by Spencer Shweky | Dec 3, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Pentagon to send 100 more troops to Iraq Andrew Tilghman and Leo Shane III / Military Times The U.S. military will send up to 100 additional troops to Iraq in the form of an “expeditionary targeting force” that will conduct direct raids on...
by Steffen Westerburger | Dec 2, 2015 | Monitor
A week ago Turkish warplanes shot down a Russian Su-24 fighter plane that according to Turkey had violated its airspace on multiple occasions. After having warned the plane without success, the Turks decided to engage. Subsequently, the plane was downed with an...
by Anil Powers | Dec 2, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Russia Accuses Turkey’s Erdogan of Involvement with ISIS Oil Trade Alexey Eremenko, F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family are “involved” in ISIS’ illegal oil trade and personally...
by Steffen Westerburger | Dec 2, 2015 | Monitor
Business Council for American Security President and CEO of Risk Cooperative Dante Disparte together with James Sisco wrote the following article which was also published online at Risk Management Magazine. Traditional insurance coverage acts as a passive mechanism to...
by Ngoc H. Le | Dec 1, 2015 | Monitor
“ICYMI is sponsored by Risk Cooperative” Key Reads A Path for Climate Change, Beyond Paris Justin Gillis / The New York Times The pledges that countries have signaled they will make in Paris over the next two weeks to cut emissions will inevitably fall short of...