Kim Jong-Un isn’t as crazy as you think April 11, 2018 ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS It is widely believed that North Korea and its leaders are crazy or irrational. Incoming National Security Advisor, John Bolton, has said Read More
This Week in U.S. Politics April 10, 2018 AMERICAS·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C. Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics. US Domestic Politics Trump Read More
Syria chemical weapons attack is not without skeptics April 9, 2018 FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·Human Rights·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS Russia and Syria deny the alleged chemical attack against the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma and question whether the use of chemical Read More
Is China’s Belt and Road Initiative signaling the West’s setting sun? April 5, 2018 ASIA·Business·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS China’s Rise: Needs Must When The Devil Drives. While America, and Europe along with it, focuses on the Trump administration’s hawkish tendencies Read More
This Week in U.S. Politics March 26, 2018 AMERICAS·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C. Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics. US Domestic Politics President Read More
North Korea mistakes: how Trump can overcome the shortcomings of Clinton’s 1994 Agreement March 19, 2018 AMERICAS·ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS Avoiding the Mistakes of the Past: How Trump can overcome the Shortcomings of Clinton’s 1994 Agreement with North Korea. On March 8th, Read More
China continues to make inroads into Pakistan March 19, 2018 ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·MENA·News Wire·WORLD NEWS China’s sale of weapons to Pakistan has continued to grow, and a strategic new friendship between the two poses challenges for the Read More
This Week in U.S. Politics March 19, 2018 AMERICAS·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C. Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics – March 17, 2018. Read More
Saudi Arabia, al Qaeda and the Salafist Dilemma February 12, 2018 FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·WORLD NEWS Part 3 of the “American Foreign Policy Review” series “Saudi Arabia, al Qaeda and the Salafist Dilemma” takes a a look at our Read More
New photos support evidence of China’s militarization of South China Sea February 10, 2018 ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS China appears to be approaching the completion of its highly controversial project to develop, and as its critics would charge militarize, several Read More
Trump refusal to sanction Russia despite bi-partisan mandate ‘perplexing’ February 1, 2018 Cyberwar·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·SECURITY·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.·WORLD NEWS On Monday, January 29, the Trump administration reached a deadline to respond to Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine and Russian efforts to Read More
Turkish Delight in Afrin – A guide to Turkey’s far reaching offensive in Syria January 22, 2018 FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS Turkey’s new Syria offensive dubbed “Operation Olive Branch” has far reaching consequences in the region, which include pursuit of an Ankara-Tehran-Moscow-Damascus coalition Read More
Slovenia and Croatia standoff over naval boundaries January 21, 2018 EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·News Wire·Politics·WORLD NEWS Despite the strong admonition that countries should resolve border disputes before joining the European Union, Slovenia and Croatia failed to reach an Read More
Anti-Government rebels of Africa’s Ivory Coast military overwhelm loyalists January 19, 2018 AFRICA·FOREIGN POLICY·News Wire·WORLD NEWS On Wednesday, a military confrontation erupted in Bouake, the second city of the Ivory Coast. Members of a mutinous faction within the Read More
U.S. training Army for tunnel combat in North Korea January 19, 2018 ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS Despite recent moves ostensibly aimed towards peaceful diplomacy with North Korea, the U.S. military has begun training to fight in tunnels. There Read More
Service members respond to Trump’s reported “Shitholes” comments January 16, 2018 FOREIGN POLICY·News Wire·VETERANS·WORLD NEWS US President Donald Trump used an expletive to describe foreign countries in an Oval Office meeting. Trump has denied he said “anything Read More