In the past couple of weeks, nearly every one of my peers in the community of analysts – Russia watchers has weighed in on Russia’s possible plans to invade Ukraine. We have been given detailed breakdowns of the forces and equipment which Russia has moved...
The top official in the Biden administration working on the Middle East gets something important very wrong. Brett McGurk said this last week:And when it came to military force for behavior change, that is a pretty fuzzy objective for a military force. When it comes...
Kiev’s aggressive rhetoric about using the American-made Javelin anti-tank missile systems in Donbass, as well as accusations of Russia’s invasion plans, creates an explosive situation and encourages the escalation of conflict. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the...
Two weeks from yesterday marks 80 years since the Congress last issued a declaration of war as required by Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to declare war. Invoked to launch or defend against wars 3 times in the 19th...
Walter Russell Mead tries his hand at being a conspiracy theorist:Our adversaries – and some of our allies as well as several American policy makers and commentators – believe that a polarized America is locked into decline and retreat. This is not, the revisionist...
Once again, NATO is conducting a rather dangerous maneuvers in Eastern Europe with the aim of provoking Russia. Latvia is the new military drill arena for the Western Alliance, with the country receiving troops from across the Atlantic for a military event called the...
NBC News reports on the bankrupt “Plan B” options being considered by the Biden administration if nuclear talks in Vienna aren’t successful:As Iran and world powers prepare to resume negotiations next week on reviving a nuclear deal, the U.S. and its allies are...
A friend in Montreal, whose partner is a teacher, recently messaged me:"My wife, who sat through the Grade 4 virtual Remembrance Day activity organized by the school board described what it was like: The students watched two soldiers walk around a military base...
Richard Haass dismisses negotiations in Vienna to salvage the nuclear deal, and then makes this assertion:And even if they do [succeed], any agreement will not resolve Iran’s push for regional primacy – or for nuclear weapons.If Iran were seeking “regional primacy,”...
On COI #189, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – talk about increasing tensions in Eastern Europe and the Persian Gulf. Kyle covers the refugee crisis on the border shared by Poland and Belarus. Washington and their European allies...
