The Ukrainian Military: From Degradation to Renewal
In August 2015, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense officially launched a comprehensive effort to overhaul the country’s armed forces...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Ukrainian Military: From Degradation to Renewal
A nation must think before it acts.
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Out“Foxed”: The Vulpine Network Keeps Swinging and Missing at the Carter Page FISA Applications
Much has been said and written about the initial (and three subsequent) applications used to obtain authority under the...
Inexorable Changes in U.S. Foreign Policy?
It seems to be an article of faith among many members of the U.S. foreign policy community that, whenever...
The Big Squeeze: Beijing’s Anaconda Strategy to Force Taiwan to Surrender
Much overlooked in continuing discussions about arms sales and what kind of strategy Taiwan should employ to counter an...
Saudi Arabia’s New Realism in Iraq
Many analysts have attempted to explain the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s outreach to post-2003 Iraq as a desire for...
Reversing Pension Policy in Russia…Again
About a month after Vladimir Putin’s re-election as President of the Russian Federation in March 2018, Prime Minister Dmitry...
The FISA Court’s Essential Purpose
Although memories fade, there are still those of us who remember the remarkable congressional hearings in the 1970s revealing...
The Brewing Battle over U.S. Troop Presence in Syria
The U.S. presently maintains a force of some 2,000 troops located mostly in the northeast of Syria. These units...
When Europe and Japan Move Ahead without the U.S.
Speculation about the outbreak of trade wars is high, as the Trump administration seemingly has no plans to deescalate...
How China Dictates the Rules of the Game
Recently, news coverage of Asia has focused on Donald Trump’s trade war against the People’s Republic of China (PRC)....