David Alman, War on the Rocks
During World War II, Japan, like most other nations with maritime operations, maintained a large and capable fleet of seaplanes. The United States lost interest, however. The U.S. military gave up its seaplanes for four reasons: First, World War II ended with a network of long runways in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. This made the seaplane's ability to land on water seem less relevant. Second, the
Stratfor Worldview
With a quick negotiated settlement unlikely, Ethiopia's Tigray war is reaching a critical juncture that will permanently scar Ethiopian society and could potentially collapse the country, raising the risk of diplomatic disputes and even violence elsewhere in the Horn of Africa. Just shy of the one-year anniversary of launching the war against the northern Tigray region in November 2020, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government declared...
Mark Galeotti, The Moscow Times
There has been a change in the Russian president's thinking that forms an interesting case study of policymaking in such a personalized and centralized system.
James Stavridis, Time
t a recent CNN town hall, President Biden strongly and directly promised to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, saying bluntly "Yes, we have a commitment to do that," when asked about the situation. But the U.S. very specifically does not have such a commitment. In fact, for decades our policy has been one of so-called "strategic ambiguity," i.e. choosing not to be definitive as to how the U.S. would respond to an invasion from...
Owen Matthews, Newlines
I spent 10 days traveling through the remains of Stalin's slave-labor system — and the towns and cities that sprung up around it
Stavros Atlamazoglou, 1945
The exercise involved training flights and simulation attacks with dual-capable fighter aircraft and conventional fighter jets, while air tankers and intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance (ISR) platforms supported them. However, the aircraft didn't drop any live munitions, conventional or nuclear.
D. Kochis, RCD
While the final governing platform still needs to be hashed out, these three parties have now outlined a preliminary understanding to guide their negotiations. In the document's list of 10 priorities, defense comes in dead last, and this does not bode well for Western security.
Alex Wellerstein, Bulletin
At 11:32 a.m., the bombardier released the weapon. As the bomb fell, an enormous parachute unfurled to slow its descent, giving the pilot time to retreat to a safe distance. A minute or so later, the bomb detonated. A cameraman watching from the island recalled:
Abdul Sayed & Colin Clarke, FP
The Haqqani network has long been the most lethal and vicious element of the Taliban.
David Pilling, Financial Times
Rarely can the prospects of any nation have imploded so spectacularly as those of Ethiopia.
Marcelo Cantelmi, Worldcrunch
Ortega's discourse is nothing new: the junta regimes of the 20th century have long used such terms to denounce opponents.
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Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs
Earlier this year, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks produced a flood of commentary, mostly focused on the United States, about the so-called global war on terror and its legacy. And, without a doubt, the two decades that followed 9/11 represent an important chapter in the history of the modern world. But it is a chapter that is not mainly about the United States.
Ivan Sascha Sheehan, TNI
By recommitting itself in the Balkans, the United States can salvage its only nation-building success of the last thirty years.
S. Wu, Reuters
National Security Bureau Director-General Chen Ming-tong did not say how he knew that such a move had been debated or why it would not happen during the next few years.
Ludger Schadomsky, Deutsche Welle
The Ethiopian Tourism Commission promotes the country as one with "13 months of sunshine." Abiy Ahmed's own sunshine policy has failed miserably. When will the next political spring arrive? Nobody can make any serious predictions. For now, it is a question of avoiding more bloodshed and a storm on Addis Ababa.
Kurt Bassuener, Carnegie Europe
The EU has long been the dominant player in Bosnia and Herzegovina, however its policy toward the country and the Western Balkans more broadly is failing. A recent vote in the UN Security Council has destroyed what was left of the union's credibility.
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Economist
ew could have imagined it would come to this. When the civil war began almost a year ago to the day, Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia's prime minister, promised a swift military operation to bring to heel the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (tplf), the ruling party of the rebellious Tigray region. The goal, he said, was to bring its leaders to justice for attacking a base that housed federal troops. In less than a month federal Ethiopian forces, backed by paramilitaries from the Amhara region as well as troops from Eritrea... Читать дальше...
