Articles


QUANTIFYING RESIDUAL RISK IN LAND RELEASE
By Dr Robert Keeley, RK Consulting (EOD) Ltd
Future Demining and EOD Tech online - February 2026


MAKING WAR ZONES SAFE: MITIGATING EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR WITH MUNIREM®
By Valentine Nzengung, PhD, Chief Technology Officer at MuniRem Environmental and Professor at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Future Demining and EOD Tech online - October 2025

MEASURING THE EFFICACY OF EORE: ODDS RATIOS, AND AN EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTION
By Dr Robert Keeley, RK Consulting (EOD) Ltd
Future Demining and EOD Tech online - October 2025


INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS: EO CLEARANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT
By Dr Robert Keeley, RK Consulting (EOD) Ltd
Future Demining and EOD Tech online - May 2025

LANDMINE REMOVAL IN POST-CONFLICT AZERBAIJAN
By Wilder Alejandro Sánchez, President, Second Floor Strategies
Future Demining and EOD Tech online - May 2025


NEXT-GENERATION DEMINING WITH AI AND DRONES
ADVANCED SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS POWER NEXT-GEN SOLUTIONS FOR AUTOMATING THREAT DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION
By Safe Pro AI (a Safe Pro Group Inc. Company)
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2023

ETACS PROJECT – EOD TRAINING IN VIRTUAL REALITY
By Second Lieutenant David Slatkovsky, EOD Officer of EOD Technologies Department of NATO EOD COE
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2022/23

USE OF IMPROVISED LAND (ANTI-VEHICLE) MINES IN MEXICAN CRIME WARS
By Robert J. Bunker, David A. Kuhn, and John P. Sullivan C/O Futures, LLC and Small Wars Journal-El Centro
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2022

ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF DEPLOYING K9 TEAMS FOR THE DETECTION OF IEDs
By Kenan Muftic, K9 professional
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2022

HUMANITARIAN DEMINING – AN INSIGHT
By Colonel H R Naidu Gade – Indian Army Veteran
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2022

DUXO: YOUTH-LED PROJECT FOR MINE ACTION ADVOCACY AND DRONE-BASED LANDMINE DETECTION
By Mak Nurkić Kačapor, Junior at British International School, Washington DC and co-creator of DUXO Project
and Justin Yang, Junior at Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Maryland and co-creator of DUXO Project
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2022


ALARMING IED PROLIFERATION IN EASTERN DR CONGO
By Trevor Bachus, EOD Officer at US Army
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2022


THE IED CLEARANCE GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE: CHAPTER 5 – “BASIC CHEMISTRY OF EXPLOSIVES AND HAZARDS OF HOME-MADE EXPLOSIVES AND CHEMICAL PRECURSORS”
By Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friedel, GICHD
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2022


CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO HOLISTICALLY APPROACH INSTABILITY & INSECURITY
By Paul Amoroso, an explosive hazards specialist at Assessed Mitigation Options (AMO) consultancy
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

THE BATA EXPLOSIONS: LESSONS LEARNED
By Frederic Maio Programme Manager and staff of Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT) at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2021/22

IMPORTANCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPLIANCE FOR BOMB SUITS AND HELMETS
By Doug Wong1, Jean-Philippe Dionne1, Aris Makris1, Alex Leask2, Trevor Yensen2
1 Med-Eng, 2400 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, Canada, K1G 6C4
2 Allen-Vanguard, 2405 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, Canada, K1G 5B4
Counter-IED Report, Autumn 2021


EOD HELMET PROTECTION IN SMALL BLAST SCENARIOS
By Aris Makris, Ph.D., Ming Cheng, Ph.D., Jean-Philippe Dionne, Ph.D., Jeffrey Levine, M.Eng., R&D and Engineering, Med-Eng
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2021

DEVELOPMENTS IN BOMB SUIT TESTING AND STANDARDIZATION
By Dr. Aris Makris, Ph.D., Vice-President, RD&E and Chief Technology Officer and Dr. J.-P. Dionne, Director of Research Engineering, Med-Eng
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2020/21


IMPROVING ROBOT DESIGN
By Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, Senior EOD Advisor at aunav, by everis ADS
Counter-IED Report, Spring/Summer 2020

COUNTERING EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS: LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TOOLS
By Rafael Jiménez Sánchez, Senior EOD Advisor at aunav, by everis ADS
Counter-IED Report, Winter 2019/20

CIVIL-MILITARY CO-OPERATION
By Tushar Malhotra, Aerospace & Defence Analyst, MarketsandMarkets
Counter-IED Report online, June 2015

AFGHANISTAN IN TRANSITION: A GLOBAL REVIEW (2012 & 2013) OF IEDs AND ERW IN AFGHANISTAN
COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON COMPLEX CRISES
By The Civil-Military Fusion Centre (CFC)
Counter-IED Report, Autumn/Winter 2013