President Donald Trump has canceled the planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong-un. This came after repeated complaints from North Korean officials and news organizations, the latest by a North Korean Deputy Foreign … [Read more...] about Trump Cancels Summit in Singapore as Kim’s Regime Totters
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Taiwan’s Submarines – New Thinking Needed*
Left: Photo of one of the two Hai Lung class submarines in service with the Taiwanese Navy. These subs are old and badly in need of a major overhaul. New subs would cost billions and take a decade to deliver. Photo: National Defense Ministry of … [Read more...] about Taiwan’s Submarines – New Thinking Needed*
Iran Between A Rock And A Hard Place While Living In Interesting Times
Left: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP. There is nothing going on in the world at this time that has the potential to affect … [Read more...] about Iran Between A Rock And A Hard Place While Living In Interesting Times
Iran’s Missles Attack on Israel Changes Strategic Landscape*
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Immortal Regiment in memory of Russian fighters who died in World War II, Israel was getting ready to retaliate for an Iranian rocket attack … [Read more...] about Iran’s Missles Attack on Israel Changes Strategic Landscape*
Labour’s Anti-Semitism
Hardly a single day goes by without an anti-Semitic smear issued by senior members of the Labour Party in Britain. But while many of its MPs protest against this form of racism, the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is part of the problem himself. We … [Read more...] about Labour’s Anti-Semitism
Protection of U. S. PNT Capabilities – No New GPS Satellites, Please! *
GPS capabilities can be protected against high power jamming sources to make them unjammable or practical purposes. Accuracy can be, simultaneously, improved. GPS III satellites are unnecessary and provide too little improvement over current … [Read more...] about Protection of U. S. PNT Capabilities – No New GPS Satellites, Please! *
Countering Political Islam’s Economic Warfare*
To survive the fast-spreading cancerous metastases of the Political Islamic movement, liberal democracies must adopt a wide range of immunotherapeutic methods to inoculate their national cultural, political, and economic systems to withstand … [Read more...] about Countering Political Islam’s Economic Warfare*
China: The Challenge Facing America and the Pacific*
I do not believe you can speak about the United States in the Pacific without an overall description of American Power as it looks in 2018. The United States is a superpower, meaning that in raw terms it is the most powerful nation-state in the … [Read more...] about China: The Challenge Facing America and the Pacific*
Middle East: Are we at an inflection point?*
The joint US/French/British attack on Syria’s chemical-warfare facilities was undoubtedly a proper response on the part of the three participants in the face of President Bashar al-Assad’s barbaric butchery of innocent civilians through the use of … [Read more...] about Middle East: Are we at an inflection point?*
The Presidents-For-Life Club*
In recent days President Xi of China and President Putin of Russia have become, in effect, presidents for life of two of the largest and most aggressive countries in the world. Both Russia and China in recent years have engaged in extensive … [Read more...] about The Presidents-For-Life Club*