A year ago North Korean President Kim Jong Un was threatening the world with nuclear missiles. Pacific countries were running civil defense drills not seen since the 1950s. But on …
Bart Marcois
Bart Marcois
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.
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FeaturedNational Security
Putin’s Humiliation: Will He Disrupt the Trump-Kim Summit?
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisPresident Trump and Kim Jong Un are preparing for the historic U.S.-North Korea summit meeting to be held in Singapore on June 12th. Trump and his team will watch for …
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FeaturedNational Security
Czech Government Resists Deadly Russian Propaganda
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisVladimir Putin has turned Russian propaganda into information warfare. This weaponization of information presents itself in many guises, enabling and covering up the real loss of life. The most insidious …
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President Trump announced this morning that he has decided to expel 60 Russian diplomats, as a response to a Russian chemical weapons attack on a former Russian spy in the …
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FeaturedNational Security
BREAKING NEWS: Trump Expels 60 Russian Spies
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisPresident Trump will expel 60 Russian spies from the United States today, according to a background briefing by a senior Administration official. Forty-Eight have been accredited as diplomats at the …
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FeaturedPolitics
The Congressman: Dave Brat’s Unusual Approach to School Violence
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisThere’s another rally in Washington today. School children are calling for action to prevent school shootings. Plenty of politicians will use it to score political points. But they should follow …
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Kudos to President Trump for appointing John Bolton as his new National Security Advisor. It is a sign to the world that America will stand by her friends and against …
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) will meet next week with President Trump. The Trump-MBS focus on Iranian nuclear weapons will top the bilateral agenda. He is certain …
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Last week the world witnessed a mafia-style attack against a former Russian GRU agent who had cooperated with British intelligence. Col. Sergei Skripal and his daughter are still in critical …
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FeaturedMilitary and Police
A Family AND a Village to Prevent School Shootings
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisThis is the third article based on an interview with an elementary school teacher about preventing mass shootings. As noted in an earlier article, she requested anonymity in order to …