Japan Crucial to Pacific Defense As the threat from China grows, the importance of the U.S.-Japanese alliance expands. Ely Ratner, the assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Affairs, speaking at the Mount Fuji Dialogue in October stated that “China’s aggressive […]

Explaining Putin’s Nuclear Threat A dramatic sequence of White House miscalculations has given Vladimir Putin the confidence that he can threaten nuclear warfare without fear of reprisal. As this article was being prepared, American Military News reported that “Putin has sent nuclear-capable […]

Top Intelligence Officer Discusses Strategy Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier recently shared his views and mission priorities concerning key issues. The DIA, like the CIA, is an intelligence organization. The CIA focuses on providing intelligence to […]

Oblivious to Terror Threat   The White House is disturbingly oblivious to the growing terrorist threat that is growing exponentially. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) recently outlined the issue. He noted that the White House is “deaf, dumb and blind to […]

Biden Releases National Defense Strategy The Biden Administration has released a 48 page National Security Strategy document. What makes it unique from similar papers presented by prior presidents is that it broadens the definition of national security from defense issues […]

China Seeks to Dominate U.S. Media China has launched a forceful attempt to aggressively influence people, sometimes using illicit means, across the world to overlook its concentration camps, massive military buildup, and international aggression. Freedom House, a non-profit that conducts […]

Planetary Defense Advances   Defense is normally considered what a nation does to prevent an attack from another nation. But as humanity gains a greater understanding of the universe, a new concept, planetary defense, has been coined. It concerns defending […]

Russia’s Pacific Threat Even as Russia suffers significant losses in Ukraine, its Pacific threat is expanding. It is understandable to see China as the dominant threat in the Pacific, but unfortunately, it is not alone. A Lowry Institute study notes that “Moscow […]

China Seeks to Dominate U.S. Media China has launched a forceful attempt to aggressively influence people, sometimes using illicit means, across the world to overlook its concentration camps, massive military buildup, and international aggression. Freedom House, a non-profit that conducts […]

Nicaragua Invites Russian, Chinese Forces In the 1980’s, while reporting from the United Nations headquarters in New York, I had the opportunity to hear first-hand Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega’s comments. It was evident he was a dangerous man then. After […]

Gorbachev and Reagan Deserved Better The death of Mikhail Gorbachev at 91 ends an era of extraordinary leaders who changed the world for the better. Along with the United Kingdom’s Margaret Thatcher, the Vatican’s Pope John XXIII, and, most importantly, […]

Russia, China, North Korea Work Together The most important global issue of the still-young 21st Century is the growing military axis of Russia and China.  Unlike the NATO alliance, this is not a defensive partnership.  It is one which squarely has […]

U.S. Fails to Keep Pace with China’s Navy   There has been substantial disappointment that the U.S. Navy has not been given the funds to keep pace with the dramatic increase in size and sophistication from China. In a recent […]

Ignoring Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis The media has chosen not to dwell on the reality of how disastrous the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan has been for the people of that desperate nation. By choosing not to leave a residual force behind […]

America Last? The Biden Administration’s foreign policies are popular at the United Nations, but drawing significant concern at home.  Is drawing closer to the views of international diplomats good for the American citizenry? The question, asked often since the inauguration, […]