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The Embassy

Just as Russia’s erstwhile strongman Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s great leader with cup in hand, the Levada Center, a respectable Moscow-based polling...

The Embassy

Much angst is being expressed over the fact that the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are off track. UN Secretary General António Guterres...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Russian military has been able to stall the unfolding Ukrainian counteroffensive in southern Ukraine and the Donbas.

Politics

Gen. Brown’s testimony before the Senate rings hollow. His actions and words while serving as chief of staff show that he is anything but...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks set defense commentators aflutter last month when she announced “Replicator,” an initiative meant to field “small, smart, cheap” uncrewed,...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Endorsed! This month over at the Naval Institute Proceedings, coastguardsman Steve Hulse urges the U.S. Navy to procure a flotilla of Sentinel-class fast response cutters...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

The odds still favor Russia, both by Moltkean logic and by virtue of Russia’s massive demographic, economic, and military preponderance over Ukraine. But combatants...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

There’s already some evidence that using littoral combat ships in this manner yields strategic advantage in the gray zone.

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

In terms of structure, the B-21 Raider appears to be very similar to its B-2 predecessor since both use a flying wing design.

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Washington and Beijing and racing to get next-generation airframes on the runway for their respective air forces. The PRC has dangled its incoming H-20...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Photography of the ultra-sleek B-21 Raider, America’s newest stealth bomber, is beginning to emerge – raising questions about the future of the US bomber fleet....

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

While the J-20 is a capable aircraft in its own right, U.S. planners and military leadership currently appear unconcerned that it has the capabilities...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

After some alarming new numbers about rising child poverty, some are wishing for the return of a temporary policy from early on in the...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Donald Trump describes the idea of a tariff on essentially all imports to the U.S. as a “ring around the U.S. economy,” but such...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

In 2019, I met with a group affiliated with the United States Trade Representative and a handful of elected officials who were the loudest...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under the leadership of Lina Khan, has essentially gone to war against U.S. big tech. In the center of...

The Embassy

The Embassy

As far back as this January, Russian planners realized that Moscow was wide open to drone attacks. Ukraine had been building small drones from...

The Embassy

Videos depicting the aftermath of a missile attack in Russian-controlled Crimea have made headlines, following a wide-scale Ukrainian-launched barrage in the region.

The Embassy

Like many sad stories with unpredictable endings, the U.S. – Iran saga begins with the famous first words spoken by the Islamic Republic: “death...

The Embassy

The Kim-Putin Summit probably indicates that the Biden administration’s change of heart on North Korea was too little and too late.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, does not believe that federal mask mandates will return even...

Coronavirus Chaos

There has been just enough distance and peace from COVID-19 restrictions and paranoia to let the horrible memories of those terrible two years fade...

Coronavirus Chaos

Kirillov didn't just suggest that the United States was responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic but also claimed that the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and...

Coronavirus Chaos

For much of this year, it looked like the COVID-19 pandemic was finally over. But in recent weeks, there have been signs of a...

Politics News

Politics

Is AOC Married? House Ethics Committee filings on behalf of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC, D-N.Y., raise the question of whether or not the...

Politics

In a recent article from The People’s Voice, an audacious claim is made: President Joe Biden was purportedly replaced by an actor in 2019...

Politics

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has bandied the phrase “culture of corruption” a lot even before he kicked off formal impeachment proceedings against President Joe...

Politics

When he was elected in 2020, I firmly believed Joe Biden was a placeholder for a Kamala Harris presidency. Biden was considered old back...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

The Biden team believes it can shame North Korea into being a responsible actor. But Kim cares not about international prestige but about survival,...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will reportedly travel to Vladivostok this month to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pair appears to be...

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korean navy has grown even more dangerous over the last few years, creating more problems for the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region.

Hermit Kingdom

We are thus witnessing a new type of relationship between North Korea and Russia. Moscow provides resources and foodstuffs badly needed in North Korea,...