The Nation States Refuse To Dissolve!
Painting of “The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster”. This is one of the treaties leading to the Peace of Westphalia, in which the concept of the modern nation state … Read More
Tag: ISIS
The Sunni Jihad organization and its conflicts
How Should the U.S. React to Foreign Challenges?
Aspects of U.S. Foreign Relations Top (Left to Right): U.S. Army soldiers in Ramadi, August 2006 Wikimedia Commons / Air Force Tech Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock Container ship from … Read More
U.S. Detente With Russia?
Secretary of State Designate Rex Tillerson, then ExxonMobil CEO, with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation on April 16, 2012 Wikimedia Commons / premier.gov.ru The Democratic Party has found … Read More
The Ruins of Obama’s Catastrophic Foreign Policy
President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Syria and ISIS, September 29, 2015 Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru No American president in my lifetime has had a foreign policy that … Read More
Clinton and Trump on Foreign Policy
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take the stage at the third and final Presidential debate. The differences between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on foreign policy appear to be more … Read More
The Legacy of 9/11/2001
The North Face of Two World Trade Center (south tower) immediately after being struck by United Airlines Flight 175. Wikimedia Commons/Robert on Flickr It has been fifteen years to the … Read More
The Fermenting of the West’s Discontents: Crisis of Ideology
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. The three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Act 4, scene 1 Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Johann Heinrich Füssli 1783 The Western World’s political … 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
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
Globalization, Xenophobia, and Donald Trump
Views that fuel Donald Trump’s Campaign Image Credit: Flickr.com/Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com The political reactions working in favor of Donald Trump, or for that matter, Bernie Sanders have been a long time … 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
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
President Obama’s Passions
Obama and the World (c) Can Stock Photo Every now and then you read a book or an article, or in this case an internet posting, that is so perfect, … 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
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
The Growing Threat of Russia
Vladimir Putin has an itch. An itch for empire. We know the President of Russia considers the breakup of the Soviet Union as the major geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. … Read More
Putin’s Russia and the West
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, in a speech to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, declared that the breakup of the USSR was “the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the twentieth century”, or … Read More
U.S. Army Downsizes
NEWS FLASH! The Obama administration makes good on their “leading from behind” promise by announcing a Reduction In Force (RIF) of the U.S. Army of 40,000 soldiers and 17,000 civilian … Read More