ISIS success is fueling cross-fertilization of terrorist groups outside of the Middle East. In information war, global success is an important ingredient of shaping global reach for terrorist groups. Defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria can help reduce the attraction of the brand..
An Independent Scotland is certainly a viable option. And the emergence of an independent Scotland in a volatile European situation will provide an interesting input to the direct defense of Europe, the future of NATO and the future of the European Union and the common currency.
The USS America has arrived at its home port in San Diego. The ship is designed to enable the USMC as the only tiltrotar enabled assault force in the world. And preparing the ground for the introduction of the F-35B as the integrated C2, ISR, strike asset and enabler.
F-35-Summit to be held in Oslo on 25 September 2014.
Paramount Group will support Azerbaijani helicopters and fixed wing military aircraft.
In this piece, India Strategic looks at the new Prime Minister of India and his Pacific initiatives. It comes at a time when the expansionist outlook of China contrasts with the fading footprint of the US.
A conference is being held in Washington DC focusing on ways to help Christians under attack from ISIS and other forces in the Middle East.
In this piece, Second Line of Defense looks at the supply of arms to the Kurds. Iraq 2014 is not Iraq 2003. An ironic aspect of the COIN strategy pursued in Iraq is that the US Army has become the unwitting supply master for the Isis.