Regions - Washington Institute For Defence & Security

06 Aug 21

Baykar building a shipborne fleet of combat drones in Turkey.

Baykar, a Turkish drone manufacturer, has revealed fresh information about its newest drone, which is meant to take off from ships loaded with unmanned aircraft. The Bayraktar TB-3, which is still under development, will be a larger and more competent model in the same family as the TB-2, according to Selcuk Bayraktar, the company’s chief […]

08 Mar 21

How Biden’s Experience Could Make or Break His Middle East Policy

by Ahmed Charai – President Joseph R. Biden has a unique strength that much of the world has overlooked: He has nearly a half-century of experience navigating the maze of agencies and departments in Washington. That experience is why President Barack Obama, who had only three years of experience in the U.S. Senate, tapped Biden to […]

08 Mar 21

Difficult post-ISIS challenges emerge for US, allies

BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN, The Hill – With the military defeat of ISIS in Syria, its once large “caliphate” that stretched across Iraq and Syria has been reduced to dozens of tents near the Euphrates River. Now, new challenges are arising. ISIS members from Western countries are demanding a right to return to their home […]

08 Mar 21

Putin’s Secret Weapon: Russia’s Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile Is Nasty

By Peter Suciu – In December of last year, the Russian Northern Fleet’s Project 22350 frigate Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Gorshkov successfully conducted a test-launch of a Tsirkon hypersonic missile. It was fired from the Russian warship in the White Sea against a target 450 km away in the Barents Sea. It was the third test in as many […]

08 Mar 21

China Tightens Grip on East African Port

By Costas Paris – WSJ – Feb. 21, 2019 6:00 am ET – A Chinese port operator is tightening its grip on a strategic container terminal in East Africa, resetting operations and infrastructure at a site crucial to Beijing’s push to control seagoing trade lanes between Asia and Europe. China Merchants Port Holdings is asserting control […]

08 Mar 21

What China Is Really Up To In Africa

Wade Shepard – Forbes- Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region of the world, with rural migrants moving into cities a clip that has even surpassed that of China and India, as the continent becomes one of the final frontiers of the forth industrial revolution. This rapid transition presents big challenges but also offers big rewards […]