posted on November 23, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/23/2015
Richard Weitz looks at Russian information operations as a staple of Putin's Russia.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New

The War on ISIS: Time to Get Creative on the Refugee Crisis

Posted on November 21, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/21/2015
Security led compassion is a tool in the fight against ISIS hatred and intolerance.
Posted in Security, What's New

Terrorism on Upsurge: Boko Haram and ISIS Lead the Way

Posted on November 20, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/20/2015
Boko Haram and Islamic State (IS) were jointly responsible for 51% of all claimed global terror fatalities in 2014.
Posted in Security, What's New

The Bering Strait: Choke Point of the Future?

Posted on November 19, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/19/2015
In the coming decades, the Bering Strait will emerge as a key global maritime choke point due to its strategic location.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Defeating the “Islamic State” (“IS”): One Tribe at a Time

Posted on November 19, 2015 | by Robbin Laird
11/19/2015
Sunni Arabs, rather than unruly Shi’i militias or Western troops must liberate the Sunni-Arab areas, and now is the time.
Posted in Strategy, What's New
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