Category: Expert Analysis

Last month, Iran carried out a training strike on a fake U.S. Nimitz-class Carrier. Now the sunken vessel is blocking their own harbor.

This article was written by Louis Tayler and originally published on Grey Dynamics.  Key Judgements AFRICOM’s mission in North Africa is to limit the instability caused by the second Libyan Civil War. This mission has achieved some measure of success. AFRICOM, and by extension, the United States, has a de-facto neutrality policy regarding the second Libyan […]

This article was written by Luke Ryan and originally published on Sandboxx. Ranger School is one of the most demanding courses the U.S. Army has to offer. It’s a rite of passage for Army Rangers as they progress in their careers, and it’s a proving ground for other soldiers from other units. The school is […]

What you’re about to read concerns “After Fire,” a certain procedure that takes place after an engagement of a threat in short proximity. I am well aware that no plan or idea stays intact in contact with reality as many unseen variables lurk into the background. That is why we teach “After Fire” as a […]

The world’s two fastest-growing major economies are China and India. In 2019, China’s per capita GDP growth was 6.1 percent, and India’s 5 percent based on World Bank data. The two countries also have the most rapid rates of growth of household and total consumption. Both China and India are growing far more rapidly than […]

This article was written by Jesutimilehin Akamo and originally published on Grey Dynamics.  Key Judgements It is almost certain that most of central Africa is unstable. While Sao Tome and Principe has remained peaceful in the last decade, other countries in the region are either at the brink of conflict or have active conflicts. Oil, […]

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is an intergovernmental organization founded by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela. OPEC is considered to possess majority control of the world’s crude oil production and the most considerable influence on oil pricing. OPEC also sets production targets for each member country in an attempt to […]

On Tuesday, Turkey announced that it had reserved an area in the Eastern Mediterranean where it would deploy Oruç Reis, a research/survey vessel to conduct underwater seismic surveys for natural gas or oil. At the same time, 18 Turkish warships left their anchorage and sailed near the area, where they still remain. Turkey reserved that […]

In this series of articles, we’re discussing 10 of the most important, unwritten, rules of CQB. You can read part I here and part II here. Avoid shoulder transitions (Remark: This rule is referring to a full shoulder transition in close proximity.) The human brain is like a forest. When you were a kid, it […]

This article was written by Alex Hollings and originally published on Sandboxx.com. If war were to break out in the Pacific between China and the United States, the U.S. Navy would find itself in an extremely difficult predicament. While America does maintain the largest and most powerful navy in the world, its security obligations are […]

It is with a healthy mindfulness of the need for wisdom and humility in the face of complex discourse that we introduce the author’s personal opinion of the notion of a so-called “deep state” in American politics. It is not the author’s intent to investigate matters outside his understanding, nor to imply disrespect towards different […]

This article was written by Ana Maria Baloi and originally published on Grey Dynamics.  This report examines the strategic concepts of AFRICOM as applied in West Africa, based on the U.S. interests in the region, military doctrine, and past experiences in other parts of the world. For collection and processing, the author used Open Source […]