2015-11-20 By defenceWeb Boko Haram and Islamic State (IS) were jointly responsible for 51% of all claimed global terror fatalities in 2014, with Boko Haram taking over IS as the world’s deadliest terror group with 7 500 deaths last year. This is according to a new report indicating terrorism is at…
2015-11-16 Dateline: Paris By Murielle Delaporte A new reality is born from the bloodshed which occurred in the streets of Paris last Friday. 8 terrorists, 7 points of attacks, 30 minutes, close to 500 persons hit by Kalashnikovs or explosives, more than 2000 relatives mourning a loved one, 64 million…
2015-10-11 By Robbin Laird Europe is facing a significant migration outpouring from the current Middle Eastern dynamics. Illegal smugglers are finding a variety of ways to assist migrants to get to Europe. And the European convention that the government on whose territory where migrants come must handle the problem is…
2015-10-07 By Karsten von Hoesslin,Manager of Special Projects, Risk Intelligence There are 18 networks accounted for within South East Asia and 65 upper-tier players have been identified in the author’s network analysis. Upper-tier players consist of fixers (middlemen), boarding team leaders, recruiters, forgers, so-called ‘big bosses’, and buyers. Boarding team…
2015-07-11 The Arab Spring and its aftermath have provoked significant regional unrest from which emerged political regime changes in many countries of North Africa and the Middle East. In Syria and Libya, notably, unrest has led to devastating civil wars forcing a large part of their population to attempt to…
2015-06-23 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte During our visit to 2nd MAW on May 18, 2015, we had a chance to talk with two members of VMAQ-3, an electronic warfare squadron flying EA-6B Prowler jets. It is part of Marine Aircraft Group 14 under the 2nd MAW. We interviewed…
2015-06-27 We have argued earlier that a Euro-Med region has emerged which has virtually become a single defense and security operational area. The terrorists certainly think so. In a piece published recently by our partner Rivista Italiana Difesa, Pietro Batacchi looks at recent events. Terrorism has returned to strike with…
2015-05-30 defenceWeb The EU has taken a decision to create a naval force to disrupt human smugglers in the Mediterranean. The force, to be known as EUNavFor Med, will form part of a wider approach to saving lives at sea EU High Representative Federica Mogherini said after a joint meeting…
