by Mark Berlin, Sara Harmouch, Vladimir Rauta Half a century after the Yom Kippur War, Hamas’s surprise attacks on Oct. 7 echo the infamous 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict. This day has also been likened to Israel’s own Sept. 11 by diplomats and commentators, intensifying its contemporary resonance. … [Read more...]
Iran’s Military at the Panama Canal: Significant National Security Threat
by Majid Rafizadeh Iran's military presence at the Panama Canal, the major maritime chokepoint in the Western Hemisphere -- which is controlled by America's main enemy, China -- is a serious national security threat to the United States in more ways than one. "Iran has been aggressively … [Read more...]
Turmoil in Peru. Everything is getting worse.
James Jay Carafano Updating an issue we have discussed before. The crisis in Peru may not be making global headlines anymore, but things are far worse. Protests in Peru are entering their third month as radical leftist mobs demand the reinstitution of former President Pedro Castillo of the … [Read more...]
Putin’s Nuclear Risk And Reward Calculation
By: Jakub Grygiel Moscow regularly engages in nuclear saber rattling, and its battlefield problems in Ukraine have only increased the tempo and volume of Russian rhetorical reliance on nuclear weapons. Using nuclear weapons, even on a very limited, tactical level, is not cost-free, however. … [Read more...]
Ukrainian customs management, other officials sacked amid wave of security raids
Davyd Arakhamiia, head of faction of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s party Servant of the People, has announced the spring dismissal of the entire State Customs Service management team and the imprisonment of corrupted employees. “I will notify the public of the announced spring imprisonments,” … [Read more...]
Nuclear War. “90 Seconds to Midnight”: The Pentagon’s 1945 “Doomsday Blueprint” to “Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map”
by Burak Bekdil In its Freedom in the World 2022 report, Freedom House, a U.S. government funded organization in Washington, D.C., put Turkey in its "not free" category of countries, along with Afghanistan, Angola, Belarus, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nicaragua, … [Read more...]
To The Biden Admin: To Eradicate Iran’s Terrorism, Confront the Ruling Mullahs
To The Biden Admin: To Eradicate Iran's Terrorism, Confront the Ruling Mullahs by Majid Rafizadeh • February 19, 2022 at 5:00 am The administration, however, then made an astonishing announcement: that it is unfreezing $29 billion to the Iranian regime, despite that Iran is … [Read more...]
The forgotten menace — Is ISIS resurging?
Source: https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/9454-the-forgotten-menace-is-isis-resurging?utm_source=DefenceConnect&utm_campaign=08_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1&utm_emailID=155755c57d25d8ece93131a626d9220d1bf56b043f1eaa35f96ed9a5a3caecb5 Is the extremist group … [Read more...]
New wave of destabilization coming to Ukraine from Russia
Source: https://www.ukrinform.ru/rubric-polytics/3348234-v-snbo-zaavlaut-o-novoj-volne-destabilizacii-kotoraa-idet-v-ukrainu-iz-rossii.html NSDC10.11.2021 15:17 A new wave of destabilization is coming to Ukraine from Russia, according to Ruslan Demchenko, First Deputy Secretary of the National … [Read more...]
The Taiwan Question: How to Think About Deterrence Now
The Taiwan Question: How to Think About Deterrence Now (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Keith B. Payne, The Taiwan Question: How to Think About Deterrence Now, No. 509, November 15, 2021 Download PDF The Taiwan Question: How to Think About … [Read more...]