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Zapad 2017 kicks off as Russia’s “West” war games challenge NATO

September 14, 2017

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Russia began its newest round of war games, “Zapad-2017” (the Russian word for “West”), on Thursday. According to Russian officials the exercise

Russia arms deal marks ever widening gap between NATO and Turkey

September 13, 2017

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Despite, or in spite, of its NATO allies’ objections Turkey has proceeded with the purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system.

Secretary of Defense Mattis hints of arming Ukraine

August 25, 2017

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Kiev, Ukraine [LC] During the first visit to Ukraine by an American defense secretary in nearly a decade, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

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

July 8, 2017

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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

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

Victory Day – Russia commemorates the ‘Great Patriotic War’

May 9, 2017

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May 9th 2017 marked the 72nd anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in what Russians call the ‘Great Patriotic War’. Hundreds

Russia’s New Arctic Military Bases

April 29, 2017

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In April 2017, the Russian Government announced that it had completed its new military bases in the Arctic and had completed most

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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

Former Trump chairman Paul Manafort facing intense scrutiny over Ukraine lobbying, loans

April 12, 2017

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WASHINGTON, DC (LC) Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, might formally register as a foreign agent, according to

U.S. troops deploying to Poland in support of NATO’s enhanced ‘Forward Presence’

March 21, 2017

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A U.S.-led battalion of over 1,100 soldiers will be deployed to Poland starting in April, a U.S. commander announced. 900 U.S., 150 British

Questions arise over alleged Ukraine peace deal and ties to Trump Administration

February 21, 2017

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Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, has stated that an alleged Trump administration peace plan for eastern Ukraine is “absurd.” As

#GailForce Report: The Day Large Parts of the Internet Stood Still: the Dyn DDoS Attack

October 23, 2016

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Capt. Gail Harris, Lima Charlie News Senior Correspondent for Cyber & Homeland Security, reports on the recent DDoS attack of Dyn, Inc.

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#GailForce Report: Cyber Security to Cyber Warfare

October 19, 2016

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Part 2 of Capt. Gail Harris’ report about the recent Intelligence & National Security Summit and the challenges facing the Intelligence Community: Cyber Security The secret

GailForce Report: U.S. Intelligence Challenges for Our Next Commander-in-Chief

September 15, 2016

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Part 1 of Capt. Gail Harris’ report about the recent Intelligence & National Security Summit and the challenges facing the Intelligence Community. In the