A Life in Conflict One Marine’s Journey, Part IV
9/11 and the Road to War The Marine infantry battalion to which I belonged was mid-way through a six-month deployment to the Far East, when Al Qaeda attacked the World…
Posts by Andrew Milburn
A Life In Conflict One Marine’s Journey
Part One: Skin in the Game The faces looked familiar — but of course they would. Anyone who has been around Marines or soldiers for any period of time would…
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Is the United States ready to take on China?
Is the United States ready to take on China? Tonight’s virtual meeting between President Biden and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, produced little progress for a relationship that has deteriorated precipitously in the…
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Libyan Elections: Important Beyond the Shores of Tripoli
Libyan Elections: Important Beyond the Shores of Tripoli In March of 2011, I was part of an international military team tasked with evacuating foreign nationals from Tripoli as anti-Gaddafi forces…
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Drumbeat in The Maghreb Amidst Escalating Tensions
Drumbeat in The Maghreb Amidst Escalating Tensions Three Algerians were killed in the Sahara in a military strike that destroyed the trucks they were driving. According to the Algerian President’s…
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A Scramble for Africa: Beating the Wagner Group
A Scramble for Africa: Beating the Wagner Group It would be hard to devise a more complicated geo-political plot than the one playing out now in North and Central Africa. …
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Game of Drones: A Shifting Balance of Power in the Maghreb
Game of Drones: A Shifting Balance of Power in the Maghreb Morocco has recently contracted with Turkish and Israeli companies to acquire two revolutionary drone platforms. This move, Rabat maintains,…
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Killing of Islamic State leader, former Polisario member, offers Opportunity and Risk
Killing of Islamic State leader, former Polisario member, offers Opportunity and Risk The killing of Islamic State Leader in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahraoui marks a potential…
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