By Ryan Black* FORT WAYNE, Indiana, USA | 17 February 2025 (IDN) — If President Trump and Elon Musk want to cut federal waste, they should listen to activists who’ve been targeting the land-based leg of the nuclear triad for decades. At a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (12 February), […]
The Need for U.S. Action in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Kate Hixon* WASHINGTON DC | 16 February 2025 (IDN) — On 18 January, the M23, a Congolese Tutsi-led, Rwandan-backed rebel military group, launched a military operation to expand the territory it had gained over the past three years. The operation violated an August 2024 ceasefire agreement between Rwanda and the DRC established through the […]
Ukraine War: Despite European Concern, Trump’s Peace Initiative is a Gamechanger
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies* NEW YORK | 15 February 2025 (IDN) — As we approach the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a monumental shift is taking place that might just lead to the end of this calamitous war. This is not a breakthrough on the battlefield, but a […]
Europe Gasping for Air as Trump Makes His Ukraine Move
No NATO Membership for Ukraine, No US Troops By Stephen Bryen* This article was issued by Weapons and Strategy and is being republished with their permission. WASHINGTON, D.C. | 12 February 2025 (IDN) — European leaders who have been strongly supporting keeping the Ukraine war going have been dealt a serious blow by President Trump […]
Trump Is Dismantling America’s Greatness Brick by Brick
By Dr Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK 12 February 2025 (IDN) — It is heart-wrenching to watch Trump nonchalantly sign off on scores of executive orders that are unconstitutional, defy existing laws, and adversely impact the lives of millions of people, especially the young. What is glaringly obvious is that he wants to demonstrate how powerful […]
Message To the US and Russia: Don’t Think About Nuclear War
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 11 February 2025 (IDN) — War over Ukraine? It mustn’t be. Some of us believed that at the end of the Cold War in 1991 American and Soviet nuclear rockets would be left to rust and rot in their silos. Indeed, we actually saw Ukraine, where the Soviets made […]
Importance of the Indian Navy Frigate’s Visit to South Africa
By Guy Martin* The premier online African defence and security news publication defenceWeb issued this article. It is being republished with their permission. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | 10 February 2025 (IDN) — The Indian Navy’s latest guided missile stealth frigate, INS Tushil, recenrly called in South Africa while on her maiden voyage home from Russia. […]
Quad and AUKUS Face an Uncertain Future Under Trump
By David M. Andrews* CANBERRA, Australia | 10 February 2025 (IDN) — The return of Donald Trump as US President marks an important crossroads in the future of two emergent Indo-Pacific security frameworks: the Quad, comprising Australia, India, Japan and USA, and AUKUS, the trilateral partnership between Australia, the UK and USA. Both institutions played […]
From Crisis to Comeback: The Aral Sea’s Recovery
By Sophie Wenkel* VIENNA | 9 February 2025 (IDN) — The Aral Sea was once one of the largest lakes in the world. But within just a few decades, human actions nearly dried it up. The surrounding regions in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have faced drought, soil salinization, and severe sandstorms. However, in recent years, international […]
AFRICOM Carries Out First Trump-Directed Airstrike On ISIS-Somalia
By Pearl Matibe* The premier online African defence and security news publication defenceWeb issued this article. It is being republished with their permission. WASHINGTON | 7 February 2025 (IDN) — At the direction of President Donald J Trump, the United States carried out its first airstrike of his second term, targeting ISIS-Somalia operatives in the […]