Chemical Terrorism - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Last August when President Obama announced the successful elimination of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, he went on the call on the Assad regime to "follow through on its promise to destroy remaining chemical … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, October 12-17, 2014
Ukraine
Weekly Briefing, October 6-10, 2014
Countering BioTerrorism - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Bio-terrorism dates back to the New Stone Age. The Scythians (7th century BC – 4th century AD), the Gauls (Celtic people, 5th century BC – 3rd century AD), the ancient Romans (first and second centuries … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, October 6-10, 2014
Weekly Briefing, September 28-October 4, 2014
Left: Iraqi Shiite fighters wearing explosive belts Jihad is Jihad is Jihad and It's Deadly - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The ISIS announcement of American aid worker, despite his conversion to Islam. Former Army Ranger Peter Edward Kassig, now … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, September 28-October 4, 2014
Weekly Briefing – September 14-20, 2014
Immoral Equivalent - Daphne Netanyahu - There is a reason that criminal law – not just in Israel but the world over – does not define a criminal offense solely by the damage it caused. Judging the morality or immorality of war according to the number … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – September 14-20, 2014
Weekly Briefing – September 6-12, 2014
The Jihadist Plague on the March - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Al Qaeda’s attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, on September 11, 2001, signaled the beginning of the spreading of the global jihadist plague. The deliberate dismissal of growing … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – September 6-12, 2014
Weekly Briefing – August 30-September 6, 2014
The Religion of War - Rachel Ehrenfeld - American and European leaders are “shocked” that the Islamic State (IS) barbarians beheaded two American reporters, Steven J. Sotloff and James Foley. Their “shock” is disingenuous and troubling. They react as … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – August 30-September 6, 2014
Creation of a Prosperous Economy and A Just Society in Ukraine*
This was originally presented as a speech at the US-Ukraine Energy-Security Fusion Dialog in Kyiv on August 27, 2014. The famous sociologist and former president of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, when asked why, with all its abundant natural … [Read more...] about Creation of a Prosperous Economy and A Just Society in Ukraine*
NATO, EU Face Acid Test
Left: Infographic: Map locating clashes between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces created on August 31, 2014. (Reuters) One of the iconic photographic images of recent decades was the film of a young Chinese man standing in front of … [Read more...] about NATO, EU Face Acid Test
Saving NATO
It was one great historical irony that when NATO’s famous Article 5 – an attack on any member is an attack on all and demands their assistance – was invoked, it would be not in the aid of the European states for which the Treaty was designed but for … [Read more...] about Saving NATO
Weekly Briefing – August 24-29, 2014
ACD NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT -- “The ACD/EWI ability to predict future threats is second to none.” – R.James Woolsey, former CIA Director. The latest news about hacking into JPMorgan Chase and other banks’ databases should have not surprised ACD Blog … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – August 24-29, 2014