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Lima Charlie’s Weekly Review: U.S. Politics Edition – Highlights of the week in U.S. domestic, geo, cyber, politics – March 17, 2018. US Domestic Politics Marine-Vet Conor Lamb Clinches Narrow Victory in Pennsylvania Special Election By a margin of less than 0.3%, Marine Veteran and… Keep Reading
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Part 3 of the “American Foreign Policy Review” series “Saudi Arabia, al Qaeda and the Salafist Dilemma” takes a a look at our regional allies and foes. Continued from Part 1 and Part 2. Our premier ally in the Middle East, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,… Keep Reading
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China appears to be approaching the completion of its highly controversial project to develop, and as its critics would charge militarize, several contested islands in the South China Sea. On February 5th, a Filipino newspaper, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, released pictures provided by an anonymous… Keep Reading
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On Monday, January 29, the Trump administration reached a deadline to respond to Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine and Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. The administration’s response, serving as a political Rorschach test, has sparked various reactions across the political… Keep Reading
A recently released report indicates that the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security (GDGS) operated a special cyberwarfare unit that targeted individuals in over 21 countries. Among the targeted were military and financial institutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. The… Keep Reading
Despite recent moves ostensibly aimed towards peaceful diplomacy with North Korea, the U.S. military has begun training to fight in tunnels. There is a warren of thousands of tunnels beneath North Korea’s surface that was built in the 1970s, so this new training is a… Keep Reading
Regional Low Intensity Conflicts. Covers December 19th to January 7th, 2018 – Current as of January 7th, 2018. This week’s report covers Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen, UAE, Syria, and Libya. |[For coverage on the Iranian situation, please check out David Firester’s article, “Might… Keep Reading
This week the US and South Korea agreed to suspend military exercises off the Korean Peninsula until after the Winter Olympic Games. The Pyeongchang Olympics is scheduled for February 9 to 25. The annual joint exercises, dubbed Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, ran last year throughout… Keep Reading
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One of the privileges of writing for Lima Charlie News is that as veterans we are given the opportunity to write about matters without fear of editorial tyranny. Sometimes, we agree with each other. Sometimes we don’t. In the end, so long as our thoughtful… Keep Reading
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Lima Charlie Business | Russia As 2017 comes to a close, Russia will have attained positive growth for the first time in two years, signaling the end of its economic depression. Placing this malaise behind them, the Russians are preparing for another milestone, the re-election… Keep Reading
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The Trump administration released its “America First” National Security Strategy (NSS) this week. Many are scratching their heads trying to figure out what exactly is the “America First” vision. The America First vision is complex, mixed with both continuities from previous strategies combined with President… Keep Reading
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On December 18th, the Trump administration revealed its new National Security Strategy (NSS). For politicos and history buffs alike, it held few surprises. If summarized in a non nuanced fashion, one could say that the 68 page long document is a very conservative approach to… Keep Reading
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On December 19, Admiral John Richardson, Chief of U.S. Naval Operations, addressed over a thousand US sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan harbored in the Japanese port of Yokosuka. The speech laid out his strategic vision for 2018, which called for great regional cooperation, specifically,… Keep Reading
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With so much attention on the nuclear crisis in North Korea, the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea has been approaching quietly. Now, with less than eight weeks until the opening ceremony, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said the U.S. is committed to… Keep Reading
5 protesters were killed and 80 others wounded in the city of Raniya on Tuesday, as thousands of protesters took to the streets across multiple provinces in Iraqi Kurdistan. Tensions have been high in the region ever since the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said that… Keep Reading
Former Ambassador and Lt. Gen. Edward L. Rowny, who graduated from West Point in 1941, served in three wars (World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam), was as an advisor to five presidents and was one of President Reagan’s key architects of the policy… Keep Reading
