by Mahmood Abu-Rubieh | Jul 7, 2015 | Monitor
Last Monday marked a year since the declaration of a caliphate in Iraq and Syria by the extremist group Daesh (Islamic State, ISIL, ISIS). Despite maintaining and even expanding their territorial claims over the past year, some argue that their greatest accomplishment...
by Riza Kumar | Jun 3, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Pentagon Fights Congressional Ban on Russian Rocket Engines Steven Lee Myers / The New York Times The ban was meant to punish Russia for its annexation of Crimea, but military officials say the space program will need the engines for at least a few...
by Gary Sands | Jun 2, 2015 | Monitor
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrives at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, for the 14th Asia Security Summit, Friday, May 29, 2015, in Singapore. TPhoto: Wong Maye-E, AP On Saturday in Singapore, U.S. Defense...
by Gary Sands | May 26, 2015 | Monitor
Chinese construction on the previously submerged Hughes Reef. Photo: Tuoi Tre I had not given much thought to the flight plan of the airline I recently booked to go back to the U.S. from Vietnam, but recent events in the airspace over the South China Sea prompted an...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 18, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Before I began Professor Freedman’s book on strategy, I didn’t realize that I would be embarking on a painstakingly detailed 751 page historical journey of the meaning and applications of an increasingly popular – yet too often poorly...
