Proxy War

Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic claimed on Monday that Russia and the European Union (EU) were engaged in a political and cultural “proxy” conflict within Serbia and defended his country’s decision...

The phrase “geography is destiny” is attributed to Napoleon, and unfortunately, it applies to Afghanistan. Because of its location, Afghanistan has been at the center of rivalries between its neighbors...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Weakened by years of warfare and a dysfunctional government and military, Iraqi defenses wouldn’t pose much of a threat. Israel’s F-35 stealth fighters are positively...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Perhaps the most enduring legacy of the Spanish Civil War is its iconic images. We have Pablo Picasso’s haunting painting of the terror bombing of...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Weakened by years of warfare and a dysfunctional government and military, Iraqi defenses wouldn’t pose much of a threat. Iraq would be a fairly safe...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: If Britain and France wouldn’t lift a finger to help Spain in 1936, then why should they fight to save Czechoslovakia in 1938? No wonder Hitler...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Soviet officers also had the opportunity to learn modern combat, though naturally, Stalin had his Spanish Civil War veterans executed for fear of ideological contamination....

Here’s What You Need to Remember: An Israeli strike in Iran would be risky even with F-35s, given distance to the target – about a thousand miles from Tel Aviv to...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Weakened by years of warfare and a dysfunctional government and military, Iraqi defenses wouldn’t pose much of a threat. Iraq would be a fairly safe...

On October 17 protestors stormed the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Baghdad, attacking Iraq’s largest Kurdish political party. The protestors are linked to the Hashd al-Shaabi, or the...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: An Israeli strike in Iran would be risky even with F-35s, given distance to the target – about a thousand miles from Tel Aviv to...

Key point: The Spanish Civil War’s political fault lines, weapons, and strategies were all what would be seen across Europe once Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Here’s how the war became a...