President Trump has radically changed the paradigm in the Islamic world, gaining extensive cooperation in the fight against terrorism, refocusing Arab hostility away from Israel and towards Iran, uniting regional nations against extremism, restoring America’s influence, and bringing home about […]
There may be substance behind North Korea’s boast that it could devastate the United States. Some of Pyongyang’s claims are obviously exaggerated. Kim’s statement that he has “an invincible army” is not credible, although he does have sufficient artillery to […]
The United States may be heading into one of the most dangerous periods in its history. The Obama Administration’s disinvestment in American national security came at precisely the same time that Russia, China, and North Korea dramatically increased their militaries. […]
The stakes and dangers of the crisis in North Korea are significantly larger than has been discussed in the media so far. Those dangers are not restricted to North Korea’s direct actions. The realities are deeply worrisome. Hopes that the United […]
There is a reason why the U.S. media downplays the Venezuelan tragedy, in which extreme shortages of food, medicine and basic supplies such as toilet paper are compounded by an authoritarian government that denies essential rights to its citizenry. By […]
The failure—some would say refusal– of the Obama Administration to effectively address the challenge presented by criminal aliens was largely obscured by the reluctance of the media to provide coverage of these offenses. The Heritage Foundation notes that a 2005 […]
As the U.S. Navy sails towards North Korea, the potential for conflict with China also looms. Two years ago, one of America’s top military leaders, now retired, told this writer that he was “deeply concerned” about the Pentagon’s dependence on […]
The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, has pointed out both some progress and the severe challenges in that nation. While the Government has committed to holding parliamentary elections which should be “fair, inclusive and transparent by the Afghan […]
In 1993, Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, who was a key figure in breaking up the USSR and who served as Russian president from 1991 to 1999, said that “Corruption in the organs of power and administration is literally eating away […]
Russia is increasingly threatening the security of Europe. Putin is continuing his massive investment in modern weapons. He has formed wholly new military divisions, and has deployed theater nuclear weapons to his borders with European states. The threats extend beyond […]
NATO is warning that the West should consider the potential danger of an attack by terrorist using weapons of mass destruction. The organization is not being overly cautious. An Economist study notes that “24 states still have 1kg or more […]
China’s rapidly growing influence is not confined to the far reaches of the Orient. Beijing’s presence is increasingly being felt within the U.S.A.’s own hemisphere. A decade of escalating interaction in Latin America and the Caribbean has risen to a […]
(National Harbor, Maryland) The last full week of February brought an extraordinarily clear picture of the diverging fortunes of the opposite ends of the increasingly polarized political spectrum. Conservatives, meeting at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National […]
Strangely missing in the debate about President Trump’s temporary travel restrictions, which is significantly less dramatic that President Carter’s actions in response to the Iranian embassy takeover, and roughly similar to President Obama’s actions in 2011, is the near total […]
The severe effects of eight years of disinvestment are taking hold on the United States Navy, at the same time that massive investment by Russia and China have dramatically increased the threat at sea. America has not been this imperiled […]
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