Category: Defense & Security

Defense & Security FEATURED Politics

Yes, Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands has to end!

Eyal Mayroz October 21, 2023

Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands has to end – but massacres of civilians won’t bring this end any closer. Those who care about Palestine should denounce terror, cruelty and violence against civilians, and put more pressure on their governments to support an end to the Israeli occupation in return for more viable solutions for Israel’s legitimate security needs. Those who are concerned about Israel should do the same, writes Eyal Mayroz, a former counterterrorism expert with the Israeli Defence Forces from 1984-1988.

By Eyal Mayroz

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Defense & Security FEATURED Politics

Nord Stream pipeline sabotage: how an attack could have been carried out and why Europe was defenceless

Christian Bueger October 6, 2022

Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea” (underwater) infrastructure in Europe. It’s now widely thought – not least by Nato – that the explosions that led to major leaks in the two pipelines were not caused by accidents. The alliance says they were a deliberate act of sabotage, writes Christian Bueger

By Christian Bueger

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More Than Submarines: Implications of AUKUS in the Air Domain

Douglas D. Jackson October 19, 2021

Although the trilateral submarine agreement understandably attracted the majority of interest, several of the tactical, bilateral aspects of the partnership between the United States and Australia could have important implications, particularly in the air domain.

By Douglas D. Jackson

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