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Russia targets American diplomats with new directed energy weapon

‘Havana Syndrome’ is a result of Soviet microwave weapons technologies used in the 1970s. According to new reporting from The New York Times, over 130 American diplomats, troops and other…

May 18, 2021Havana Syndrome, Microwave weapons, Russia

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Regular criticisms of Russian weapon systems quality shows how much its military conventional potential is exaggerated

The low quality of Russian weapons systems turned to be a systemic problem of the Russian defense complex. In particular, it became more than evident in the light of the…

April 27, 2021India, Russia, weapon

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International Competition Below the Threshold of War: Toward a Theory of Gray Zone Confllict

The paper by Javier Jordan, University of Granada, Spain, published in the Journal of Strategic Security. this research offers a theoretical delineation of the gray zone conflict, that is, conflict…

March 20, 2021Gray Zone conflict

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(U) Russian Forces in the Western Military District, 2020

This is a Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) Occasional Paper by Konrad Muzyka that provides an in-depth assessment of Russia’s Western Military District, which consists of robust forces spanning regions…

February 4, 2021Russia

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Potential risks and impact of the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries, 2020

This report by the International Organization for the Least Developed Countries on the recruitment, use, financing, and training of foreign mercenaries focuses on the emerging pattern of a systematic transfers…

January 4, 2021Libya, mercenaries

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Understanding the Houthi Ideology and its Consequences on Yemen, 2020

This research by Salem Bahfi analyzes the Houthis’ warped ideology in depth, aiming to not only illustrate how the group bears similarities to other Iranian-backed terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah…

December 22, 2020Yemen

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System Overload: Can China’s Military Be Distracted in a War over Taiwan? 2020

The paper by Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs Institute for National Strategic Studies National Defense University assesses the PLA’s ability to navigate the dilemma of preparing for…

November 24, 2020China, Taiwan

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Insurgency in Mozambique, 1971

Here is the CIA's sanitized copy of the Weekly summary on the insurgency in Mozambique, FRELIMO and its leaders-founders.

October 26, 2020Mozambique

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Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic, and Other Psychological Phenomenon and their implications on military and Paramilitary Operations in the Congo, 1965

This report has been prepared in response to a query posed by ODCS/OPS,Department of the Army, regarding the purposed use of witchcraft, sorcery, and magic by insurgent elements in the…

October 13, 2020Congo

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Russian Contractors in the Service of the Kremlin, 2019

This is the analytic paper by the Warsaw Institute. Over the past years, the Russian Federation has expressed a growing interest in contracting private military personnel, seen until now as…

October 8, 2020PMC, Wagner Group

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Russia targets American diplomats with new directed energy weapon

Regular criticisms of Russian weapon systems quality shows how much its military conventional potential is exaggerated

International Competition Below the Threshold of War: Toward a Theory of Gray Zone Confllict

(U) Russian Forces in the Western Military District, 2020

Potential risks and impact of the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries, 2020

Understanding the Houthi Ideology and its Consequences on Yemen, 2020

System Overload: Can China’s Military Be Distracted in a War over Taiwan? 2020

Insurgency in Mozambique, 1971

Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic, and Other Psychological Phenomenon and their implications on military and Paramilitary Operations in the Congo, 1965

Russian Contractors in the Service of the Kremlin, 2019

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