Why China-Taliban cooperation could be derailed by the Uyghur issue
Beijing is concerned that the new de facto government in Afghanistan might encourage Muslim separatists in the People’s Republic to...
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Chinese Communist Party’s COVID-19 pandemic is America’s new 9/11
For nearly the past twenty years, Americans have kept vigilant against a horrific attack like the one that happened on...
The only way back to deterrence is firing Biden’s entire national security team
America needs experts who can reverse the damage Biden is doing to our national security and will stand up to...
Tunisian revolt against Islamists marks the beginning of their end in the country
Tunisian President Kais Saied's appointment of a new head for Tunisian National Security and a commander for the National Guard...
Outer space is a unique military domain, with no earthly analogy
The Secretary of Defense signed an unclassified memorandum on July 9, 2021 directing the Department of Defense to perform DoD...
Lessons never learned
The establishment, having failed to win a counterinsurgency abroad and a culture war at home, opted to export the culture...
Biden’s weakness will result in aggression
Biden’s rhetoric and proclaimed compassion is meaningless as bad actors pay attention to action. Biden’s incompetence has made the world...
New energy dynamics: The decline of OPEC, the rise of the US—and of the Eastern Mediterranean
As global commerce reemerges from the pandemic, new patterns of energy consumption, supply, and sourcing are becoming clear. Some are...
History lesson – Biden is Obama 3.0 on embracing Jihadists
"Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!" An unforgettable line from the classic movie Patton. George C. Scott, in the...
‘Strategic confusion’ in Afghanistan
Special inspector general says “every agency experienced annual lobotomies” for 20 years. A new inspector general report eviscerates the entire...
The US military forgot the lessons of Vietnam in Afghanistan and Iraq
Kabul has fallen. American foreign policy and military doctrine are in disarray. But it didn’t have to be this way. After Vietnam, the...
The price of Biden’s betrayal
It took a couple of days for US President Joe Biden to interrupt his vacation at Camp David and address...
Afghanistan evacuation nightmare should be a wake-up call
The Biden Administration’s April 14th announcement of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan prior to the twentieth anniversary of September 11, 2001...
What happens in Afghanistan doesn’t stay in Afghanistan
George Orwell wrote ‘the quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.’ The Biden administration tried that idea...
A collective NSC has to replace Biden as a singular commander in chief
Some of President Joe Biden's much-touted interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos was edited away, apparently because Biden was obstreperous and...
The Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan: A win for Russia, China and Iran?
Tehran, Doha, Moscow, and Beijing are profiting from the collapse of the Afghan government. Bad actors are lining up to...