by Anant Mishra* | May 2, 2019 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Peace & Conflict Management
Introduction Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, began transitioning to democracy after fall of Suharto in 1998. Immediately after the event, Indonesia witnessed the rise of radical militant Islamic factions. Many security and military experts...
by Onur Sultan | May 1, 2019 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism
Background On 29 April 2019, al-Furqan Media Center of Daesh posted a 18.22 minute video with the name: “In the Hospitality of the Emir of the Believers”. The timing of the video message, the medium it was posted through and its content are all extremely important....
by Alexy Zender* | Apr 26, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and US President Donald Trump’s message at the White House during the press conference on March 19 attracted international attention. Particularly in the areas of terrorism, drug and human trafficking, cybercrime and money...
by Murat Caliskan | Apr 20, 2019 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare
A Critique of Hybrid Warfare Concept It was retired Marine Officer Frank Hoffman who popularised the Hybrid warfare concept in a series of articles and books since it was first publicly used in 2005 in a conference, by General Mattis, the U.S. General Secretary of...
by Antonios Nestoras* | Apr 19, 2019 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare
There are many labels to describe the issues linked with the return of great power competition in the cyber era in search for conceptual clarity. I am going to talk briefly about two of them – political warfare and hybrid warfare. The definition of hybrid...
by Saban Yuksel | Apr 18, 2019 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Operation Sophia was quietly and officially extended until 30 September 2019 following longstanding negotiations among member states. Political and Security Committee (PSC) reached a flawed last-minute compromise on March 29th, the last working day for an extension of...
