Former Director of Central Intelligence, and ACD Board member, R. James Woolsey, led the July 29th meeting prompted by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld of The American Center for Democracy. Mr. Woolsey was joined by Dr. Peter Pry, Director, Task Force on … [Read more...] about The Existential EMP Threat
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Obama’s “Successful” Foreign Policies
The Obama administration hardly regards itself to have failed at anything. In fact, it judges itself by its intentions, not by its results. Hillary Clinton, in her first major foreign policy speech in 2009, put the Obama approach on the table. To … [Read more...] about Obama’s “Successful” Foreign Policies
The Revolutionary Guard & The Iranian “Reformer”
As Rowhani is About to Assume the Presidency of Iran, The Spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards Talks About That Organization's Interaction with the Government, reads the analysis by The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information … [Read more...] about The Revolutionary Guard & The Iranian “Reformer”
U.S. Lost in the Mideast Swamp
The Obama Administration's Middle East policies - it would be foolhardy to call them "strategy" - would be ludicrous were they not so threatening to American interests, regional and world stability. The latest permutation is Washington's position … [Read more...] about U.S. Lost in the Mideast Swamp
The Weiner-Kebab & The New York City Mayorship
"There's no such thing as bad publicity" is a favorite saying of America's bad boys and girls. It used to mean that it wasn't so bad if one were accused of things that couldn't be proved. Being compelled to practice "plausible deniability" was … [Read more...] about The Weiner-Kebab & The New York City Mayorship
Egypt at a Crossroad, Again
It appears that exercising more patience and better judgment would have kept Egypt in the clutches of the Muslim Brotherhood and president Mohamed Morsi out of custody. Acting hastily to impose the Muslim Brotherhood's leadership on Egypt's … [Read more...] about Egypt at a Crossroad, Again
U.S. Sovereignty Under Attack
President Obama seems set on his way to carrying out his policy of zeroing the United States nuclear weapons capability as well as its sovereignty. Speaking at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin last month, he reiterated his commitment to a "nuclear zero" … [Read more...] about U.S. Sovereignty Under Attack
Time for Churchill’s “V or Victory”
Winston Churchill overcame many difficulties-even failures-to speak truth to power in the 1930s, warning about the growing existential threat to Great Britain-indeed all of Western Civilization; and when that truth became sufficiently apparent, to … [Read more...] about Time for Churchill’s “V or Victory”
The EU’s ‘Eureka’ Moment on the Jihadists
The news of Hezbollah's "military wing's" designation as a terrorist organization by the European Union made headlines in the U.S. and in Europe. The EU demands unanimity on such policy decisions. However, because only 22 of the 28 member states … [Read more...] about The EU’s ‘Eureka’ Moment on the Jihadists
Soccer: A Barometer of Europe’s Immigrants’ Integration
There are a myriad of national and international, public and private barometers of European immigrant integration. Most are statistical. There is, however, a burgeoning literature of anecdotal evidence that tells the story in more human and … [Read more...] about Soccer: A Barometer of Europe’s Immigrants’ Integration