A recent article from the Daily Beast states: “Interviews with survivors of the Islamic State (IS) onslaught in the region of Sinjar this month suggest that the Peshmerga and the political leadership […]
NEC-SE
The Near East Center for Strategic Engagement (NEC-SC) is an academic and operationalized policy studies/research institution and think tank that provides political-military analyses and assessments of Middle Eastern affairs for a diverse international cliental representing both government and private interests. Drawing on a wide range of professional experience and expertise, NEC-SC conducts intelligence briefings, prepares reports, and develops associated informational materials relevant to achieving individual client objectives. NEC-SC also sponsors educational programs and multimedia presentations aimed at promoting awareness and increasing knowledge among the general public of Middle Eastern peoples, nations, topics, and issues. Additionally, NEC-SC serves as the military advisory group for the Assyrian Army in Iraq (Dwekh Nawsha), working in collaboration with Assyrian military and civilian leaders and private military contractors to provide tactical, operational, and strategic planning, direction, training, and support for conducting combat and civil affairs operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. In tandem with its military mission.
Vladimir Putin, Godfather of Kurdistan?
“Earlier this month, in what can only be described as a menacing signal to Ankara, the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (or PYD) formally opened a representative office in Moscow, its first […]
Assyrian: How an Eight-Letter Word Strikes Fear in the Hearts of Our Congressional Leaders
On Monday the House will be voting on Congressman Fortenberry’s ISIS Genocide Resolution. H. Con. Res. 75, which will be voted on in the full United States House of Representatives, names and describes […]
Is Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako a religious, political or a military leader of the Assyrian Christian community and forces in Iraq and Syria?
In an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW) German News Agency, Patriarch Louis Sako said that Christians must join the Iraqi Army and the Peshmerga to liberate the Assyria Nineveh Plain. This is […]
Iraq is broke. Add that to its list of worries.
Each month, Iraq’s government pays out nearly $4 billion in salaries and pensions to the military and a bloated array of public-sector workers. But with more than 90 percent of government revenue […]
How and why the U.S. Congress and their backers are destroying the cradle of civilization and eradicating the root of Christianity (The Assyrians).
On 22-26 FEB 2016, NEC-SE was invited to take part in various panel discussions at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Convention in Tennessee. In my capacity as CEO of the Near East […]
Former CIA Chief Says Military Could Defy Donald Trump’s Orders
“WASHINGTON – Retired Gen. Michael Hayden, who recently led the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, said the U.S. military would likely refuse to follow certain orders from Donald Trump […]
What new developments await the coming Mosul fight?
The question needs to be asked as to why ISIS has now decided to attack Baghdad? Since June 2014, ISIS has tried to shape the battlefield and to control the battlefield tempo, […]
Turkey and Saudi Arabia are the two final pieces of the puzzle for defeating ISIS
On 22 FEB 16 Kiçdaroglu told the Republican People’s Party (CHP) to prepare for early elections. Currently, the Turkish elections have been scheduled for 2020, either the worsening security situation, failed constitutional […]
Indonesia selects the Russian Su-35 over the US F-16V and the Euro-fighter
We are losing Asia either through incompetence and or a deliberate decision to turn it over to others. http://nec-se.webbar312.net/2015/10/16/the-new-model-of-power-relations-and-the-middle-east-crisis-3/ The unsettling truth is that U.S. foreign policy has been reduced to keeping […]