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 […]
The extraordinary crises in U.S. foreign affairs, and the plight of human rights around the world had failed to gain attention in much of the mainstream media during President Barack Obama’s eight years in office. The reasons are clear. It was […]
The list of foreign and defense policy errors over the past eight years is lengthy and serious. None was so clearly evident as the premature withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, a move which destabilized a nation on a slow […]
Russia expands its international influence by Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., JD Russia continues to expand its international influence. After allying with China and Iran, cementing its relations with Syria and growing closer to Turkey, Russia now seeks to regain a position […]
by Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. I attended and witnessed both President Donald J. Trump’s inaugural address from the Capitol,and the surrounding protests. My work began just before I left The Bronx. Flights and trains were already booked (and it would […]
As the Obama Administration concludes its tenure, major reversals have been required to undo the extraordinary foreign and defense policy errors that were committed over the past eight years in Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific and within the Western hemisphere. […]
Venezuela’s once promising economy has been destroyed by successive hard-left governments, despite the nation’s vast oil wealth.
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has released its 2016 report on human trafficking, also known as slavery. Since 2003, every state has enacted laws establishing criminal penalties for traffickers seeking to profit from forced labor or sexual servitude. […]
by Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. Tensions in the Sea of Japan region are reaching the boiling point. As the diminished U.S. Navy no longer possesses the overwhelming power necessary to discourage any thoughts of aggression, and North Korean and […]
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