Ensuring a long-term win against ISIS in Mosul
The Need for Rehabilitation & Reintegration Programs & Restoring Security and Justice By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Grace Wakim & Ardian Shajkovci Allah Akbar (meaning God is Greatest) is a colloquial expression commonly used by Muslims, especially in the Arab world, to praise God and express commitment to the religion ofContinue Reading
The Truck as a “Just” Tool of Terror – What we can Learn from the Stockholm, Sweden Attack
It is a sunny Friday afternoon in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Thousands of people have come out of their winter hiding to enjoy the weekend’s bright sunny, spring weather. Many of them are walking down Queens Street, a 1.5 kilometer long pedestrian street running through town, connecting its olderContinue Reading
Improving Our Predictive Capacities Against Terror Attacks by Individuals
Commentary following attacks like the one in London often contribute to public terror. The public has repeatedly been told that the actions of “Lone Wolves” are “impossible to prevent” while simultaneously being told to “keep the terrorist threat in perspective.” Exactly what are we to keep in perspective if theContinue Reading
Russia under threat?
Australian Foreign Policy White Paper Submission, February 2017 Submitted by Jeff Schubert to whitepaper@dfat.gov.au This is a personal submission and should in no way be interpreted as reflecting the views of any other person or any organization. By Jeff Schubert, Head / Director, International Centre for Eurasian Research, This submissionContinue Reading
How Narrative Impacts Warfare
Part of the war games the U.S. and Norway are currently conducting ought to involve practice in the deployment of strategic narrative. In what may be the understatement of the decade, one Norwegian official said, “we have gradually seen more and more … strategic messages being sent [by Moscow].” ItContinue Reading
Gunnar Sønstebys Pris 2017 tildelt Forsvarets veteraner
Gunnar Sønstebys Pris 2017 ble fredag 13. januar tildelt Forsvarets veteraner. Erling Lorentzen delte ut prisen til 10 representanter for de over 100 000 som har tjenestegjort for Norge i internasjonale operasjoner. Gjennom sin tjeneste har landets veteraner lagt ned en markant innsats på vegne av oss alle. Vi skylderContinue Reading
Fra Tuzla til Zagreb
Mandag den 7. mars 1994 møtte jeg opp på Onsrud leir for tjeneste ved UNPROFOR Military Police Company. Her ble det gjennomført et forkurs for oss tre som skulle nedover. Vi hadde daværende kaptein Kristin Lund som instruktør og med sin erfaring fra UNPROFOR fikk vi en god innføring iContinue Reading
Lockheed Martin Receives $1.45 Billion Contract for PAC-3 Missiles
The United States and allied military forces will upgrade their missile defense capabilities under a new $1.45 billion contract for production and delivery of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors. The contract includes PAC-3 and PAC-3 MSE missile deliveries for theContinue Reading
Bring Jobs to America – Trump is right on!
While traveling in Silicon Valley, I noticed the old Lockheed Martin sign. It stood next to Amazon, Microsoft, HP among other technology unicorns. By Managing Editor Intelligence Technology; Michael Fayerman Lockheed makes a number of sophisticated military components for our military. As our President elect outlined two most important vision statements “making AmericaContinue Reading
En politimann på vakt
UNEF 1 1966/1967 kontingent XX, XXI og XXII Norske FN-soldater hadde allerede vært til stede på Gaza i noen år da Arne Gerrit Halvorsen troppet opp til førstegangstjeneste i Flyvåpenet 6. april 1959. Senere, som ferdig utdannet politimann, rettet han en henvendelse til Hærens overkommando med forespørsel om tjeneste vedContinue Reading