by the Center for Preventive Action * - OtherNews
(Council on Foreign Relations – CFR)
In late October, a coalition of three ethnic armed groups in Shan State launched a coordinated offensive against the ruling military junta, posing the strongest challenge...
By Maurizio Sacchi
In these months, following a trend lasting decades, we have witnessed how private armies have become an important actor in conflicts and wars all over the planet. These companies of fortune, with the huge amounts of capital...
The 25th edition of the Landmine Monitor, the annual monitoring report of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL-CMC), was launched in Geneva on 14 November. The report provides a global overview of the international anti-personnel landmine situation and...
by Ambra Visentin
Deforestation 'to ensure Russia's security'. As The Insider reports, the experimental fields of the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, north of Moscow, are the first areas within the city limits where air defence systems have appeared. In the Timiryazevsky...
On September 21, 2021 Joe Biden spoke at the UN Glass Building: “I am here today for the first time in 20 years representing the United States not at war. We have moved on ”. Biden added that the...
by Ambra Visentin
Violence has become the norm in France, even against peaceful protests, two weeks after the killing of 17-year-old Nahel by security forces. On Saturday, 2,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Paris in memory of Adama Traoré, who was...
by Ambra Visentin
Wars and armies are accelerating the climate crisis. And as the major powers gather in Egypt for COP27 on climate, their political representatives are reluctant to talk about the elephant in the room: the decisive impact of...
by Antonio Michele Storto
While it is now clear that 2024 will be the year Sweden becomes NATO’s 32nd member, it is far from certain when this will happen. The main stumbling block - apart from Hungary’s wait-and-see attitude -...
by Alessandro De Pascale
A new escalation with cross-military activities on the Korean Peninsula. On 21 August, South Korea and the United States launched a joint military exercise that Seoul described as the “largest ever”. The stated aim is to...
by Ambra Visentin
There is no talk of a new military mobilisation, at least not officially. However, the Duma is creating the regulatory framework to simplify the process by adopting the draft law on new rules for enlistment and service...
