![image Resistance mounts against China's President Xi Jinping [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Johannes Eisele / AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Resistance-mounts-against-Chinas-President-Xi-Jinping.jpg)
China’s leadership faces rising domestic opposition in light of a faltering trade war against the US, leading Chinese society to question some long-standing truths. Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is facing increasing domestic resistance and opposition… Keep Reading
![Image We Join the Boston Globe in Condemnation of President Trump’s Statements on Journalists [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Free-Press-Lima-Charlie-News-480x320.png)
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 on journalists and the U.S. media. The words in question are his description… Keep Reading
![Image When your allies prefer to buy Russian arms - America’s growing headache [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/When-your-allies-prefer-to-buy-Russian-arms-America’s-growing-headache-0001-480x320.png)
Russia continues to export arms, including its S-400 missile system, to long standing U.S. and NATO allies causing legal and political headaches. In the past two years Qatar, Iraq, Egypt and even the Kingdom of… Keep Reading
![Image GailForce: Blinking Red - Cyber War and Malign Influence Operations Today [Lima Charlie News][Graphic: Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GailForce-Blinking-Red-Cyber-War-and-Malign-Influence-Operations-Today-Lima-Charlie-News-01-480x320.png)
Opinion: Capt. Gail Harris reports on cyber warfare and Russia’s malign influence operations. Where are we and where do we still need to go? One of my favorite quotes is one the Reverend Martin Luther… Keep Reading
![Image A Russian proposal to the refugees of Syria [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A-Russian-proposal-to-the-refugees-of-Syria-480x320.jpg)
Russia is not resting on its laurels. With Syria’s central government readying to dismantle the last remainders of opposition in Daraa, Russia is seeking to re-legitimise the al Assad regime. To accomplish this, Russia and… Keep Reading
![Image Workers Unite! Soviet Influence, Eastern Europe and Reflections on the Prague Spring [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Josef Koudelka]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Workers-Unite-Soviet-Influence-Eastern-Europe-and-Reflections-on-the-Prague-Spring-480x320.png)
On the 50th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia after the failed Prague Spring, Dr. Gary K. Busch reflects on the Cold War and old East-West rivalries fought not on the battlefield, but in… Keep Reading
![Image Texas Oil Boom Causes Headaches [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Marie D. De Jesus]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Texas-Oil-Boom-Causes-Headaches-480x320.jpg)
In spite of increasing oil production, U.S. oil businesses are struggling due to lack of infrastructure and uncertain international conditions. 2018 was the year US domestic oil production was supposed to hit its true stride.… Keep Reading
![Image Blindspot on a Bureaucracy: Who’s supposed to 'pay' what to NATO? [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Matt Dunham / AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/The-Public’s-Blindspot-on-a-Bureaucracy-Who’s-supposed-to-pay-what-to-NATO-480x320.png)
Since 1949 NATO has been the cornerstone of Europe’s security. Amid tensions with Russia at a new high, NATO members have committed to spending more on defense, for which President Trump’s strong rhetoric deserves credit.… Keep Reading
![Image The Night Turkey's Democracy Died on a Bridge of Martyrs [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/The-Night-Turkeys-Democracy-Died-on-a-Bridge-of-Martyrs-480x320.jpg)
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 democracy would come on a bridge of martyrs. Everyone in Turkey has something… Keep Reading
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The U.S. Intelligence community tells it like it is at the annual Aspen Security Forum. A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. – Winston… Keep Reading
![Image How the Daraa Offensive will change America's presence in Syria [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/How-the-Daraa-Offensive-will-change-Americas-presence-in-Syria-1-480x321.png)
With the looming Syrian government offensive in Daraa, the U.S. may be facing its final opportunity to check the Assad regime without further escalating the conflict. Since the Syrian regime, led by Bashar Al-Assad, initiated… Keep Reading
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A U.S. combat officer tells the tales of four WW2 fighting men as they related to the Normandy Invasion [Originally published July 4, 2016]. It’s a hell of a thing to participate in combat. Imagine… Keep Reading
![Image Opinion | America’s Upside Down Foreign Policy [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Opinion-America’s-Upside-Down-Foreign-Policy-480x320.jpg)
The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy called for the US to focus on countering China and Russia on the world stage. Yet, while past presidents have deviated from or even ignored the NDS, President Trump appears… Keep Reading
![Image Opinion | Turkey trades Democracy over promises of greatness [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis / AP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Turkey-trades-Democracy-over-promises-of-greatness-480x320.png)
Has Erdogan’s re-election sealed the fate of Turkey’s fragile democracy? On June 24th, Turkey held two simultaneous elections, the parliamentary and general elections. The latter saw the controversial, albeit predictable re-election of the country’s incumbent… Keep Reading
![Image NATO's embrace of Colombia signals Western insecurities about China in Latin America [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Mauricio Duenas Castaneda / EPA]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NATOs-embrace-of-Colombia-signals-Western-insecurities-about-China-in-Latin-America-480x320.jpg)
With Chinese investment and influence in Latin America on the rise, NATO and the U.S. welcomed Colombia into NATO’s global partnership, the first Latin American country to join. In May, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos… Keep Reading
![Image Trump tariffs miss the mark on why some U.S. industries are failing [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Trump-tariffs-miss-the-mark-on-why-some-U.S.-industries-are-failing-480x320.jpg)
The Trump administration’s heavy tariffs on iron and steel will have very little impact on China, while punishing the industries of longtime U.S. allies. The problems of a failing U.S. steel industry will not be… Keep Reading
