Blogs to Watch

[Rex Brynen]

Via searching for another item I came across this site: http://www.jihadica.com/ , now being run by a Norwegian team and this is from their 'About Us' page:

It is an excellent site, and the new Norwegian team is top notch (Brynjar Lia in particular has published some excellent studies on jihadist groups, as well as his previous books on the Palestinian security forces).

[LawVol]

Can anyone recommend a blog discussing national security issues and related topics from central and south America? Many thanks.

[Valin]

A very good blog following international criminal organizations
Friends Of Ours

[Greyhawk]

http://www.quattozone.com/
Blog by

Tadd Sholtis
An Air Force public affairs officer for 15 years, the views expressed here are my own and (sometimes sadly, sometimes mercifully) not those of the U.S. Government, Department of Defense or Air Force.

Currently in Afghanistan, and much more interesting than a public affairs release.

[Sigaba]

Mark Grimsley, an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, has a nice blog at Blog Them Out of the Stone Age. This blog may be particularly useful to those interested in the historiography of war and the teaching of military history in the Ivory Tower.

Journalists for The Economist have blogs here.

[Watcher In The Middle]

Three sites:

- MISH'S
Global Economic Trend Analysis
- http://www.zerohedge.com/
- Naked capitalism - Yves Smith

Been paying real attention for the last 4-5 weeks (about 3 weeks before MSN picked up on it) over the entire Foreclosure issue(s) affecting foreclosures currently in the pipeline, as well as what may have already occurred.

These guys have really been covering the entire story, as it unfolds.

Now, to say these 3 blogs are all "opinionated" would be a VAST UNDERSTATEMENT, but that's the price one pays when working to obtain differing points of view and a cross-section of both opinion, and information.

[Polarbear]

I'd like to add a few interesting adresses from Europe.

Thomas Schäubli, a graduate from the University of Zurich, Switzerland is blogging on topics concerning international relations (in English):

http://blirg.wordpress.com/


Another interesting blog about Swiss and international security policy is offiziere.ch. Unfortunately most of the articles are in German:

http://offiziere.ch/

And something for those of you who speak French:

http://secretdefense.blogs.liberation.fr/defense/

[Jedburgh]

Waq al-Waq

This blog was started for a few reasons. We both have been studying Yemen for years, and as the country has risen in importance, the quality of discussion has declined. We wanted to contradict some other individuals, blogs and commentators who have no experience in Yemen or with Arabic, and who turn the facts to fit their opinions. We feel that presenting a thoughtful and nuanced discussion of Yemeni affairs, based in knowledge of its history and culture is in the best interest of all. That said, this is not an academic blog, and provides a lighter tone than our other publications, and also allows us to indulge our unhealthy interests in medieval swords and mysterious islands that color Yemeni history.
Enjoy.

Copied here from a Yemen thread.

[davidbfpo]

A new blogsite:http://www.pakistanconflictmonitor.org/ and introduction says:

an initiative of the Human Security Report Project at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University.

Recommended by Steve Coll: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/stevecoll/#Replay

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[davidbfpo]

Thanks to Professor Borum. He has id'd a website monitoring events in Sudan (not just the South): http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files...dan/sudan.html and there is a list of other websites.

[SWJ Blog]

Defence IQ: Top 10 Defence Blogs 2011

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Yes, we made the top ten cut at Defence IQ. So did Danger Room, Abu Muqawama, Ares Blog, Kings of War, Michael Yon, War is Boring, Information Dissemination, The Best Defense, and RAF Airman’s Blog. Congrats to all!

Here's the write-up on SWJ: "There is nothing particularly small about the topics covered by the Small Wars Journal Blog, which is aimed at engaging small wars practitioners. Run by numerous passionate and high profile contributors, Small Wars Journal Blog offers searing analysis on small wars topics from guerrilla warfare in Colombia to counterinsurgency operations in the Middle East. OK, so we admit that there was a bit of friction as to whether SWJ fell into ‘blog’ or ‘journal’ territory. Either way, both are a good read. So add them to your bookmarks."



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Journalist-Soldiers: Blogs, Books, and Freedom on the Battlefield

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[AmericanPride]

Hi all,

I'm curious if any of you would recommend any French, German, or Russian blogs on national security or politics. The blogs can be about those countries or originate from those countries, and can be in English, French, German, or Russian. Thanks!

[Fuchs]

Hi all,

I'm curious if any of you would recommend any French, German, or Russian blogs on national security or politics. The blogs can be about those countries or originate from those countries, and can be in English, French, German, or Russian. Thanks!

I wrote a couple lists of German milblogs over time, but many of them don't exist any more.

http://defense-and-freedom.blogspot....-milblogs.html

http://defense-and-freedom.blogspot....-security.html

http://defense-and-freedom.blogspot....olicy-and.html

A very active British blog nowadays is http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/

A popular one is http://www.airpower.at/

[kaur]

Couple Russian military blogs.

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/
http://general-skokov.livejournal.com/
http://gurkhan.blogspot.be/
http://twower.livejournal.com/
http://alexeyvvo.livejournal.com/

[Fuchs]

Couple Russian military blogs.

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/
http://general-skokov.livejournal.com/
http://gurkhan.blogspot.be/
http://twower.livejournal.com/
http://alexeyvvo.livejournal.com/

Kaur,, how do

http://russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com/
http://russiamil.wordpress.com/

look relative to Russian milblogs?
Timeliness similar topics of the month, accuracy etc?

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7 Military Blogs You Need to Check Out

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7 Underrated Military Blogs That Can’t Get No Respect

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[davidbfpo]

A number of threads and SWJ Blog notices have been merged into this thread.

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[davidbfpo]

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