Resistance mounts against China’s President Xi Jinping August 17, 2018 ASIA·Business·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·WORLD NEWS China’s leadership faces rising domestic opposition in light of a faltering trade war against the US, leading Chinese society to question some Read More
As big media challenges the President, tech giants have become the gatekeepers for online news August 16, 2018 AMERICAS·Headlines·Politics·Technology While Lima Charlie News joins the appeal of hundreds of news organizations for President Trump to end his crusade against what he Read More
We Join the Boston Globe in Condemnation of President Trump’s Statements on Journalists August 16, 2018 Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·VETERANS Lima Charlie News joins the over 300 U.S. newspapers coordinated by the Boston Globe’s editorial board in condemning President Donald Trump’s attacks Read More
Unite the Right 2 – Heavy on the left, not so much right August 14, 2018 AMERICAS·Headlines·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.·VETERANS The Unite the Right 2 rally brought a great deal of vocal counter protestors to Washington D.C., while its organizers were short Read More
U.S. ‘Space Force’ looking more and more like space reality August 11, 2018 Cyber·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·SCIENCE & TECH·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C. The Space Force awakens as the Pentagon moves concept towards reality. DoD announces the bold creation of a Space Development Agency, Space Read More
When your allies prefer to buy Russian arms – America’s growing headache August 7, 2018 FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS Russia continues to export arms, including its S-400 missile system, to long standing U.S. and NATO allies causing legal and political headaches. Read More
Beijing to the rescue – China considers military intervention in Syria August 6, 2018 ASIA·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·WORLD NEWS China is talking about injecting itself militarily to help the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. In 2013, with the Syrian Civil War Read More
#GailForce: Blinking Red – Cyber War and Malign Influence Operations Today August 6, 2018 Cyber·Cyberwar·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS Opinion: Capt. Gail Harris reports on cyber warfare and Russia’s malign influence operations. Where are we and where do we still need Read More
Intelligence Community mobilizes for Cyber War with Russia August 4, 2018 Cyberwar·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Politics·RUSSIA·SECURITY A phalanx of U.S. intelligence leaders confirmed this week ongoing Russian cyber and malign operations, attacks against U.S. midterm elections, and plans Read More
Zimbabwe’s violent elections present a silver lining for China August 3, 2018 AFRICA·Headlines·Politics·WORLD NEWS With Zimbabwe’s army mobilized to enforce a state of emergency amid an election dominated by false news and intimidation, it’s clear the troubled Read More
Podcast: Combating PTSD, depression, suicide – Part 2: Yoga and Meditation – Ep.04 August 2, 2018 AMERICAS·COMMUNITY·Headlines·HEALTH·Podcasts·PTSD·VETERANS·Veterans Programs Join Lima Charlie for the fourth in a series of podcasts addressing PTSD, depression and suicide, and the many unorthodox treatments available Read More
Mali’s election – West Africa hangs in the balance over a peace that never was July 28, 2018 AFRICA·Headlines·Politics·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS Amid debate over the U.S., French, and UN troop presence in West Africa, the stability of an entire region is at stake Read More
A Russian proposal to the refugees of Syria July 24, 2018 FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS Russia is not resting on its laurels. With Syria’s central government readying to dismantle the last remainders of opposition in Daraa, Russia Read More
Workers Unite! Soviet Influence, Eastern Europe and Reflections on the Prague Spring July 23, 2018 Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·WORLD NEWS On the 50th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia after the failed Prague Spring, Dr. Gary K. Busch reflects on the Read More
Blindspot on a Bureaucracy: Who’s supposed to ‘pay’ what to NATO? July 22, 2018 EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics Since 1949 NATO has been the cornerstone of Europe’s security. Amid tensions with Russia at a new high, NATO members have committed Read More
The Night Turkey’s Democracy Died on a Bridge of Martyrs July 20, 2018 ASIA·EUROPE·Headlines·MENA·MIDDLE EAST·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·WORLD NEWS Two years ago Turkey’s President survived the attempted coup d’etat enabling what is now a country ruled by one man. The demise of Turkey’s Read More