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Unable to mount a decisive military push against rebel forces but capable of holding current positions, Ukraine's combat troops are in better shape now than at the peak of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227922
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Multiple rocket-launcher systems (MRLS) are one example of how technologically advanced weapons have shifted the military balance in Ukraine's favour. The small numbers supplied…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271694
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The United States has sent 3,000 'train and assist' troops to the country, and passed a 1.6 billion dollar assistance package in December 2014 to provide funding for the Iraqi…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197425
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The verdict came soon after the FBI’s removal of documents from former US President Donald Trump’s residence in Florida produced extremist threats online against law enforcement…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272354
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Attacks in Sweden and Denmark since 2016 have highlighted the challenges facing counterterrorism and counter-radicalisation in the Nordic countries. While the terror threat…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220613
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Schumer's move follows three recent mass shootings, one on July 28 in Gilroy, California and two within hours of each other on August 3-4 in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245739
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The United States and Iran are both fighting against ISG in Iraq, but their rivalry elsewhere, such as taking opposite sides in Syria and Yemen, and historic enmity has prevented…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198604
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President Bashar al-Assad's two principal foreign backers, Russia and Iran, support and to some extent direct sizeable forces in Syria on which Assad relies. That contributes to a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265106
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Rebels complain that pro-government forces had earlier allowed IS safe passage to Idlib from Hama. At the same time, in northern Idlib, Turkish armoured convoys have deployed to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229733
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The future of Russia's military intelligence body.