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Derek Bisaccio

Analyst, Forecast International

Derek Bisaccio is Lead Analyst, Defense Markets and Strategic Analysis at Forecast International. He covers military markets in Eurasia, Middle East, and Africa.
Ideas

Ukraine’s robot boats are rewriting the rules of naval warfare

Strategists around the world have taken note of the changing dynamics at play in the Black Sea and the implications for flashpoints elsewhere.

  • Jon Hemler and Derek Bisaccio, Forecast International
Business

Is Azerbaijan buying Pakistani fighter jets?

Neither Baku nor Islamabad has confirmed a reported purchase of JF-17s.

  • Derek Bisaccio, Forecast International
Threats

Questions surround Russia's stealthy combat drone

Publicly unveiled in 2019, an early version of the Sukhoi-made Okhotnik-B has already made its combat debut in Ukraine.

  • Derek Bisaccio, Forecast International
Ideas

Belarus adds nukes to its military doctrine

Alexander Lukashenko has been pressing Russia's Vladimir Putin to return Soviet-era nuclear weapons to Belarus.

  • Derek Bisaccio, Forecast International