Breaking free from China: A three-part plan for American critical materials sovereignty
The United States remains heavily dependent on Communist China for raw materials crucial for manufacturing civilian and defense technology. Previous...
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Terror In Spain
With Clare Lopez, Joseph Humire, Bille Gertz and Matthew Brodsky CLARE LOPEZ, Vice President for Research & Analysis at the...
Trouble in the Balkans?
With Gordon Chang, Kevin Freeman, Steven Bucci and Luis Fleischman GORDON CHANG, Forbes.com Columnist, World Affairs Journal Blogger, The Daily...
Clinton and Trump Should Insist that Obama Withdraw from the TPP
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don’t agree on much but they seem aligned against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. Mrs....
Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia Agree to Anti-Piracy Patrols
Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines agreed on Thursday May 5, 2016 to conduct coordinated maritime patrols after several ship hijackings...
U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Iraq While Advising Peshmerga Forces
At 9:30 AM on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, a United States (US) serviceman, identified as a U.S. Navy Seal, was...
U.S. and Philippine Military Exercise Angers China
The United States (US), Australia, and the Philippines have gathered to conduct annual military exercises as a show of force...
Singapore Revises Counter Terrorism Plan in Wake of Impending Threat
Last Friday Singapore Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugum announced new changes that would harden the country's counter terrorism law. His...
Australian Navy Prevents Cache of Weapons from Reaching Somalia
The Australian Navy seized a fishing vessel carrying 2,000 arms and ammunition off the coast of Somalia. The fishing vessel...
American and Iraqi’s Special Forces Capture IS Senior Chemical Weapons Specialist
Sleiman Daoud al-Afari, a top chemical weapons specialist for the Islamic State (IS) who was captured by U.S. Special Forces...
Algerian Nuclear Deal Shows Russia Renewed Influence in Africa
To escape a floundering economy, repeated sanctions, and currency crisis Russia has its eyes set on Africa's energy sector. Diplomats...
Greece’s Downfall: Economics, Refugees, and Terrorists
On February 14, 2016, Greek police arrested three Iraqi men in Alexandropolis in northern Greece near the Turkish border. The...
Australia: The Funding Capital for the Islamic State in Southeast Asia
In the aftermath, of the Jakarta, Indonesia terrorist attacks, investigators began to investigate a suspicious money trail that lead all...
How Shi’ite Militias Are Turning Iraq into Kidnapping Hunting Grounds
On January 16, armed Shi'ite militia kidnapped three American contractors from an apartment in Baghdad's southeastern Dora district. The group's...
Kenyan military accused of corruption and side business deals with al-Shabaab
A report published by Kenyan advocacy group Journalists for Justice alleges that corrupt elements in the Kenyan military forces deployed...
Not A Great Start At The 45th General Assembly Of The Organization of American States
As the Organization of American States (OAS) gathered in Washington for its 45th annual General Assembly (GA) on June 15...