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.
In Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1, Julius Caesar is stabbed by Brutus and seven other conspirators [13 total in the real historical event] on 15 March 44 BC. The […]
The Breitbart article states: “Last month, Assyrians and Kurds clashed in northern Syria, leaving four dead.” “The city of Qamishli is controlled by Assyrians, but surrounded by Kurdish fighters. The Assyrians were […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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, […]
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