Julian McBride, a former U.S. Marine, is a forensic anthropologist and independent journalist born in New York. He reports and documents the plight of people around the world who are affected by conflicts, rogue geopolitics, and war, and also tells the stories of war victims whose voices are never heard. Julian is the founder and director of the Reflections of War Initiative (ROW), an anthropological NGO which aims to tell the stories of the victims of war through art therapy. As a former Marine, he uses this technique not only to help heal PTSD but also to share people’s stories through art, which conveys “the message of the brutality of war better than most news organizations.”
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Reinvigorating a Containment Strategy for NATO in the Arctic: NATO has gained new key members in the military alliance, with Sweden and Finland, which...
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The Republic of Turkey is one of NATO’s most important members in terms of force projection of military capabilities and geographic advantage. Since Ankara’s...
Against the backdrop of the Afghanistan withdrawal, Chinese military buildup in East Asia, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. military is looking...