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Maduro Shakes Up Top Security Posts in Venezuela Following Disputed Election

By Kevin O'Connell | 02/16/2025 | Comments Off on Maduro Shakes Up Top Security Posts in Venezuela Following Disputed Election

Nicolas Maduro casts his vote in the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election. “These adjustments occur amid repeated attempts by the opposition…

India’s UAV Development Struggles to Take Off

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/22/2025 | Comments Off on India’s UAV Development Struggles to Take Off

India’s Rustom-II in Flight during a testing phase. Note: the Rustom UAV is now referred to as the TAPAS. “The TAPAS…

ATP 7-100.1 Russian Tactics – How Russia Views the Strategic Environment

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/15/2025 |

RUSSIA IN COMPETITION     From the time of Peter the Great in the 17th and early 18th centuries to the…

Decisive Action Training Environment: Khorathidin

By Kevin O'Connell | 01/13/2025 |

Origin of the DATE Pacific Region    In 2018, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff recognized the necessity of broadening…

TRADOC G2 Newsletter August 2021 Vol. II (Iss.1)

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/30/2024 |

TRADOC G2 Newsletter Vol II (Iss. 1) Welcome to the latest TRADOC G2 Newsletter.  This addition includes the long awaited…

German Opinion Divided on Increased Multi-Domain Task Force Capabilities

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/08/2024 | Comments Off on German Opinion Divided on Increased Multi-Domain Task Force Capabilities

It is proposed that the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) surface-to-surface hypersonic missile be deployed to Germany as part of the…

India Considers Implications After the Collapse of the Bangladeshi Government

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/07/2024 | Comments Off on India Considers Implications After the Collapse of the Bangladeshi Government

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Ms. Sheikh Hasina, in New York, USA on…

Tuareg Separatist Militants Form an Alliance Against Junta-Led Governments in Mali and Niger

By Kevin O'Connell | 12/07/2024 | Comments Off on Tuareg Separatist Militants Form an Alliance Against Junta-Led Governments in Mali and Niger

Tuareg ethnonationalist militants who launched the most recent phase of their insurgency in Mali in 2012 are now linking with…

Armenia Continuing Its Move Away From Russian Reliance

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/16/2024 | Comments Off on Armenia Continuing Its Move Away From Russian Reliance

French Caesar self-propelled howitzer fires into the Middle Euphrates River Valley, 2 December 2018. “Yerevan and Paris signed a contract…

Nigerian Security Services Crackdown on Russian Flag Protesters

By Kevin O'Connell | 11/16/2024 | Comments Off on Nigerian Security Services Crackdown on Russian Flag Protesters

Protests against the corruption of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Lagos in the past resemble the current protests across…