We live in a continuously changing, increasingly dangerous world that threatens our core freedoms and our lives. America has just elected a new President. Unlike many, we at the ACD do not speculate on which of the many domestic and foreign security … [Read more...] about The Prerequisite To Making America Great Again
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The U.S. Needs To Protect Taiwan
China has been pushing back after President-elect Trump's policy -shattering phone call with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, demanding that the Taiwanese President not be allowed to transit the United States through New York on her way to a Latin … [Read more...] about The U.S. Needs To Protect Taiwan
Winning the Cyber-War Under Trump
Six action steps to replace the Obama administration's mostly failed efforts on cyber security - An overflowing plate of urgently needed new policies to act upon will be waiting on President Donald J. Trump's desk when he takes office on January 20, … [Read more...] about Winning the Cyber-War Under Trump
Which Refugees to Accept?
President-Elect Donald Trump is right. Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the Somali refugee who went on a Palestinian-inspired jihad-rampage with a car and a knife, wounding 11 people at Ohio State University last Monday, “should not have been in our … [Read more...] about Which Refugees to Accept?
Arabia Moves to Bosnia: The implications of the Middle-Eastern influx into Central Bosnia
The past several years have witnessed a development likely to have significant implications for the future of Bosnia and southeastern Europe as a whole—the emergence of central Bosnia as a target for large-scale Middle-Eastern investment. Bosnia, … [Read more...] about Arabia Moves to Bosnia: The implications of the Middle-Eastern influx into Central Bosnia
Obama’s Iranian Cash Laundromat*
Left: Pallets Of Cash! $400 Million Dollars From The U.S Photo, released by Iran State TV. I was wrong! In early 2013, my article “The American Babe In The Iranian Wood,” noted, “President Obama and his administration’s incomprehensible handling of … [Read more...] about Obama’s Iranian Cash Laundromat*
Russian Mediterranean “Aircraft Cruiser” – A Fiasco
Russia’s experience with aircraft carriers and on-deck fighter aircraft has been expensive, frustrating and has not helped Russia project power. About the only thing so far demonstrated is the gullibility of the Western press in its alarmist … [Read more...] about Russian Mediterranean “Aircraft Cruiser” – A Fiasco
A Grand Strategy For Winning World War IV*
Western Civilization Versus Radical Islam In 1910 British author Norman Angell proclaimed the end of war in his enormously popular book THE GREAT ILLUSION. Angell’s thesis was that increasing globalization and economic interdependence of the great … [Read more...] about A Grand Strategy For Winning World War IV*
The U.S. Economic Power
Depending on how one crunches the numbers, China’s economy has either already surpassed, in size, that of the United States, or will do so in a within a couple of years. According to data from the World Bank, it is the former, China’s nominal GDP … [Read more...] about The U.S. Economic Power
‘Medical’ Marijuana a Con
As the former Drug Czar under President Ronald Reagan, with an extensive background in marijuana research, I thought I should share some of my thoughts about 'medical' marijuana. From 1970 to 1981, I held various positions at the Research Institute … [Read more...] about ‘Medical’ Marijuana a Con