Webinar: Violence Against Civilians in Modern War
From the First World War to the Syrian war, the distinction between the front and the so-called “home front” is becoming indistinguishable. Civilian targets in conflict zones have been the centre of attention for international organisations, media platforms and governments. But the targeting of civilian populations is not exceptional and is now a systemic feature of warfare. This webinar discusses the targeting of women, children, the elderly, and the LGBTQI+ community as an element of total warfare in which societies seek a deeper level of victorious validation than winning a battle.
Report Launch Event: Islamic mobilization and colliding anti-terrorism strategies in the Sahel
« De Bruxelles à Abou Dhabi : des stratégies anti-terroristes en collision ? Tendances radicales et mobilisation terroriste au Sahel »
UAE and Saudi Arabia engaged in hostile cyber-operations, joining Russia and China
The latest major report from Tactics Institute
Press Release: Tactics Report; Post-Brexit Financial Transparencey
Tactics Institute announces new report on post-Brexit financial transparency and the role of the UAE.
Press Release: New Report on Balkans Arms Trade
Tactics Institute publishes its second major report, focusing on the roles of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the Balkans arms trade and what the factors are driving peripheral European states into such deals.
Tactics Institute Launches Radicalisation Report in EU Parliament
In the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 26th November, Tactics Institute launched its first report: ‘Social Exclusion and Radicalisation in the Balkans’.
The report looks at how Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are funding the spread of extremist ideas to marginalised communities, making the case that Islamic extremist discourse fills a vacuum left open by states unable to develop policy that meets social needs.
Press Release: US Arms in Hands of Militias
Tactics echoes the call of international human rights groups for an end to the arbitrary and reckless re-selling of arms to Yemeni militia groups. Amnesty International has labelled such groups: “unaccountable militias accused of war crimes”.
Press Release: Tactics Condemns Drone Strikes
Tactics Institute for Security and Counter Terrorism strongly condemns the weekend’s drone strikes on Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.
The attack was the biggest on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure since Iraq’s Saddam Hussein fired Scud missiles into the country during the first Gulf War and it represents a worrying escalation in the region
Press Release: International Community Must Eliminate ISIS
It is five years since the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, made its sensational appearance on the international scene, capturing swaths of Iraq and Syria, two countries reeling from years of war, terror and insecurity
Press Release: Political Solution Required in Venezuela
In South America, calm is urgently needed to stablise the political situation. Venezuela, for so long vulnerable to outside pressures, has spent 2019 absorbing threats and economic attacks from its northern neighbour, the United States.