Putin’s Purges
Der Russische Führer, Vladimir Putin Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru ANDERS ÅSLUND has become an indispensable analyst of that “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”, as Sir Winston Churchill … Read More
Category: Security Issues
These are the world-shaking issues of war and peace’
Probability of War with China Increasing?
People’s Liberation Army Navy sailors at the Qingdao, North Sea Fleet headquarters parading in 2000 for a visiting U.S. Navy delegation. Wikimedia Commons/Jiang The probability of war with the People’s … Read More
Donald Trump’s Acceptance Speech
Donald J. Trump giving his acceptance speech for the GOP presidential nomination on July 21, 2016 Image Credit: YouTube/ABC 15 Arizona Listening to Donald Trump’s acceptance speech last night, most … Read More
The Thoughts that Haunt Me
A profligate government bureaucrat with you behind him! (c) Can Stock Photo More and more, the words haunting me are the ones I wrote in the final sentence of my … Read More
The Decay of U.S. Armed Forces
U.S. Army soldiers in Ramadi, August 2006 Wikimedia Commons/Air Force Tech Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock One of the major reasons for the weakening of U.S. alliances has been the decay … Read More
The Weakening of U.S. Alliances and National Security
People’s Liberation Army contingent at 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru Probing of the U.S. alliance periphery is being done by more than just Russia and ISIS. In my … Read More
U.S. Alliances: Will They Last?
States with U.S. military relationships: Dark Blue are the NATO members, Purple are major non-NATO allies, and Pale Blue are signatories of Partnership for Peace with NATO Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Sesmith … Read More
More on HGV Defenses
YAL-1A airborne laser in flight with the mirror unstowed Photo Credit:Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Missile Defense Agency This is the third post in a series on the threat of Chinese and Russian … Read More
Defenses Against Hypersonic Glide Vehicles
Hypersonic reentry of an HGV Image Credit: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) In my last post I wrote about the unique threat against U.S. national security posed by the … Read More
The Menace of Hypersonic Glide Vehicles
Deployment of U.S. Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV2) AFP Photo/Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) While Obama’s administration is cutting back on defense spending and futuristic defense development programs, both … Read More
Is Western Civilization Seeking Suicide?
Ottoman depiction of the siege of Vienna by Muslim forces in 1529. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/”Istanbul”, Hachette, Collection “Voir” (PD-Art) It is rapidly becoming obvious to a number of people that … Read More
Europe’s Challenge: Evolve or Die
The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France Wikimedia Commons/Diliff With the three recent jihadist attacks on Brussels and Paris, Europe has been given a wake-up notice … Read More
What Is Russia’s Game in Syria?
Sukhoi Su-24M: Russian workhorse in Syria Wikimedia Commons/Alexander Mishin, © A. Mishin If you have been paying much attention to what is going on in the Middle East, you … Read More
The Noose Tightens on Hillary Clinton
Justice awaits! Photo Credit: Flickr.com/S Baker Neither the Democratic electorate nor most of the media have shown much interest in Hillary Clinton’s legal troubles so far, but recent … Read More
Libya Becoming Part of the ISIS Caliphate
Libya: A nation being absorbed by the ISIS Caliphate? Map courtesy of Google/Nations Online Project The release of the movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi appears to have triggered … Read More
Bernie Sanders Is Probably The Democrats’ Nominee
Hillary Clinton testifying to the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/C-Span It is becoming increasingly apparent that whoever the Democratic Party’s nominee will be, it will not … Read More
A Movie Hillary and the Democrats Should Fear
President Obama and Secretary Clinton honor the Benghazi attack victims at the Transfer of Remains Ceremony held at Andrews Air Force Base on September 14, 2012. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/US … Read More
Saudi Arabia and Israel: A Match Made in Heaven?
Flags of Saudi Arabia and Israel Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Saudi Arabia is suddenly finding itself very isolated and threatened internationally. At one time Saudi … Read More
The Virus that is ISIS
Coalition air strike on ISIS positions in Kobani, Northern Syria, October 2014 Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Voice of America Schuyler Moore has just published a very interesting idea about ISIS in … Read More
A Legacy Obama May Not Want
U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Gulf of Oman, Dec. 25, 2015 Photo Credit: U.S.Navy/Mass Communication Spec 3D Class J.M. Tolbert Last October and November the Iranians sent us … Read More
Russia Becoming Cautious?
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, aboard battle cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, flagship of the Russian Northern Fleet Photo courtesy of www.kremlin.ru Many who lived through the decay and fall … Read More
The Modes of ISIS’ Threat to US
Memorial to Nov. 2015 Paris attacks at French Embassy in Moscow Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Stolbovsky Dartmouth College academics Steven Simon and Daniel Benjamin, writing the post Could Paris Happen Here? … Read More
A Death Trap of Wishful Thinking
Black flag of ISIS Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham) has just reminded us in … Read More
Consequences of a Weak US President
U.S. troops near Siauliai Zuokniai, Lithuania, April 26, 2014 Photo Credit: AFP/Petras Malukas The U.S. and our NATO alliance are now facing the consequences of a weak … Read More
Achilles Heel of Autocrats: Their Economy
Achilles with Paris’ arrow in his heel. Photo Credit: Flickr.com/texmex5 The national security outlooks of the United States and Western Europe are beginning to look grim. … Read More
A Failed, “Lead From Behind” Foreign Policy (2)
Russian TU-95 bomber intercepted over North Sea/Atlantic Ocean, 29 October 2014 Photo Credit: NATO/RAF The Obama administration has made the world more dangerous for the West by more than just … Read More
A Failed, “Lead From Behind” Foreign Policy (1)
Iranian and P5+1 Negotiators for Iran Nuclear Deal Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/US State Dept. At times it seems as if the Obama administration would just as soon wall the rest … Read More
Sitrep on Russia’s Syrian Campaign
Russian T-90A Main Battle Tank Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Vitaly V. Kuzman Russian forces are arriving rapidly around the airport the Russians are building just south of the Syrian city of Latakia. Rapidly … Read More
Russian Military Operations in Syria
ISIS soldiers Photo Credit: shiitenews.org Just two days ago I published the post Russia Inside Syria, concerning how Russia appeared to be preparing for … Read More
Russia Inside Syria
Now we learn Russia is building an airbase in Latakia, Syria. Also see here. The United States may be attempting to withdraw from the world, but Russia is expanding to … Read More