Lobo Institute in the News
Pompeo changes tune on Chinese lab’s role in virus outbreak, as intel officials cast doubt
As published by ABC News by Conor Finnegan and Josh Margolin By CONOR FINNEGAN and JOSH MARGOLIN(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Pompeo is leaning even harder into his attacks on the Chinese government over the novel coronavirus pandemic — even ...
Webcast: The Effects of COVID-19 on U.S. Defense Strategy and Posture in the Middle East
COVID-19 has ravaged societies and governments around the world. Militaries have been hit hard too. In the United States, the military has had to balance between supporting the civilian authorities in their efforts to provide medical supplies, defending the nation ...
Protecting US troops will also safeguard national security: ANALYSIS
As published in ABC News by Mick Mulroy and Eric Oehlerich April 28, 2020 The U.S. military is being pulled in two directions in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic as it responds to the needs of Americans on the home front ...
Trump says he told Navy to ‘destroy’ Iranian boats harassing U.S. ships
As published by Politico By LARA SELIGMAN 04/22/2020 08:54 AM EDT President Donald Trump abruptly tweeted early Wednesday that he has directed the Navy to fire upon Iranian "gunboats" that "harass" U.S. ships in a new sign of heightened tensions ...
Begin with the children: Child soldier numbers doubled in the Middle East in 2019
As published by the Middle East Institute by Mick Mulroy, Eric Oehlerich, and Zack Baddorf: A global problem In 2017, the advocacy group Child Soldiers International estimated that more than 100,000 children were forced to become soldiers in state and ...
The Maldives: Tropical Paradise Turned Transnational Jihadi Recruiting Hub
by Zack Baddorf, Lobo Institute Senior Advisor The Republic of Maldives, a small archipelago of 1,192 islands located southwest of India in the Arabian Sea, has the highest number of foreign fighters per capita in a non-Arab country.[1] An estimated ...
Navy in crisis: Top leader’s resignation roils service in the middle of a pandemic
As published by Politico By LARA SELIGMAN 04/07/2020 An aircraft carrier sidelined by a coronavirus outbreak. A promising captain fired for requesting help as infections spread among his 5,000 sailors. And a service leaderless once more, after the acting Navy ...
Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources
As published by ABC News by By Josh Margolin and James Gordon Meek April 8, 2020 Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect comment from the Pentagon. As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning ...
Pentagon Removes Carrier From Middle East Amid Pandemic-Induced Resource Fight
As published by Foreign Policy by Jack Detsch The Defense Department is removing an aircraft carrier from the Middle East, a U.S. official confirmed to Foreign Policy, in a move that could trigger a fight for assets within the Pentagon ...
Lobo Institute conducts a seminar at Yale’s Jackson Institute
On March 2, 2020, Lobo Institute conducted a seminar at Yale University's Jackson Institute on Russia's irregular warfare operations in the Middle East and Africa. Thanks to our class and their instructor Kevin Chalker ...
