National Security

Things are not going as planned for Mr. Putin. The Ukrainian army did not seem to get the message that they were doomed from the start. Much less, the people …

Sunzi (Sun-Tzu) tends to overshadow the rest of the commentary on classic Chinese military theory. The translations are too many to count and just the famous ones include Giles, Griffith, …

“A foreign policy venture under the sway of the Iranian militias and the resurgence of the Islamic State” Background  Iraq, for nearly two decades, since the fall of the Iraqi …

The sudden and all-but-total withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan has caught the world by surprise. Since mid-August, the discourse has focused on the chaotic nature of the pullout …

“Hezbollah, an indispensable ally to the world’s most notorious cartels, an existential threat to the U.S. national security, and an entity that combines radical terrorism with narco-terrorism.” U.S. national security …

I was re-reading NSC-68 the other day (NSC-68 United States Objectives and Programs for National Security (fas.org), the height of bureaucratic geekiness. For those unfamiliar with the NSC process or …

GRU Implicated In Sabotage and Terrorist Arms Deal in Czech Republic Are Czech Officials Involved? Earlier this year, the Czech Counterintelligence agency, the BIS, issued a bombshell report filled with …

“The fall of Kabul paves the way for the fall of Baghdad, an inevitable fact the U.S. government must realize and deal with decisively to avoid getting into a new …

The government administration is supposed to answer to the citizens of this once great nation. We trust our government to tell us the truth. We gauge our decision, and for …

Afghanistan is a catastrophe by all accounts, a complete disaster and a tragic lesson to learn, and definitely to teach for generations to come. Two decades of continued fierce engagement, …