Left: A sailor of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy aboard the aircraft carrier Liaoning. (REUTERS/XINHUA) From Newport to New Delhi, a tremendous effort is currently underway to document and analyze China’s pursuit of maritime power. Led … [Read more...] about Countering Chinese Expansion Through Mass Enlightenment*
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The Nobel Appeasement Prize
Left: Jubilant Cuban President Raul Castro (center) celebrates Colombian President Santos' ( left), handshake on the agreement brokered with the FARC leader Timoleon (right). By bestowing the Peace Prize on Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, for … [Read more...] about The Nobel Appeasement Prize
Obama’s Refugee Screening Default*
* The article was published in the American Thinker, on September 26, 2016. One hot-button issue in the first Presidential debate will be the Syrian and other refugees that are allowed into the country. The vetting process of asylum seekers for … [Read more...] about Obama’s Refugee Screening Default*
The U.S. and China’s Asian Infrastructure Development Bank
Using economics as a tool of foreign policy to sanction or to provide aid to control another country’s behavior is nothing new. Take the Chinese, for example; the Chinese Communist Government, long an opponent of international agreements that it did … [Read more...] about The U.S. and China’s Asian Infrastructure Development Bank
“Jewish Voice for Peace” Joins “Black Lives Matter” in Defaming Israel
Jewish Voice for Peace, a new anti- Israeli Jewish group joins Black Lives Matter in a new blood-libel claiming Israel abuses blacks, not just Arabs. The anti-Israel BDS movement never tires from trying new methods to de-legitimize and bully the … [Read more...] about “Jewish Voice for Peace” Joins “Black Lives Matter” in Defaming Israel
Neutralizing the Active Shooter: A New Technology Solution*
One of the great risks we face today is what the FBI called the "active shooter" threat. The FBI has been working on this problem for some time, but meanwhile -despite their good efforts- the active shooter problem remains a threat without a good … [Read more...] about Neutralizing the Active Shooter: A New Technology Solution*
U.S. Nuclear Deterrent to North Korea
Can the United States provide sufficient help to offset the growing North Korean and Chinese threat to the independence and security of South Korea and Japan? It can. It should put Pershing missiles in both countries. How should the U.S. respond to … [Read more...] about U.S. Nuclear Deterrent to North Korea
The Balkans ISIS Training Grounds
Left: An entrance to the Bosnian village of Gornja Maoca decorated with ISIS signs, January 26, 2015. Reuters - The individuals involved with the January and the November 2015 attacks in Paris, the June 2016 attack at Atatűrk International Airport … [Read more...] about The Balkans ISIS Training Grounds
Israel Steers Clear of Europe and U.S. Social Alienation*
Not nearly enough attention is being paid to a social phenomenon that is sweeping through Europe and the US. Great swaths of the population are becoming, or more accurately have already become totally alienated from the political, economic and social … [Read more...] about Israel Steers Clear of Europe and U.S. Social Alienation*
Black Lives Matter, Hamas and the BDS Movement
In October 2014, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (a clearinghouse for the International Solidarity Movement) ended their Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) organizing conference against Israel in San Diego, California. At the … [Read more...] about Black Lives Matter, Hamas and the BDS Movement