Tag: civil war
Mapping out Syria’s remaining battles
As the conflict in Syria enters its seventh year, the civil war has left many parts of the country in ruins, killing more than 465,000 people, and...
Signs of hope in the Middle East? Don’t hold your breath
Optimists see hopeful signs that the Middle East may be exiting from a dark tunnel of violence, civil war, sectarian strife, and debilitating regional...
In China, a Strategy Born of Weakness
China’s actions so far in the ongoing North Korean affair have been ambiguous. In order to try to understand China’s strategy toward North Korea, it...
READY, FIRE, AIM!
By Harlan Ullman
Last night’s presidential debate and the remaining encounter are not the best formats for getting real answers to very tough and even...
SAVING PRIVATE ROMNEY
By Harlan Ullman
In 1998 Steven Spielberg’s hit film “Saving Private Ryan” was released. In it, Tom Hanks played U.S. Army captain John Miller who,...
AFGHANISTAN: ORDER OR DISORDER
A billion dollar question that intrigues the minds, of strategists the world over is about the future course that Afghanistan could follow as the...
WHERE IS THE KINGSTON TRIO WHEN YOU NEED THEM?
By Harlan Ullman
Where is the Kingston Trio when needed? For those who may not recall or were not born then, the group were singing sensations...
Mainstreaming FATA
Pakistan’s troubled western border region – the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) has been the focus of much attention for the last several years. Historically it...
Spearhead Research Analysis – “2014”
Spearhead Analysis - 04.04.12
The real and tragic failure in Afghanistan would be a return to the civil war that erupted after the Soviet Union...