![Image When your allies prefer to buy Russian arms - America’s growing headache [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/When-your-allies-prefer-to-buy-Russian-arms-America’s-growing-headache-0001.png)
Russia continues to export arms, including its S-400 missile system, to long standing U.S. and NATO allies causing legal and political headaches. In the past two years Qatar, Iraq, Egypt and even the Kingdom of… Keep Reading
![Image A Russian proposal to the refugees of Syria [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A-Russian-proposal-to-the-refugees-of-Syria-480x320.jpg)
Russia is not resting on its laurels. With Syria’s central government readying to dismantle the last remainders of opposition in Daraa, Russia is seeking to re-legitimise the al Assad regime. To accomplish this, Russia and… Keep Reading
![Image Blindspot on a Bureaucracy: Who’s supposed to 'pay' what to NATO? [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Matt Dunham / AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/The-Public’s-Blindspot-on-a-Bureaucracy-Who’s-supposed-to-pay-what-to-NATO-480x320.png)
Since 1949 NATO has been the cornerstone of Europe’s security. Amid tensions with Russia at a new high, NATO members have committed to spending more on defense, for which President Trump’s strong rhetoric deserves credit.… Keep Reading
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The U.S. Intelligence community tells it like it is at the annual Aspen Security Forum. A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. – Winston… Keep Reading
![Image How the Daraa Offensive will change America's presence in Syria [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/How-the-Daraa-Offensive-will-change-Americas-presence-in-Syria-1-480x321.png)
With the looming Syrian government offensive in Daraa, the U.S. may be facing its final opportunity to check the Assad regime without further escalating the conflict. Since the Syrian regime, led by Bashar Al-Assad, initiated… Keep Reading
![Image Opinion | America’s Upside Down Foreign Policy [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Opinion-America’s-Upside-Down-Foreign-Policy-480x320.jpg)
The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy called for the US to focus on countering China and Russia on the world stage. Yet, while past presidents have deviated from or even ignored the NDS, President Trump appears… Keep Reading
![Image NATO's embrace of Colombia signals Western insecurities about China in Latin America [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Mauricio Duenas Castaneda / EPA]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NATOs-embrace-of-Colombia-signals-Western-insecurities-about-China-in-Latin-America-480x320.jpg)
With Chinese investment and influence in Latin America on the rise, NATO and the U.S. welcomed Colombia into NATO’s global partnership, the first Latin American country to join. In May, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos… Keep Reading
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To the classical mind, a society in which political authority is divorced from military service was practically beyond the imagination. Worth remembering, as we greet another Memorial Day with 1,281,900 U.S. military personnel the world… Keep Reading
![Image America’s failed seaports - Trump’s ‘America First’ policy isn’t the only barrier to free trade [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/America’s-failed-seaports-480x320.jpg)
While the Trump Administration’s “America First” policy may be damaging to U.S. free trade worldwide, America’s inability to maintain deep water access at its seaports is a far more critical enemy than any new tariff… Keep Reading
![Image The Killing of Osama Bin Laden. Is there a Doctor in the House? [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/The-Killing-of-Osama-Bin-Laden.-Is-there-a-Doctor-in-the-House-480x319.png)
One of the most significant tactical successes in the Global War on Terror was Operation Neptune Spear, a CIA-led operation to kill the Jihadist leader and idol Osama bin Laden. But what about the doctor… Keep Reading
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The war between North and South Korea is set to find its formal end in 2018, a result of combined US, Chinese and South Korean pressure. The recent meeting between the leaders of the two… Keep Reading
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After the alleged chemical attack on the Syrian city of Douma, a coalition consisting of France, the UK and the US launched a large scale attack against Bashar al-Assad’s chemical warfare capability. If the coalition’s… Keep Reading
![Image Cyberwar concerns rise after US-UK accuse Russia of large scale attack [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Cyberwar-concerns-rise-after-US-UK-accuse-Russia-of-large-scale-attack-480x320.png)
UK and US intelligence agencies accuse Russia of having carried out a series of cyber attacks against Western cyber infrastructure. The Kremlin has carried out a large scale attack on the worldwide cyber infrastructure, according… Keep Reading
![Image The French in Syria - a long and tortured history [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/The-French-in-Syria-a-long-and-tortured-history-480x319.png)
France has taken the position that it is a humanitarian force, eager to bomb Syria for using chemical weapons and to promote regime change. Yet something’s not quite right with this picture. General Patton once… Keep Reading
![Image The Week in U.S. Politics [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Lima-Charlie-Week-in-Politics-01-480x320.jpg)
Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics. This week: Syrian missile strike, Paul Ryan’s exit, Mark Zuckerberg testifies, a European blockchain partnership and more. US… Keep Reading
![Image Kim Jong-Un isn’t as crazy as you think [Lima Charlie News][Image: Reuters]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Kim-Jong-Un-isn’t-as-crazy-as-you-think-480x321.png)
It is widely believed that North Korea and its leaders are crazy or irrational. Incoming National Security Advisor, John Bolton, has said that Kim Jong-Un is irrational and cannot be deterred. His predecessor, HR McMaster,… Keep Reading
