Questions must be asked of Moscow’s emergency response
The attacks, as well as showing up Putin’s failures, highlight the fact that this problem will not go away until a political solution is found in the Caucasus.
Patrick Bury
Patrick writes on defence and foreign policy; he is a former captain in the Royal Irish regiment who has fought in Afghanistan, and is author of the upcoming Simon&Schuster book “Callsign Hades”.
Obama Afghan visit more for home front than frontline
Although Hamid Karzai’s aides have been complaining President Obama had not yet visited Afghanistan, he has been in regular contact with him.
Without political will for an enduring campaign, operations like Moshtarak remain futile
Without the political will for an enduring campaign, operations like those being undertaken in Marjah at present remain strategically futile.
War is changing. We must adapt and learn the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan
The US’s military engine is running hot. The British army’s is nearing meltdown. NATO and its respective populations are war weary. Where next for the army?