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, […]

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 […]

America’s Pacific Allies Share in Defense Obligations Unlike the legitimate complaints about some European nations, notably Germany, not contributing a fair share to defending against mutual enemies, America’s Pacific partners Australia and Japan have been risen to the occasion. Tokyo […]

Houses Votes to Increase Pentagon Budget In what may be seen as a sharp rebuke of President Biden’s defense budget proposal, which actually cut the Pentagon’s spending power, The House has passed the Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Budget, known as […]

NATO’s Watershed Meeting   It is not an overstatement to note that the recent NATO meeting held in Madrid, Spain was a watershed moment for the alliance. The alliance noted the increased threat from Russia and the growth of a […]

The Navy’s Sinking Budget   Surprisingly, given the massive challenge from Beijing, President Biden’s 2023 budget proposal called for decommissioning 24 ships next year — and all of the Navy’s 22 cruisers by 2027 Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), Ranking Member […]