Left: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shakes hands with attendants of the First Latin American Muslim Religious Leaders Summit in Istanbul, where he announced that Muslims discovered the Americas before Columbus. Turkey Reaches Out to Latin … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, November 10-15, 2014
ACD/EWI Blog
The Israeli Answer to Shoulder-Launched Missiles*
The System and Its Modus Operandi The process of equipping the aircraft used by the Israeli airlines with systems that protect them from shoulder launched missiles is on track. Following a successful ground test earlier this year, in addition to … [Read more...] about The Israeli Answer to Shoulder-Launched Missiles*
Palestinian Vehicular Terrorism in Jerusalem*
Left: The “Run over Organization” - “Hit the gas at 199 [km/h] for Al-Aqsa” Urges Palestinians to use their cars to kill Jews. The “Run over Organization”, or Da’es in Arabic, is play on words for the Arabic acronym of ISIS - Da’esh [Facebook, … [Read more...] about Palestinian Vehicular Terrorism in Jerusalem*
The Persian Thread*
It's time for Paul Hollander to write a sequel to his marvelously insightful and humorous (after a fashion) 1981 "Political Pilgrims." For those kiddies for whom all this, and the environment in which it was written, is ancient history, may I remind … [Read more...] about The Persian Thread*
Weekly Briefing, November 2-8, 2014
Transportation Terrorism – Part I - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood that the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, November 2-8, 2014
Gulf Countries Concerned Over Possible Fallout from Dimona*
Israel’s nuclear capabilities occupy the minds of many, not only Israel’s direct enemies but also the countries in the Persian Gulf, which are heavily invested in comprehensive studies designed to obtain any information on this issue. Their purpose … [Read more...] about Gulf Countries Concerned Over Possible Fallout from Dimona*
Jihadist Incitement in America
Samuel Huntington predicted the growing cultural and religious conflicts that we are witnessing daily. His dubiousness regarding the ability of the West to understand those challenges and reluctance to meet them has been disturbingly accurate. A … [Read more...] about Jihadist Incitement in America
But Will the Senate “Deliberate”?
Americans like to believe as a culture they excel at detail. It’s not true. The Japanese, the Germans, and sometimes the French, may well do so. But the American forte is to reduce the complexity of big ideas – whether in politics or industry – and … [Read more...] about But Will the Senate “Deliberate”?
Weekly Briefing, October 26 – November 1, 2014
Laser Communications - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Uninterrupted radio frequencies are necessary to guarantee wireless communications. The rapid growth of wireless communication and computing systems with a wide range of applications and services have crowded … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, October 26 – November 1, 2014
‘Democracy Is For Infidels’*
Interview with an Islamic State Recruiter: How does Islamic State think? How do its followers see the world? SPIEGEL ONLINE met up with an Islamic State recruiter in Turkey to hear about the extremist group's vision for the future.The conditions … [Read more...] about ‘Democracy Is For Infidels’*