The modern state of Montenegro gained independence in June 2006, and the small Balkan country promptly singed up for the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program in December of that year. Montenegro, militarily weak on its own, seeks to integrate with NATO to bolster their defenses and help share the burden of security with other […]
Bahrain has announced it is cutting all ties with Qatar after hackers in Qatar, allegedly linked to terrorist groups, “interfered with the internal affairs” of Bahrain. Qatar has been accused by Bahrain of supporting international terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Daesh, along with having financial ties with groups linked to Iran. Qatari diplomats […]
This page will act as an archive of domestic US reactions to the announcement by American president Donald Trump of his intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. It will be updated as necessary. On June 1, 2017, three states (California, Washington, New York) announced their intention to continue to hold to the provisions […]
Recently, tensions on the Korean peninsula have ratcheted up dramatically, with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea, henceforth DPRK) testing several ballistic missiles over a relatively short period of time. The missiles, some of which have been nuclear-capable, have flown toward Japan and Russia, and with relations between China and the DPRK at […]
“Because they (the Maute group) threatened to go down from the mountains to burn down Marawi? Go ahead, be my guest. We will wait for you there. No problem.” -Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, 2 December 2016 On May 23rd, 2017, at around 2:00 PM local-time, clashes broke out in the Philippine city of Marawi, located […]
background The Republic of The Gambia is the smallest country in mainland Africa, with a population just shy of two million living in an area slightly less than twice the size of the US state of Delaware (about 11,300 sq km). Surrounded by Senegal and the Atlantic Ocean, the Gambia’s location along the Gambia river made […]
On April 29th, 2017, the Syrian Civil Defense (henceforth White Helmets) center in Kafr Zeita, near Hama, Syria, came under sustained aerial bombardment from Russian and Syrian government aircraft. The precision with which the facility was struck, plus the use of bunker-busting munitions, strongly points to Russian aircraft as being the primary aggressors in this […]
This article will be updated periodically as information comes in. Check back for more details. On April 23rd, 2017, members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM) were traveling along an unpaved secondary road near Pryshyb, in Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR)-held territory when their armored vehicle […]
The war in Syria is six years old now, and as the April 4th gas attack demonstrated, the use of prohibited weapons has not slowed or halted since the conflict began. To better understand the international legal implications of the war and what the world can and should be doing about it, we must first […]
Recently the Russian Ministry of Defense released a statement regarding the 4/4 Khan Sheikhoun sarin attacks. Below is a refutation of almost every point they made. As always, but especially with the Russian MoD, verify every statement they make. More often than not, they’re fabricating their own reality. russian ministry of defense: Russian Defence Ministry comments […]
