by Patricia H. Kushlis | Oct 24, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Ingaro Bay Last Friday, Swedish media reported the siting of an unidentified foreign submarine lurking in Swedish waters not all that far from Stockholm. This set off a wave of speculation, finger pointing, rafts of unanswered questions, memories...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 29, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Not long after arriving in Bangkok in 1973 I heard the story of Jim Thompson’s strange disappearance in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands Easter Sunday 1967. This was the tragic tale of a prominent American businessman and former OSS officer who had...
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...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 28, 2014 | Monitor
By Jyrki Iivonen, Guest Contributor (Jyrki Iivonen was Director for Public Policy at the Finnish Ministry of Defense from 2002-13 and Minister Counselor at the Finnish Embassy in Washington, DC from 1996-2000. He was editor-in-chief of Maanpuolustus (National Defense...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 18, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis What, precisely, does Novorossiya mean? The recreation of the Old Soviet Union? The resurrection of the Russian Empire ruled by Moscow but under a 21st century name? Or does it mean the Russian Federation will offer special protections to...