Kosovo
Kosovo Army bill enrages Russia as West rallies its disapproval
March 20 by Pola Zafra-DavisTensions are rising between Kosovo and Western allies as Pristina persists to unilaterally create a standing army for Kosovo. As of the 15th of March, the latest statements by 'The Quint' – USA, UK,...
Canadian Forces Look to 'First Defence Strategy' to Prepare for Global Role
July 19 by Stewart WebbConducting operations in Afghanistan has alerted Canadian politicians to the fact that Canadian Forces need an injection of funds to procure new and maintain existing equipment, although this also h...
Judges hearing Karadžic case at UN War Crimes Tribunal visit Sarajevo
May 18 by United Nations Press OfficeMay 17 2011 Judges at the United Nations tribunal conducting the genocide trial of the wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžic today began a five-day site visit to Sarajevo, the subject...
Robert Young Pelton on Libya, Africa and the Evolution of Conflict Reporting
March 29 by Robert DensmoreWe caught up with Robert Young Pelton on his recent venture in Somalia. He describes the changing face of conflict reporting - and his work in building information gathering networks at the grass ro...
Bosnian Serb convicted by UN War Crimes Tribunal transferred to Estonia
March 23 by United Nations Press OfficeMar 23 2011 12:05PM A former Bosnian Serb army general convicted of war crimes by the United Nations tribunal set up to judge the worst abuses committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s...
'Zero Hour from the Gun-Pit': This is the Future of British Royal Artillery
March 15 by Robert DensmoreLieutenant General Dick Appglegate, British Army, is the former Chief of Materiel (Land) at DE&S (UK Defence Equipment and Support organisation) and was a member of the Army Board, having served as...
'Down Behind Enemy Lines': HMS Ark Royal Recalls Her Valour in the Balkans
December 07 by Iain BallantyneWARSHIPS IFR Editor Iain Ballantyne recalls a visit to HMS Ark Royal during a dramatic mid-1990s deployment to the Adriatic. It was during this same period that one of her Sea Harriers was downed in...
'Social Media and the Military': Waiting for NATO to Start the Conversation
November 17 by David BaileyIn this episode of 'Social Media and the Military', David Bailey reflects on the prospects that social media have created in post conflict zones. There remains the question that, if social media too...
Part II - Brussels Takes to the Trenches: The EU Force Protection Debate Heats Up
November 03 by Christopher BradleyIndeed, what has changed since 1989 which might put the European Union in a different situation and justify a militarised foreign policy? The answer is almost everything has changed. In the Cold War...
Part I - Brussels Takes to the Trenches: The EU Force Protection Debate Heats Up
November 01 by Christopher BradleyAt the end of the introductory article ‘Peering Across the Procurement Pond: Will Great Britain and the EU Tie the Military Knot?’ I left some key questions unresolved. Why does the Euro...
NATO Parliamentarians Debate New Balkan Strategies
October 27 by Defense.Professionals News13:55 GMT, October 27, 2010 Despite the remarkable progress achieved in the Western Balkans, a number of unresolved issues and persistent challenges remain on the path to a full normalisation of the...