Eeben Barlow's Military and Security Blog

(This is neither a media statement nor an invitation for party political rhetoric) (Adapted from a talk I gave at the Rooiplaas gathe...

(Please note that racist, party political, and religious comments will be deleted) This is the only country most of us have. If we do...

A rising tide of violent crime, a lot of it perpetrated by children and teenagers—themselves often the victims of violence at home, or un...

It is very evident that there are people—and civil leaders—from across the political spectrum that are intent on ensuring that divisive p...

The book ‘Executive Outcomes: Against all Odds’ was finally signed off this morning and is due to go to print. Revising and updating ...

My sincere thanks to everyone for the interest shown in the Executive Outcomes reprint as well as the encouragement I got to complete it, ...

In the aftermath of 9/11, the bread and butter of the defense industry shifted in many ways from focusing on big-ticket Cold War ite...