Hope for Ukraine Is Not a Strategy
The strongest part of President Biden’s State of the Union address was the section on the war in Ukraine. Biden condemned the Russian invasion. He welcomed the Ukrainian ambassador. He led Congress…
The extension of a nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia would be a crucial, responsible step
Albert Einstein is said to have thought that God does not play dice with the universe. Two nations, Russia and the United States, now possess about 90 percent of the…
Kuwait Is Not Behaving Like a U.S. Ally
By Peter Roff • RealClearPolitics The relationship with Kuwait should be one of the United States’ strongest, but it is starting to fray. There’s still time to set it right,…
The Reconstruction Of World Politics
Eighteen months after the 2016 presidential elections, the United States of America finds itself in the throat of a most destructive existential crisis. The over two hundred forty years old…
North Korea and the Folly of Kim Jong-Un’s Delusions
Throughout its troubled history, the world has never quite witnessed anything like the North Korean regime of absolute fear and Kim Jong Un’s sick domestic and foreign policy reactions to…
U.S. Adversaries Closing Gap With American Aircraft Capabilities
by Natalie Johnson • Washington Free Beacon U.S. adversaries are rapidly catching up to America’s fifth generation fighter aircraft capabilities—a risk that has exacerbated given ongoing cyber vulnerabilities in the…
U.S. Negligence Is Feeding ISIS’ Global Appeal
A rise in terrorist attacks is further evidence that the global appeal of ISIS-inspired jihad is not dwindling. By M.G. Oprea • The Federalist It seems every…
Deterrence In an Increasingly Dangerous World
By George Landrith • American Military News North Korea has test fired five new missiles and claims to have successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen bomb. Iran too…
How America can counter Putin’s moves in Syria
by Condoleezza Rice and Robert M. Gates • Washington Post One can hear the disbelief in capitals from Washington to London to Berlin to Ankara and…
From Russia with Poisonous Love
Craven American leadership harms the cause of peace and stability, and only benefits the world’s dictators and aggressors. by George C. Landrith & Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Vladimir Putin is…
Iran Declares Pre-emptive Victory in Nuke Talks
Introduction by Peter Huessy • National Security Roundtable Iran’s foreign minister and chief negotiator in nuclear talks with the West declared victory for his country, stating…
Cyber Terrorism is Terrorism
by George Landrith The White House has called the North Korean cyber-attack on Sony an act of vandalism. This entirely misses the point. Vandalism is typically limited to…
The Other North Korean Threat
by Travis Korson • Townhall Over the last few days, North Korean actions that ultimately scuttled the release of Sony Picture Entertainment’s release of “The Interview” have dominated…
The Fear of the Mullahs and Obama’s Senseless Iranian Policy
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Like all theocracies throughout history, Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini’s doctrine of Velayat-i-Faghih, the absolute power of guardianship of divinely qualified Jurists over all Muslims, attempted…
Missile Defense Priorities for 2015
by Travis Korson, Senior Fellow Introduction As Congress debates the 2015 Defense Appropriations bill, it is important that members fully fund key components of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System…