By Pierre Tran Paris - The two French frigates on patrol in the Red Sea have fired 22 Aster missiles against drones and ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia against western shipping, the armed forces minister, Sébastien Lecornu, told March 26 a high profile news conference. The minister disclosed…
By Robbin Laird Professor Maxwell is returning to Brazil for a notable conference to be held there soon. This is his latest trip to Brazil with his first one coming nearly 60 years ago. Recently, we published a book of essays by him entitled, Brazil in a Changing World Order…
By Pierre Tran Paris - The French armed forces ministry published March 4 a list with the value of weapons, military kit, and financial support provided in Ukraine’s bloody struggle against Russia, claiming a total of some €3.8 billion ($4.1 billion). The French official list showed military gear shipped to…
By Pierre Tran Paris - It was thanks to information shared on a social media link of the Association of Defense Journalists, a press club, this correspondent suited up to attend the Jan. 31 French parliamentary hearing of François Michel, chairman of John Cockerill, a Belgian company which builds armed…
By Pierre Tran Paris - There is confidence the European Union will find a way to beat Hungary’s blocking of a budget to provide €50 billion ($54 billion) of financial aid to Ukraine when the E.U. summit meets this week, a senior Ukrainian official said Jan. 30. “I am confident…
By Robbin Laird In our interview with the esteemed journalist Ed Rabel, we discussed with him his dealings with Martin Luther King. This is what he told Ed Timperlake and myself: "Rabel described his coverage of the black movement in the 1960s as follows: “I was hired by CBS News…
This article was first published on April 26, 2012 about the Obama Administration. We leave it to our readers to ascertain whether we are in a better position currently. By Richard Weitz The second keynote speaker at the 2012 U.S. Army War College annual strategy conference, James Locher, former President…
By Pierre Tran Paris - The French air force will fly Nov. 28 four Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Lithuania in a Nato air police mission in the skies of the allied Baltic nations, amidst Ukraine’s concerns on waning Western support for its fight back against Russian forces. The despatch of…
