Myanmar’s crisis is much more than the Rohingya September 21, 2017 ASIA·Headlines·Human Rights·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Refugees·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS The General Assembly of the United Nations is meeting in New York to try and resolve the problem of the expulsion of Read More
USC ‘State of the American Veteran Conference’ to address critical Veteran issues September 20, 2017 AMERICAS·Headlines·HEALTH·News·OUTREACH·USC-CIR·VA·VETERANS·Veterans Programs The University of Southern California’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families kicks off its annual ‘State of the Read More
China’s Surprise Attack Preparations: Defensive Posturing or Strategic Signaling? September 14, 2017 ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS Last Wednesday, China reportedly conducted military exercises as a means to cope with a sea-based “surprise attack” emanating from the Korean peninsula. Read More
Russia arms deal marks ever widening gap between NATO and Turkey September 13, 2017 ASIA·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·WORLD NEWS Despite, or in spite, of its NATO allies’ objections Turkey has proceeded with the purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Read More
The Final Movement of the Islamic State September 13, 2017 Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS The grand symphony of Death and Destruction continues to play itself out across the streets of Deir Ezzor. A mortar round detonates. Read More
DACA Dreamers – my family story September 12, 2017 AMERICAS·Headlines·Immigration·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·VETERANS My dad, Jose Louis Perez, was the youngest of 10 children. He was born in Mexico. In the early 60’s, his parents decided Read More
Syrian Army breaks through ISIS lines at Deir Ezzor September 7, 2017 Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS The shadows of the Russian Air Force have been covering the ground of Deir Ezzor, striking Islamic State positions throughout. From moonless Read More
‘Rebel in the Rye’ – A Conversation with Hollywood rebel Danny Strong September 7, 2017 AMERICAS·Culture·FILM·Headlines·VETERANS REBEL IN THE RYE director Danny Strong’s directorial debut is about the birth of a writer and how that writer, a World Read More
The solution to North Korea won’t come from a tweet September 5, 2017 ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·SECURITY·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS North Korea (‘DPRK’) announced it has tested a new ‘hydrogen bomb’ as its sixth test to date in the development of a Read More
ISIS is pushed to the brink of extinction in the race to Deir Ezzor September 3, 2017 Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·NATIONAL SECURITY·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS The last remaining major Islamic State enclave in Syria, Deir Ezzor, is stuck between a proverbial rock and a hard place. With Read More
Tal Afar: Battle at the ‘Gates of Hell’ August 31, 2017 Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS The soundtrack of war is playing across the Iraqi frontline. The white noise of monotonous clinks and thuds, shots and mortar rounds Read More
Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather: Should We Care? August 25, 2017 AMERICAS·Culture·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Sports For the months the Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather fight inched glacially towards its start date, we were treated to a special Read More
Secretary of Defense Mattis hints of arming Ukraine August 25, 2017 FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·WORLD NEWS Kiev, Ukraine [LC] During the first visit to Ukraine by an American defense secretary in nearly a decade, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Read More
IoT Cyber Security Improvement Act looks to bolster US cyber defenses August 21, 2017 AMERICAS·Cyber·Headlines·SCIENCE·SCIENCE & TECH·Technology A group of U.S. Senators are currently attempting to push a bipartisan bill through the Senate which aims to address a growing Read More
Gov. Terry McAuliffe to Charlottesville neo-Nazis, white supremacists, ‘GO HOME’ August 12, 2017 AMERICAS·Headlines·Politics Charlottesville, Virginia – Amid 3 dead and over a dozen injured after violence erupted and a man drove a car into a crowd Read More
Political reform and the entrenched power of China’s military August 9, 2017 ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·SECURITY·SOUTH EAST ASIA·WORLD NEWS China’s President Xi has succeeded in breaking the power of China’s historic military companies and asserting control over its military. As a result, Read More