A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
by Bill Ostrove, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro will serve a second term in office after winning the presidential election on May 20. With 92 percent of voting …
Venezuela’s Maduro Wins Second Term in Disputed Election Read More
The U.S. State Department approved a potential sale of air-launched munitions to Bahrain on May 18, 2018. According to the press release, Bahrain requested 3,200 general purpose and penetrator warhead …
U.S. Approves Bahrain for Munitions Buy Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Following the move by U.S. President Donald Trump on May 8 to declare that the United States would withdraw from the …
Merkel’s Comments Bring Germany’s Defense Budget Clash Under the Microscope Read More The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), aka the Iran nuclear deal, has quite obviously evoked sharp reaction in …
A United European Front Against Trump – for Now Read More Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has made his first visit to the White House, the first visit from an Uzbek president since Islam Karimov’s in 2002. President Mirziyoyev is in the …
Uzbek President Visits U.S.; U.S. President Says Uzbekistan Interested in Arms Read More With billions in proposed defense projects at stake India and Russia are jointly working on an approach allowing them to skirt the new U.S. sanctions enacted by Congress. The financial …
India and Russia Seek Way Around U.S. Sanctions Read More Kyrgyzstan has considered, but is yet to make a final decision on, a new Russian airbase in the country. In an interview with TASS, Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov discussed the …
No Decision Yet on New Russian Airbase in Kyrgyzstan Read More Kazakhstan’s Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry, Beibut Atamkulov, discussed initiatives for the Kazakh defense industry before parliament this week. The Kazakh military seeks to produce as much of its …
Kazakh Minister Highlights Road Ahead for Defense Industry Read More Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will receive a new frigate in the coming months. RIA Novosti reported on May 14, 2018, that the Admiral Makarov frigate will be transferred to the …
Admiral Makarov Still Yet to Join Black Sea Fleet Read More Ukrainian militants have revealed a new self-propelled multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), apparently produced locally. This month, the Donetsk Peoples Republic (DNR), a separatist movement controlling part of eastern Ukraine, …
Ukrainian Militants Present New Rocket Launchers Read More