Monthly Archives: July 2014

Q & A: Everything Currently Known / Not Known About What Happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

MISSILES Q: Where was the missile launched from? A: United States official said the missile responsible for shooting down the plane was launched from rebel-controlled territory near the town of Snizhne. Q: What kind of missile shot down the plane? … Continue reading

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SIGINT AUDIO: Ukranian/Pro-Russian Separatist/Cossack Leaders Discussing MH17 Crash

by Sundar J.M. Brown Ukraine’s intelligence service, formally known as the the State Security Service, or S.B.U. (Служба Безпеки України (СБУ); Sluzhba Bezpeky Ukrayiny), claims to have intercepted audio of three separate telephone conversations transpiring amongst Ukrainian/Pro-Russian Separatist/Cossack Militia personnel … Continue reading

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The Inevitability of Foreign Entanglements

by George Friedman The Fourth of July weekend gave me time to consider events in Iraq and Ukraine, U.S.-German relations and the Mexican borderland and immigration. I did so in the context of the founding of the United States, asking … Continue reading

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Quick Thoughts on The Islamic State: Terrorists or Future Political Legitimates?

by Sundar J.M. Brown Terrorism is very difficult to define, even for those of us who work professionally in terrorism/counter-terrorism studies. IS (the artist formerly known as ISIS/L) is a rather exceptional and attractive case-study for contemporary academics, because, what … Continue reading

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