Is the European Migration Crisis Caused by Russian Hybrid Warfare?

Mountain Warfare: the Russian Perspective

After attempting to combat the Afghan mujahedin with an army designed to defeat NATO, recent Russian military writings reflect a much stronger emphasis on the unique requirements necessitated by mountainous terrain. This paper summarizes their recent literature and presents the contemporary Russian view of this type of warfare based on perspectives gained in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The prima...

Russian Views on Information-based Warfare

Fundamental Aspects of the Russian Crisis

We address problems of debt, virtuality, and destructive feedback in the Russian economy. Official data fails to reflect reality. Much of the advice by reformers was flawed in that it ignored the importance of market. A positive feedback cycle of arrears, barter, and non-competitiveness evolved. Feedback systems are critical to market economies generally. Contagion from Asia was merely the trig...

Therapeutic Potential of Oncolytic Viruses in the Treatment of Lung Cancer Caused by Chemical Warfare Agents: A Narrative Review

In World War I, sulfur mustard or mustard gas was used as a chemical weapon for the first time. Years later, during the imposed war (eight years of holy defense) against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq used this poisonous gas against the soldiers and people of Iranian cities. Many years after the war, many chemical veterans still suffer from its effects. Mustard gas is a strong alkylating su...

Is the European debt crisis a mere balance of payments crisis?

This paper is interested in linking formally external disequilibriums to the sovereign debt crisis the EMU is experiencing since 2009. Relying on the CHEER approach that connects the goods market to the capital market, we show that when a country belonging to a monetary union faces external disequilibrium relative to its main partner, the corresponding interest rate differential increases. More...