Intelligence
Is the Islamic Caliphate State (Dawlat al-Khilafah al-Islamiyah) Islamic?
The Islamic Caliphate State is the fourth stage in the development of an Islamic Jihadi terrorist group. Historically, there was the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad...
A New Islamic Military Coalition: Considerations
On 14 December, the Saudis announced the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to fight terrorism. Saudi defense minister Prince Mohammed said, “Today,...
A Strange New World of War: China’s ‘Pivot’ to the Greater Caspian
Due to changes in recent geopolitical events, Russia and China cooperate and coordinate politically, militarily, and economically to an extraordinary degree. This new teamwork...
Turkey and the smuggling of ISIS oil
According to what disclosed by Russian sources, the fact that Turkey smuggles - on a large scale - oil coming from the Caliphate is...
Illegal drug trade
Market with drugs is well known and it is boosting the economy and making profits for as long as human have found out its...
Saudi Arabia’s structural crisis
It was the father of "Kim" Philby - he, too, a man of Her Majesty’s intelligence services - to support the American Standard Oil...
The crisis of the French intelligence services and the attacks in Paris
The victims of the Paris attacks, not to mention those of the jihadist and Qaedist massacres in Madrid (2004) and London (2005) are the...
France-Islamic terror: Special comment
The Islamic terrorist attacks on 13 November reinforce several attributes about terrorism that should be well known. Most important is that the attacks were...
Censorship or saving grace? Academic Scholarship and Intelligence Vetting
A new article by The Moscow Times revealed a mixed reaction to supposed FSB ‘vetting’ of academic scholarship. The Times, which...
SITREP on Russia’s strategic stance in Syria-Iraq-Iran
On 14 October, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said in Moscow that Russia was closely monitoring the situation in Iraq as well as Afghanistan, but...