Category: Foreign Policy

Just as Pearl Harbor pulled the United States into WWII, the bombing of the USS Cole plunged the U.S. into an era of asymmetric warfare.

Some fear that the U.S. withdrawal from Somalia will revert the Somali military’s gains against al-Shabaab.

General Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is preparing the DoD for belt-tightening measures citing the coronavirus pandemic.

State TV’s Arabic-language channel, Al-Alam, claimed the weapons used were “controlled by satellite,” also made by the Fars news agency.

The cries to end the ‘endless war’ are tempered by the type of violence carried out by ISIS in Afghanistan today. And that is the problem. 

New information shows Trump’s cabinet dissuaded him from striking Iran’s nuclear facilities citing certain escalation into a wider conflict.

13 million people have been killed or displaced by the war in Syria which equates to more than half the pre-Civil war population.

The Russian troops will be tasked with guarding the “Lachin corridor”, which links the Karabakh capital, Stepanakert, to Armenia.

It is primarily a guarantee of security; for Poland and for the whole of this part of Europe,” Poland’s President Duda said.

Flournoy would bring to the position a wealth of experience, expertise in counter insurgency and a shrewd position on China and Iran.

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei said that Iran’s position on the US is clearly set and does not change with “the movement of individuals.”

Security officials believe that senior leadership involved in the Soleimani assassination operation are being targeted by Iranian hitmen.