Category: Security and Strategy

Source: Ekathimerini Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias submitted his resignation Wednesday, a day after a tense cabinet meeting during which he clashed with Defense Minister Panos Kammenos over the Prespes accord. Sources told Kathimerini that Kotzias was disgruntled over the fact that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras failed to support him against attacks from Kammenos, who… Continue reading GREEK FOREIGN MONISTER NIKOS KOTZIAS RESIGNED

Source: World View STRATFOR By Sinan Ciddi Board of Contributors Upon winning his second term as president in June, and assuming the strong executive powers that had been approved by voters in a 2017 referendum, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cemented what he had long been seeking: the creation of a new political regime, one… Continue reading A GLIMPSE INTO THE NEXT DECADE OF ERDOGAN’S NEW TURKEY

Source: IISS By Douglas Barrie If NATO’s language remains guarded, it is also shifting subtly the Alliance’s collective stance over Washington’s accusation that Moscow is in breach of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Russia’s alleged development of a weapon that breaks the treaty was on the agenda of NATO defence ministers at their latest… Continue reading NATO PONDERS ALLEGED RUSSIAN INF TREATY VIOLATION

Source: The Diplomat By Franz-Stefan Gady China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has deployed a Type 039A Yuan-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) and a Type 926 submarine support ship to the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) earlier this month, sources within Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) told India Today on October 15. The PLAN last dispatched… Continue reading CHINA DEPLOYS DIESEL ELECTRIC SUBMARINE AND RESCUE VESSEL IN INDIAN OCEAN

Source: CNN By Brad Lendon When tanks rolled and troops marched at a Japanese military base on Sunday, it was just the latest display in what analysts say is a campaign by Tokyo to increase the profile of its Self-Defense Forces. Presiding over the display involving 4,000 troops, dozens of pieces armor and warplanes, including… Continue reading WHY YOU ARE SEEING MORE OF JAPAN’S MILITARY

Source: ABC News By Tara Palmer Incensed by the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson, President Donald Trump called for a plan to be drawn up in late August for the complete withdrawal of U.S. diplomatic personnel from Turkey, senior administration and State Department officials tell ABC News. The unprecedented plan to essentially shutter an… Continue reading TRUMP CALLED FOR PLAN TO REMOVE ALL US DIPLOMATS FROM TURKEY

Source: Ahval News By Tiny Url When cornered by escalating domestic problems, autocrats frequently resort to provoking and even launching external conflict to re-coalesce the masses around chauvinism, to make them forget the fact that they are famished, and keep them powerless and paralysed. Even though the majority of the population does not go to… Continue reading TURKEY COULD STIR UP CONFICT TO MASK DOMESTIC PROBLEMS

Source: UK Defence Journal The Argentine Government has sent a formal protest after it was announced that military exercises were to be held on the Falkland Islands. Exercises are scheduled to take place on and around the Falkland Islands between October 15th and 29th, the exercises will include the firing of air defence missiles. The… Continue reading ARGENTINA PROTESTS FALKLANDS EXERCISE DESPITE HOLDING OWN MILITARY EXERCISES

Source: Shephard Media NATO’s largest exercise since the end of the Cold War will see 50,000 troops deploy into the first snows of a Norwegian winter to show Russia that the alliance is ready to repel any attack, officers said Tuesday. Officially, November’s Trident Juncture exercise will simulate an attack from a fictional country, but… Continue reading NATO FLEXES MUSCLES IN SHOW OF STRENGHT TO RUSSIA

Source: Defense News By: Aaron Mehta Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has ordered the Air Force and Navy to get mission capable rates for four key tactical aircraft up above 80 percent by the end of next September, a daunting challenge given the current readiness rates of America’s fighter fleets. In a memo issued Sept.… Continue reading MATTIS ORDERS FIGHTER JET READINESS TO JUMP TO 80% IN ONE YEAR