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Is a European Army Really So Barmy?

July 21, 2019 Opinion

Farage has slammed the new European Commission president for her ‘fanatic’ support for a European army. But is the idea really so bad, if, as Farage fears, it supplants NATO, whose interventions have …

The US Army Asked Twitter How Service has Impacted People. The Answers were Gut-Wrenching

May 29, 2019 Opinion

After posting a video of a young recruit talking to the camera about how service allows him to better himself “as a man and a warrior”, the US Army tweeted, “How has serving impacted you?” As of this …

Tweeting in the Rain

November 20, 2018 Opinion

You’ve probably had your fill of the media coverage, punditry, tweets, and wisecracks surrounding President Trump’s controversial trip to Paris, officially undertaken to honor the Allied soldiers, esp…

L’enfant Terrible? Macron Taunts Trump on Armistice Day Amid Talk of Empire and EU Army

November 15, 2018 Opinion

French President Macron rebuked the concept of 'nationalism' during Armistice Day celebrations marking the end of WWI. At the same time, his government was pondering the merits of empire and building …

Can Saudi Arabia Fight its Own Fight? History Shows Heavy Reliance on Mercenaries, Militias and the US

July 26, 2018 Opinion

During President Trump’s now infamous visit to Saudi Arabia, Washington and Riyadh signed arms deals amounting to almost $110 billion, a move viewed by some as fueling an arms race in an already dange…

Why Pakistan is Sending 1,000 Troops to Saudi Arabia?

February 23, 2018 Opinion

A leading Pakistani newspaper has called it a mystery. Politicians have demanded a debate. The defence minister was summoned. But several days after Pakistan announced it was sending over 1,000 new tr…

Afghanistan – U.S. Special Forces Commit Drive-By Murder

January 10, 2018 Military

A recent video mashup provided by some U.S. Special Force soldiers in Afghanistan seems to show evidence of a warcrime. A military truck passes a civilian truck on a paved road at normal traveling spe…

US Army is Preparing for Decades of Hybrid Wars

October 19, 2017 Opinion

Released on Monday, the US Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, drafted a new strategy for how US ground forces will operate, fight, and campaign successfully across multiple domains—space…