Новости за 25.11.2018

Catching up on IISS offerings I found this month old article by Antonio Sampaio, their SME on urban conflict and especially Brazil's cities. He visited Mare, a favela in Rio and reports: ---Quote--- Three years after the withdrawal of military forces, Maré is firmly back in the grasp of criminal...

Docuseries Review - Netflix's "Terrorism Close Calls"

Docuseries Review - Netflix's "Terrorism Close Calls" by Marlow Stern - The Daily Beast

An article from Lawfare by a SME, although the focus is Yemen there is a wider application. Daniel Byman as Editor adds: ---Quote--- ...it has lessons for similar efforts when allies wage "limited" wars. Far from being an efficient, low-cost use of resources, Rand argues that these wars are not...

Earlier this week there were reports on a IS affiliate attack on a Nigerian Army base, with forty to one hundred soldiers killed; just as the Nigeria government claimed victory was near. Link:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-46328274?...

---Quote--- Uninvited, more than one million Han Chinese people have reportedly moved into the homes of Uighur Muslim families to report on whether they display Islamic or unpatriotic beliefs. Sent to homes in Xinjiang province by the Chinese government, American anthropologist Darren Byler...

---Quote--- Uninvited, more than one million Han Chinese people have reportedly moved into the homes of Uighur Muslim families to report on whether they display Islamic or unpatriotic beliefs. Sent to homes in Xinjiang province by the Chinese government, American anthropologist Darren Byler...

---Quote--- The new leader of the United Kingdom’s army said that Russia is a bigger security threat than the Islamic State group (ISIS) in his first interview since becoming chief in June. ---End Quote--- https://globalnews.ca/news/4695735/uk-mark-carleton-smith-russia-bigger-threat-than-isis/

---Quote--- The new leader of the United Kingdom’s army said that Russia is a bigger security threat than the Islamic State group (ISIS) in his first interview since becoming chief in June. ---End Quote--- https://globalnews.ca/news/4695735/uk-mark-carleton-smith-russia-bigger-threat-than-isis/