Tactics Security Bulletin – Dec 2021
Tactics Security Bulletin No. 5, Dec 2021 Russia & Southeastern Europe Warsaw (Poland). Poland hopes to make progress in talks with the new Czech government over the Turow open-pit lignite mine near the border. The mine has been the source of the most serious spat between the two European Union members in decades. In November, […]
The Territorialisation of the Internet
Balancing security and privacy lie at the heart of modern governance. Estonia was the first EU member state to create a data Embassy – or rather “Noah’s Ark” – in Luxembourg that would allow the country to continue to exist in exile, should it ever be occupied, or “reboot” should it ever sustain a cyberattack. […]
Tactics Security Bulletin Nov 2021
Tactics Security Bulletin No. November, 2021 Western Europe & The United States Paris (France). France is ready for a serious discussion with the UK on the migrant crisis but will not be “held hostage” by Britain’s domestic politics, the country’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has said. It comes after relations between Paris and London […]
American Perspectives on Asymmetrical Warfare
Asymmetrical conflict is an umbrella term used to discuss conflict in which opposing forces differ in military abilities and this discrepancy is made up for with the use of unconventional weapons, and, or tactics. Asymmetry of power can be both dynamic and changeable. Since the turn of the century, asymmetric warfare has come to be […]
Tactics Security Bulletin
Tactics Security Bulletin No. 3/09: Sep 30, 2021 Western Europe & The United States Washington (US). The United States and Russia held their second meeting within a framework that is aimed at easing tensions between the two countries. The ‘strategic stability dialogue’ aims to bring delegations together and focus on principles and objectives for future […]
The Regionalization of the Internet
The interface between the internet and physical reality becomes ever more dense, particularly during a pandemic. In parallel, there is a tendency of fragmentation in what we perceive as a global internet network, or “regionalisation.” The vision of the libertarian and self-regulating internet space of the 1990s is giving way …
The Diplomatic Significance of Turkey’s Drone Programme
As Turkish Baykar’s unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Akıncı completes its maiden flight, countries are lining to purchase its predecessor, the Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2). Turkey’s drone production has become an integral part of Ankara’s hard power diplomacy, which it has used to expand its sphere of influence across the Middle East and Europe. The rapid […]
Tactics Security Bulletin
Tactics Security Bulletin No. 2/08: August 15-30, 2021 Western Europe & The United States Washington (US). Leaders of the G7 advanced economies pledged unity on their conditional engagement with the Taliban regime. The announcement and speedy withdrawal of the remaining US troops in Afghanistan was followed by a lightning-fast takeover of the country by the […]
Tactics releases major report on Iran crisis, “Iran in-between us”
The ambition of “Iran in-between us” is to capture the unravelling of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a transformative moment in international relations. Rather than advancing a thesis – for or against engaging in a transactional relationship with Iran to limit the country’s nuclear ambitions – the objective was to view the […]
New Report: Violence Targeted Against Civilians in War
Tactics Institute’s report looking at violence against civilians in modern warfare.