Bart Marcois (@bmarcois) was the principal deputy assistant secretary of energy for international affairs during the Bush administration. Additionally, Marcois served as a career foreign service officer with the State Department.
This is the second article in the Christmas On Deployment series, where veterans, active duty military personnel, law enforcement and first responders share their experiences and feelings. It’s an effort …
As we enter the Christmas season, I’d like to share stories from people who were away from home and family on Christmas, because they were deployed. I’m calling it Christmas …
China continues to build advanced radar bases, major runways and landing strips, hardened storage depots, and forward positioning facilities in the South China Sea. With U.S. attention focused on a …
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service today released evidence of North Korea hacking Bitcoin. The hack earlier this year of Bithumb, a Korean crypto currency exchange, was carried out by a …
Judge Roy Moore still has strong support in many parts of the country. Discussion of the Alabama Senate special election continues to dominate social media. His partisans charge that the …
U.S. strategy in Afghanistan has been changed radically since President Trump’s decision to let military commanders conduct the war. One of the most significant changes is the decision to target …
Is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan anxious about the potential for a U.S. federal investigation into his role in money laundering and sanctions evasion? I call it the Erdogan Zarrab …
A rising leader in Australia’s Labor Party has been forced to resign after mounting evidence has surfaced of his ties to China. Labor’s Deputy Whip, Sam Dastyari, warned a wealthy …
Kim Jong Un’s obsession with developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching American territory has absorbed the world’s attention for the better part of a year. It also may have …
Like the dog that didn’t bark in the famous Sherlock Holmes story, Silver Blaze, there is something to be learned from what the New York pipe bomber didn’t say. While …
