China Says It Has "No Plans to Deploy Troops to Afghanistan," But... Yrene SaintAccording to statements quoted in The Washington Post, no one needs to worry about China's troops deployments in Afghanistan because, wait for it, "there aren't any."Spokesman Colonel Wu Qian of the Chinese Defense Ministry says that reports that hundreds of People’s Liberation Army … [Read more...]
Maybe We Should Just Get It Over With: The “Global, Grave, Given and Growing” Threat of North Korea
Maybe We Should Just Get It Over With: The “Global, Grave, Given and Growing” Threat of North Korea by Scott Faith Editor's Note: This article was originally posted in September of 2017, you remember, when it looked like we were going to go to war with North Korea? It's amazing how much difference a year can make. ...maybe. _____ Media sources across the country are … [Read more...]
China Will Eventually Enter The War On Terror. Don’t Expect It To Be On Our Side.
China will eventually enter the war on terror. Don’t expect it to be on our side. By Dan TaubBy now, everyone who follows the fight against terrorism will know that there was an unsuccessful VBIED attack in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in which a suicide bomber attempted to ram the embassy gates before detonating. This attack fortunately only managed to kill one person – the … [Read more...]
Window Into War: Treating (and Meeting) Wounded Syrian Combatants… In Israel
by Charles FaintThis article was first published by the Modern War Institute at West Point and is reposted here with the permission of the original author._____From a safe vantage point in the Golan Heights near Israel’s border with Syria, we were able see columns of smoke rising in the distance and occasionally hear the deep boom of explosions and gunfire. This … [Read more...]
Russia Hacking Considerations
Russia Hacking Considerations by Matt JamesEditor's Note: This article was written in August 2017. Given what's going on in our country right now, it seems appropriate to publish it again. The media’s craze surrounding possible Russian interference with the U.S. election through hacking isn’t going away anytime soon. Though the hype is primarily … [Read more...]
This Week’s “Under the Radar” Global News
Folks,I remember when System of a Down released, “B.Y.OB.” I remember driving along the Pacific Coast Highway, tanned from a day at the beach and a belly full of surf and turf while Serge Tankian screamed, “And we all live in a fascist nation!” That was 2006. I remember thinking I liked SOAD more for their music than for their astute grasp of political philosophy. On that … [Read more...]
Three Reasons Why Palestinian “Pay for Slay” is Here to Stay
Three Reasons Why Palestinian "Pay for Slay" is Here to Stay by Charles FaintThis article was first published by West Point's Modern War Institute and is re-posted here with the permission of the original author._____ In the Israel/Palestine conflict there are several complex and intractable issues. These include, but are definitely not limited to: the division of … [Read more...]
Israel, Palestine, and the False Hope of “CoExistence”
Israel, Palestine, and the False Hope of "CoExistence" by Mike KelvingtonEditor's Note: Former Army Ranger and longtime Havok Journal writer Mike Kelvington penned this piece for a journal run by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism in the Interdisciplinary College (IDC) at Herzilya, Israel. We're re-posting an excerpt here, I highly encourage you to read … [Read more...]
The Inconvenient Truth: It’s Not About the Tool But the Ideology
This article first appeared in The Havok Journal on 15 July 2016.The disturbing news that invaded the homes of the western world, yet again, over the past 24 hours is more than an “inconvenient truth.” It was a terrorist attack conducted by another jihadist with the intent of harming innocent civilians celebrating their own independence on Bastille Day in Nice, … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Says “Peace Out” To The UN Human Rights Council’s “Three Legged Chair”
Trump Administration Says "Peace Out" To The UN Human Rights Council's "Three Legged Chair" by Scott FaithIn a move some would say is long overdue, the US pulled out of the UN Human Rights Council last month. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley pulled off a mic-drop-worthy performance in announcing the move, saying among other things that the Council is "hypocritical and … [Read more...]