Military & Security

26

Dec

Black Sea, NATO, Russia

NATO-Russia confrontation in the Black Sea

PEJOURNAL - Recent NATO military exercises in the Black Sea, with the active participation of an advanced destroyer as well as US anti-submarine aircraft, have once again raised the issue of NATO-Russia confrontation in Eastern Europe in the media. The recent military exercise focused on "air defense and intelligence cooperation."  The history of this confrontation dates back to July 2016, when a joint NATO-Ukraine maneuver was carried out with the presence of American missile destroyers, as well as the participation of Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Norway, Romania, Spain and Turkey. Russia warned of the security consequences of the maneuver, and immediately…

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26

Dec

Al-Qaeda, global security, International Terrorism, Iran, ISIS, Middle East, OPEC, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism

How can terrorism in the Middle East affect global security?

PEJOURNAL - Contemporary security issues in Middle East, mostly arose from terrorism and its effects on this region, is going to become a global security dilemma, mostly through terrorists that are going back to their home countries under the refugees cover. this point of view together with the possible effects of terrorism on global energy security has been discussed here. Concept of Terrorism Terrorism is an ambiguous concept that has been argued to mean different things. However, the arguments of different scholars may help form a basis to describe the concept of terrorism. Following the events of the September 11,…

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24

Dec

China, Japan, Negotiation, North Korea, nuclear arms, Rand Institute, South Korea, the United States

Rand Institute Roadmap for Negotiations with North Korea

PEJOURNAL - The continuing North Korean nuclear arms crisis in various US governments has made it a complex issue. The Rand Institute has tried to find a way to solve this crisis In 1946, the US Air Force commissioned Douglas Air Industries to build a test aircraft with worldwide flying capability. In 1947, the company held a symposium to hire experts to provide broader analysis and research to the US military, which led to the founding of the Rand Institute in 1948. Rand has been instrumental in shaping US military strategy since the 1950s, and one of his most famous…

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20

Dec

Gaza, Hamas, Israel, national reconciliation talks, Palestine, PLO, Qassam Brigade, Zionist regime

Hamas military future in the context of national reconciliation talks

PEJOURNAL - The fate of Hamas' military wing has always been controversial in the Palestinian National Reconciliation talks. This dispute over Hamas' military future has been a major reason for the failure of efforts to reconcile the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Mahmoud Abbas wants the PA to take full control of all weapons and security in Gaza, but Hamas does not accept the surrender of weapons and considers it its red line. On the other hand, there have always been initiatives by some Palestinian groups for reconciliation and national unity, and with Trump's actions in recent years in unilaterally supporting…

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13

Dec

Combating Terrorism Center, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Resistance Front

“Combating Terrorism Center”; The think tank’s assessment in the scope of the Resistance Front’s influence

Women wave a Lebanese national flag and Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah flags in front of portraits of Iran's supreme leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, PEJOURNAL - The U.S. West Point-based think tank, " Combating Terrorism Center " was founded after the September 9/11 and with the support of Vincent Viola, the former president of the New York Stock Exchange in February 2003. The institute aims to produce scientific content on countering terrorist threats against the United States. Now Breen Doodle, an expert in security studies from Georgetown University, manages the think tank. According to the…

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05

Dec

Ansarullah, Military, Missile, UAV, weapons, Yemen

The evolution of Ansarullah’s military-weapons capability

PEJOURNAL - Ansarullah's (Yemen's Houthi movement) successful offensive-defensive operations over the past year have owed a remarkable shift in its military capabilities. The present article examines the evolution of Ansarullah's military-weapons capability and its impact on changing the balance of war. Carrying weapons by the Yemeni people and tribes has long been an accepted tradition. Yemen is said to have more than three times the population of weapons. This has intensified in recent years due to the critical situation in Yemen, and even Yemeni children are able to carry and use weapons without any restrictions. As one of Yemen's frontier…

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29

Nov

Assassination, Iran, Israel, Middle East, mohsen fakhrizadeh, USA

A murder has made a dark Middle East darker than ever

BY: Martin Love Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands by a screen with an image of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv PEJOURNAL - Joe Biden’s up and coming “climate” czar John Kerry has claimed the reason Russia came to Syria’s aide several years ago was because ISIS was threatening Damascus in the heart of Middle East. And he also more or less admitted to the U.S. role assisting ISIS because the U.S. thought Syria might thus be brought to the negotiating table. But what has been most elusive…

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22

Nov

Boris Johnson, British Government, defence, Defense Spending Boost, investment package, Ministry of Defense

British Government Announces Major Defense Spending Boost

BY: Daniel Darling In what may reasonably be described as a surprise, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a major investment package for the Ministry of Defense – marking the largest such spending boost since the end of the Cold War. The four-year funding deal amounts to an extra £16.5 billion ($21.9 billion) for the armed forces – a sharp break from the expected financial squeeze facing the MoD as the U.K. struggles with the economic and fiscal fallout stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. When Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak cancelled the expected comprehensive spending review in October…

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20

Nov

China, Indo-Pacific, Influence, Powers of Persuasion, U.S.

Influence of U.S. Versus Chinese Powers of Persuasion in Indo-Pacific region

"China's Influence Is Economic, While America's Is Diplomacy and Defense” BY: RAND PEJOURNAL - U.S. policymakers and experts are focused on two central questions about long-term strategic competition between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC): How do we assess how well the United States is doing relative to China, and which country has more influence in the Indo-Pacific region? RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers addressed these two questions by first defining what influence means in the context of great-power competition and creating a framework to measure U.S. versus PRC influence. The result brings into focus a…

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14

Nov

Algeria, Conflict, European Union, Frente POLISARIO, Morocco, Sahrawi, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara

Western Sahara, Morocco clear-cut conflict escalation

BY: Hana Saada PEJOURNAL - In a flagrant and deliberate violation of the Ceasefire agreement signed between the two parties to the conflict in Western Sahara (Frente POLISARIO and Morocco) in 1991, the Moroccan occupation forces opened, on Friday, three new breaches in the Moroccan military wall of shame with a view to attacking the peaceful Sahrawi protesters who are protesting peacefully in Guerguerat. In this aspect, the Moroccan Armed Forces sent military forces through three routes east of the illegal breach in Guerguerat to Sahrawi civilians who were demonstrating peacefully in the areas since October 21 against the illegal…

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