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Back in the fold? Canada’s tentative re-engagement with NATO
By Zachary Wolfraim: Amid the increasing tensions with Russia, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s meeting on 5 May with the head of NATO’s military operations, General Philip Breedlove along with...
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A creative mind? An early assessment of Modi’s foreign policy
By Zoha Waseem: As Narendra Modi prepares to depart for the 6th summit of BRICS during what will be the Indian Prime Minister’s first international appearance since being voted into office in May this...
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Canada’s NATO response: A missed opportunity
By Zachary Wolfraim: Meetings of the Defence Ministers at NATO Headquarters in Brussels – Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) (Source: Reuters) Earlier this May I analysed Canada’s tentative...
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Interview – Dylan Hendrickson on security sector reform
By Isobel Petersen: Dylan Hendrickson speaking at a Conference in Kenya, June 2014. Photo: APN/Dagan Rossini (CC 2.0) Dylan Hendrickson is a Senior Fellow at King’s College Department of War Studies....
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Interview – Journalist Sean Carberry on Afghanistan & conflict reporting
By Mackenzie Weinger: Journalist Sean Carberry shut down NPR’s Kabul bureau at the end of 2014 after more than two years reporting in Afghanistan. Photo: Courtesy Sean Carberry In December 2014,...
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Punishing the cowboys: Blackwater, justice, and easier wars
By Charlie de Rivaz: A Blackwater helicopter flies over the Republican Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, December 2007. Photo: jamesdale10 (CC 2.0) On Monday, four former employees of Blackwater, the notorious...
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Review: ‘Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars’ by Chris Woods
By Harris Kuemmerle: Chris Woods, Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars. London, UK: Hurst Publishers., 2015. Pages: 400. £20.00 (hardback). ISBN: 9781849044028. The recent growth over the past...
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Controversy over interpreters reminder of failures in Afghanistan
By Alex Calvo: Photographer: Staff Sergeant Will Craig, photo from UK Government. The fate of the almost 3,000 interpreters who worked with the British forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province has...
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Is remote control effective in solving security problems?
By: Chad Daniel Tumelty https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/MQ-9_Reaper_UAV.jpg Editors note: Remote Control is a project hosted by the London-based think tank Oxford Research Group,...
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A war on humanitarianism?
By: Mélanie Thienard Source: Wikimedia Is the United States waging a war on humanitarianism? On 26 October 2015, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Northern Yemen was struck by airstrikes,...
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To kill or to capture? The conundrum facing the Supreme Court and military...
By: W. M. Hart A local boy watches an inspection at a new prison in Farah province, Afghanistan (ISAF photo/ USAF 1st Lt Mark Graff). Source: Flickr On 4 February 2016, heads of state and international...
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The Limits of US Security Cooperation in Jordan
By: Peter Kirechu President Barack Obama Meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office on 26 April, 2013. Source: Wikimedia. The most notable feature of President Barack Obama’s...
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Book review: ‘America’s Modern Wars: Understanding Iraq, Afghanistan and...
Reviewed by: Cheng Lai Ki Christopher Lawrence. America’s Modern Wars: Understanding Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. Oxford, UK. Casemate Publishers, 2015. ISBN: 978-1612002781. Hardcover. £19.99...
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Interview – Dylan Hendrickson on security sector reform
By Isobel Petersen: Dylan Hendrickson speaking at a Conference in Kenya, June 2014. Photo: APN/Dagan Rossini (CC 2.0) Dylan Hendrickson is a Senior Fellow at King’s College Department of War Studies....
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Interview – Journalist Sean Carberry on Afghanistan & conflict reporting
By Mackenzie Weinger: Journalist Sean Carberry shut down NPR’s Kabul bureau at the end of 2014 after more than two years reporting in Afghanistan. Photo: Courtesy Sean Carberry In December 2014,...
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Punishing the cowboys: Blackwater, justice, and easier wars
By Charlie de Rivaz: A Blackwater helicopter flies over the Republican Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, December 2007. Photo: jamesdale10 (CC 2.0) On Monday, four former employees of Blackwater, the notorious...
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Book Review: “What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?”
Reviewed by: Millie Radovic Gurcan, Metin. What Went Wrong in Afghanistan?: Understanding Counter-Insurgency Efforts in Tribalized Rural and Muslim Environments. Helion and Company, 2016. ISBN:...
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So Little Winning: The Afghanistan Papers and Victory Theory
by Michael C. Davies The Washington Post’s publication of the Afghanistan Papers exposed the unwinnable nature of the war (Image Credit: The Atlantic) In a testament to the hyperactive character of our...
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Normative Approaches versus Inclusive Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
by Catharine Helmers (Image credit: Casey Johnson) Local ownership as a tenet of external intervention and peacebuilding has been a key point of debate for many years now, although its meaning and...
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Should Female Foreign Fighters be Repatriated?
by Francesco Bruno While as devoted as their male counterparts, female Jihadis are an underexplored topic of analysis in understanding racidalisation (Image credit: AFP) It is a woman who teaches you...
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