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For Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Richard Joseph, Africa’s lack of leadership has continued to thwart the progress that should have been the

For more than a decade, the Pentagon, pinned down in Afghanistan, followed Chinas rise as a global power and Russias ambitious military modernization

One month into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, senior Pentagon officials are brimming with newfound confidence in American power, spurred by the surprising effectiveness of U.S.-backed Ukrainian forces, Russia's heavy battlefield losses and the cautionary lessons they believe China is taking from the war.

In 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to install a puppet regime; they were defeated after a 10-year fight against rebels armed by the CIA. Now, the Kremlin's failure to install a puppet government in Ukraine has exposed weaknesses in its military.

The success of U.S. and NATO-trained Ukrainian forces has also bolstered the Pentagons confidence following the embarrassing collapse of U.S.-trained militaries in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last decade.

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The Prime Minister said Russia self-nominated as a pariah state when Vladimir Putin  illegally launched an unprovoked invasion of his neighbour with missiles and tanks last Thursday.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. A video has now emerged of a father and son - and their dogs - being mowed down by tank fire as they drove along a country lane.

The Russian militarys initial invasion of Ukraine has been a surprising strategic and tactical blunder marked by food and fuel shortages, abandoned vehicles and troop deaths, experts say.