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Ukraine, Russia, and the Future of the Liberal Order – Hagel lecture series

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Lone Candle

Frederick Kagan on Ukraine: Where Things Stand, and Where they Might be Going

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Lone Candle

The Tigray Ethiopia War

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Lone Candle

The Tigray Ethiopia War: Video Sources

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Lone Candle

Ethiopia: War in Tigray – Background and state of play Eric Pichon. 2022 12 9. Think Tank European Parliament. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2022)739244 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2022/739244/EPRS_BRI(2022)739244_EN.pdf War in Ethiopia Center for Preventive Action. 2023 3 31. Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ethiopia Tigray War Fast Facts CNN Editorial

Recent Airstrikes Are Our Periodic Reminder That We’re Fighting a War in Syria

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Lone Candle

“Given that IS lost its last piece of territory roughly four years ago, that would seem to eliminate the stated justification for maintaining an active anti-IS mission there.
The argument now is that we have to keep troops in Syria so that IS stays defeated.

“If you completely ignore and turn your back, then you’re setting the conditions for a resurgence,” Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told The New York Times during a recent visit to Syria.

What exactly the U.S. interest is in further suppressing a rump remnant of a vanquished terrorist group goes unexplained.”