Tag: shadow wars

• The Spycraft Revolution

  June 9, 2019

  The world of espionage is facing tremendous technological, political, legal, social, and commercial changes. The winners will be those who break the old rules of the spy game and work… more ›

• Forensic Architecture

  June 6, 2019

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• Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war

  May 20, 2019

  KABUL (Reuters) – Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group’s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with U.S. and… more ›

• What Insurgency Will Look Like in 2030

  May 5, 2019

  Robots, artificial intelligence, cyberwar, 3D printing, bio-enhancements, and a new geopolitical competition; the 21st century is being shaped by a range of momentous, and scary, new trends and technologies. We… more ›

• Climate militias

  April 13, 2019

  first, that there’s no real material difference between climate change and any other conflict — as the world grows more predictably dangerous, tactical know-how will simply be more in demand… more ›

• Joint Special Operations Command

  April 5, 2019

  Jump to navigation Jump to search “JSOC” redirects here. It is not to be confused with JSpOC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Special_Operations_Command more ›

• Red redemption

  April 4, 2019

  The Kremlin is expanding its outreach and influence in Africa. Russia is boosting its military sales and economic cooperation across Africa, entering the continent’s emerging nuclear energy market and expanding… more ›

• Why Blackwater cannot be the future of U.S. warfare

  April 3, 2019

  Sean McFate Dr. Sean McFate is an adviser to Oxford University’s Centre for Technology and Global Affairs, as well as a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and… more ›

• Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval

  April 3, 2019

  SEAN MCFATE: The United States, especially, has been now accustomed, for 25 years, as being the universal and unitary superpower. That’s not going to last forever. I think most people… more ›

• Ghost soldiers: the Russians secretly dying for the Kremlin in Syria

  April 1, 2019

  TOGLIATTI, Russia (Reuters) – The start of this year proved deadly for one unit of about 100 Russian fighters supporting President Bashar al-Assad’s troops in northern Syria. On Feb. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-insight/ghost-soldiers-the-russians-secretly-dying-for-the-kremlin-in-syria-idUSKBN12Y0M6 more ›