Sorin Adam Matei
Analysis, research, maps, and essays from Sorin Adam Matei.
A BBC correspondent laid eyes on a very insightful report on the continued strong relationship between Pakistan and Taliban leaders. The conclusion remains the same: we seem to be at war with Pakistan without being able to acknowledge it. The BBC’s Quentin…
Gaddafi’s hometown and loyal city Sirt has fallen to the rebel forces and Gaddafi was killed after being gravely wounded while trying to escape in a convoy. Death is confirmed by this cell phone image and by the Al Jezeera video below.…
Abdel Majid Mlegta is the man who single handedly turned the siege of Tripoli by the rebel forces from a stalemate into a quick, over night victory. Operation Dawn Mermaid, a joint operation of rebel forces on the ground and NATO bombing…
Since the beginning of the libyan rebellion, the foreign press has been forced to stay at the Rixos hotel, in Tripoli, not far away from Gaddafi’s residence and headquarters, at Bab al Aziza (See map below for details). Until recently, the hotel…
Are we on the verge of bringing forecasting of meteorological precision to military and counter-terrorism operations ? Wired Magazine speculates: In a paper published last week in Science, researchers present an equation to describe how fatal attacks escalate – whether it’s a…
Image via Wikipedia Worrying news, via Die Welt, from Venezuela. Copying a page from the book of his mentor, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez closes ranks with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards by allowing an Iranian manned missile base in South America. It is…