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Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

As a rule military folk do the bidding of political grandees out of duty and honor, agree or not. But military history implies that...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

The framework seems sound; now let’s see what substance the Pentagon and Biden administration hang on it. Last month the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

This week I returned to the mothership for the first time in a dozen years, to take part in a conference at Vanderbilt University...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Of late there’s been a lively discussion in the halls of U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. (where I serve as the  J....

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Russian military is flying two prototype stealthy S-70 “hunter” drones expected to become operational by 2024, a significant and potentially concerning development for...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The heavy fighting for Bakhmut continues. The Wagner Group mercenary group continues to lead the offensive against the town. 

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Russia maintains more than 170 of the Cold War air-defense platforms, some of which have been modernized in recent years. However, the TOR-M1 also...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

As with her submarine fleet, Japan’s surface navy may not have the sheer numbers that China and North Korea boast. However, from a technological...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Yesterday’s decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 basis points rather than by 50 basis points was the right decision under the...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

“Mr. Biden essentially embraced the progressive’s modern monetary theory, which admittedly became universal amid the pandemic, positing that the U.S. government could print and...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

America is Going to Default This Summer – Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) wants to have a confab with President Joe Biden...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

French President Emmanuel Macron raised France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 – without a legislative vote. “The move sparked widespread outrage in the French...

The Embassy

The Embassy

You can definitely blame Trump for Russia if you want to – but citing Trump’s tendency to criticize US elections is a ridiculous way...

The Embassy

Russia’s decision to move nuclear weapons to Belarus will not make it significantly easier for Russia to use nuclear weapons in any European state. Russia already...

The Embassy

Iraq’s partners should maintain diplomatic and financial pressure upon the Sudani administration to unwind that grasp, but there are no shortcuts to power. Kadhimi’s...

The Embassy

On Saturday, March 18, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic met in Ohrid, North Macedonia for another round of dialogue...

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

China’s dramatic shift from draconian restrictions to relaxed COVID-19 rules is likely to cause more economic disruptions than benefits. The poorly performing economy will...

Coronavirus Chaos

This was the year the word “tripledemic” entered the lexicon. That’s the term for the three different types of illnesses, COVID-19, flu, and RSV,...

Coronavirus Chaos

Perhaps as many as 90% of China’s 1.41 billion people will come down with COVID-19, said Feng Zijian, former deputy chief of China’s Center...

Coronavirus Chaos

A new virus has emerged in China and infected around 35 people, sparking concern that a new pandemic could be on the way. Scientists...

Politics News

Politics

Jeb Bush’s pragmatic, technocratic approach—married to conventional conservative ideology—to governance that made him such a successful Florida governor also made him a failed presidential...

Politics

The presidency should be above partisanship when it comes to threats to ordinary Americans; however, Joe Biden seems to put partisanship before his role...

Politics

The Constitution says nothing about old age requirements for president – only that one must be at least 35 to lead the country from...

Politics

Whatever happens, the idea that someone like MTG is so close to American power centers, even for a moment, is concerning. 

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

In recent days it has been reported in the Chosun Ilbo (one of South Korea’s most widely read daily newspapers) that if North Korea...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong is at it again, making extreme threats. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Indo-Pacific commander, Adm. John Aquilino, reportedly said that...

Hermit Kingdom

On Thursday morning, North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea just days after Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim...

Hermit Kingdom

On March 6, Seoul announced a new plan for resolving the lingering dispute with Japan over compensation for South Koreans forced to labor for...