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#GailForce: A successful NatSec policy isn’t just about blowing things up

July 14, 2017

AFRICA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·Human Rights·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·Refugees·United Nations·WORLD NEWS

In May 2017 the U.S. Department of State released its FY 2018 International Affairs budget request for the State Department and USAID.

The G20 Summit, testing America’s relevance in a Trump world

July 8, 2017

AMERICAS·ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU

Op-Ed: The G20 Summit is a week of the New World Order on display. The G20 Summit is in full swing in

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Putin and Trump’s first meeting by the issues

July 7, 2017

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Today, American President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for over two hours at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

Putin’s struggle amid a Russia in the throes of change

July 1, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·FSU·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·WORLD NEWS

[Suggested further reading: Dr. Gary K. Busch’s latest, ‘Sanctions and the Rise of Putin’s Russia (starring oligarchs, siloviki, Rossiyskaya mafiya and Oleg

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Sanctioning Russia – With German and French Allies Who Needs Enemies?

June 27, 2017

EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·FSU·Headlines·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS

The U.S. Senate has just passed a bill expanding the sanctions against Russia imposed earlier in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine

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Is the U.S. taxpayer paying for French neo-colonialism in Africa?

June 20, 2017

AFRICA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

At the end of his first week in office, newly-elected President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops in the West African country of

Trump meets with PM Netanyahu in a productive first day in Israel

May 22, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·News Wire·Politics

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (LC) U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Israel today as his first diplomatic tour to the country. Donald Trump

A Realistic Western Response to North Korea

May 8, 2017

ASIA·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·SOUTH EAST ASIA

To understand the reasoning and logic behind North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons requires a hard look at the political origins and

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#GailForce: Has the U.S. experienced the long predicted Cyber Pearl Harbor?

April 25, 2017

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There is no need to wage a kinetic war or even to use debilitating cyber attacks on critical infrastructure if you can

Is the World on a slow march towards authoritarianism?

April 23, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis

Turkey’s citizens recently voted to give President Erdogan expanded powers. He now has wide control over the judiciary, can simply decree law,

Tillerson in Moscow: U.S.-Russia relations ‘at a low point’

April 12, 2017

AMERICAS·Cyber·FOREIGN POLICY·NATIONAL SECURITY·News Wire·RUSSIA

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (LC) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with officials in Moscow today, including Russian President Vladimir Putin for nearly two

OpEd: The Real Cost of War In Syria

April 9, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·PTSD·RUSSIA·VETERANS

Here we go again. After nearly two decades of war, including the occupation of Iraq during the bloody sectarian violence caused by

Syrian missile strike: What do we know?

April 9, 2017

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·RUSSIA·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.

Here is what we know: The U.S. launched a Tomahawk cruise missile attack from nearby destroyers in the east Mediterranean against a

Former CIA officer extradited to Italy to serve 4 year prison sentence for kidnapping

February 23, 2017

EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY

Former CIA Foreign Service Officer Sabrina De Sousa (61) will be handed over to Italian authorities in the coming week to serve

Donald Trump and Jerusalem – What will become of Israel’s Holy City?

December 12, 2016

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·News·WORLD NEWS

The world’s Holy City of Jerusalem, sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians, is claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians as their capital.

Should the U.S. Shift From Saudi Arabia to Iran?

November 28, 2016

FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

A candid examination of the prospect of moving on from Saudi influence towards a partnership with Iran. Those who oppose a shift away

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#GailForce: A successful NatSec policy isn’t just about blowing things up

The G20 Summit, testing America’s relevance in a Trump world

Putin and Trump’s first meeting by the issues

Sanctioning Russia – With German and French Allies Who Needs Enemies?

Is the U.S. taxpayer paying for French neo-colonialism in Africa?

Trump meets with PM Netanyahu in a productive first day in Israel

A Realistic Western Response to North Korea

#GailForce: Has the U.S. experienced the long predicted Cyber Pearl Harbor?

Is the World on a slow march towards authoritarianism?

Tillerson in Moscow: U.S.-Russia relations ‘at a low point’

OpEd: The Real Cost of War In Syria

Syrian missile strike: What do we know?

Former CIA officer extradited to Italy to serve 4 year prison sentence for kidnapping

Donald Trump and Jerusalem – What will become of Israel’s Holy City?

Should the U.S. Shift From Saudi Arabia to Iran?

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The Currency War Nobody Wants to Name

Europe will survive only if it pays someone else to die in its place

Can the U.S. Counter China’s Growing Soft and Sharp Power Influence Through Sanctions?

Working Hypothesis: Europe Seeks Relative Advantage from US Overextension

Mission Profile: Soft Power as the New Dominion

Soft Power as Dominion: Speaking Softly, Building Systems

Cyber Warfare Now – Tales from the Digital Battlefield

Israel-Hamas Cyberwar, when old warfare meets new

Huawei – China’s telecom giant hits a giant wall

Strike a deal with which devil? The many faces of the Taliban

The fate of Afghanistan’s NATO Generation

Afghanistan – A Bold Solution