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- Iran: Bombast, Revolt and Bombs - February 3, 2010
- In a recent propaganda rant, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed to deal "a telling blow against global arrogance" on Feb. 11, the day Tehran's malignant mullahs...
- Aiding Haiti - January 27, 2010
- The Pentagon announced on Jan. 26 that the U.S. military will begin to wind down its central role in Haitian relief efforts within the next three to six months. This...
- Corruption: The Global Disease - January 20, 2010
- The game hit the Internet on July 25, 2007. With a title reminiscent of a Bruce Lee epic or -- a much more dangerous allusion for Beijing bureaucrats schooled in...
- American Cyber-Security - January 13, 2010
- Computer-savvy crooks constantly probe America's premier financial institutions. The new generation of safecrackers doesn't need dynamite or drills, but uses digital...
- Two Big Stories in 2010 - January 6, 2010
- Two topics ought to rate persistent headlines in 2010: governmental corruption and cyber security. We know corruption is pervasive, a pan-human affliction, but in the...
- The Wages of Weakness - December 30, 2009
- Christmas Day 2009 witnessed another attempted terrorist attack on U.S. territory. Al-Qaida and its affiliates intend to spill American blood on American soil -- lots of...
- Peace, Justice and the Lord's Resistance Army - December 23, 2009
- For 16 years, the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) war with the Ugandan government has been a vicious and squalid conflict. Other wars plaguing the world feature mass...
- Predator War - December 16, 2009
- In November 2002, a Hellfire missile launched from a CIA-operated Predator hit a vehicle on a road in Yemen's Marib province. The strike killed six al-Qaida terrorists,...
- Cooling Hugo Chavez - December 9, 2009
- Last April during the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama shook hands with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Their greet-and-grip photo op had that street-smart flair...
- Triangulating Afghanistan - December 2, 2009
- President Barack Obama's "new" approach to Afghanistan is a surge in sheep's clothing. Robert Gibbs' woolly explanation prior to Obama's speech is illustrative: "What...
- On Cyber War - November 25, 2009
- At the height of its imperial power, "all roads led to Rome." The Latin capital, as the seat of government, center of commerce and central transportation hub, connected...
- Al-Qaida's Prospects - November 18, 2009
- Maj. Nidal Hasan's treachery and terror jolted Americans. As Hasan's attack demonstrates, al-Qaida and al-Qaida-influenced fanatics can strike and kill on American...
- Hasan's Treason - November 11, 2009
- One word aptly describes Ft. Hood mass murderer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan: traitor. Traitor is a tough word. It doesn't smudge and squish. "Traitor" draws a hard line, one...
- Cracking the Berlin Wall - November 4, 2009
- On Nov. 9, 1989, large crowds of German citizens from both East and West Berlin approached the Berlin Wall. At several border crossing points, East Berliners began...
- Building an Army Under Fire - October 28, 2009
- Maintaining a competent military organization is a challenge for wealthy nations, even in times of relative peace. Bureaucrats and politicians hijack budgets as...
- What Kind of Action in the World Justifies a Nobel Peace Prize? - October 14, 2009
- Action in the world ought to trump worlds evoked by words, especially when awarding a global prize allegedly recognizing sustained, courageous effort on behalf of peace...
- Afghanistan's Changing Battleground - October 7, 2009
- Eliminate commercial jet transports connecting continents, and the tangled tribal, economic, anarchic and ideological problems vexing Afghanistan become more localized...
- Sudan's Simmering North-South War - September 30, 2009
- Sudan's genocidal Darfur war still attracts international attention, and though large battles pitting national government troops against Darfur rebels are less frequent...
- Obama Lets Sphere of Influence Trump Sphere of Security - September 23, 2009
- When it came to acting on behalf of peace in the 21st century, the Obama administration weighed "sphere of influence" against "sphere of security" and came down solidly...
- Don't Damage the First Line of Defense - September 9, 2009
- Morale matters -- especially in a time of war. Morale even matters in an "overseas contingency operation," the hazy bureaucratic phrase the Obama administration sought...
- Two Septembers: 1939 and 2001 - September 2, 2009
- Unleashed in the early hours of Sept. 1, 1939, Germany's "lightning war" -- the blitzkrieg -- quickly pierced Poland's border forces and sliced through the Danzig...
- Mexico's Complex Free Trade Initiative - August 19, 2009
- Credit Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon, with vision and guts. In the midst of the Cartel War's vicious bloodletting, Calderon continues to pursue his "systemic...
- Strategic Twitter - August 12, 2009
- Iran's Information Age demonstrators, exploiting the capabilities of the social networking and "micro-blogging" service Twitter, surprised then threatened Iran's...
- Russo-Georgia One Year On: From Reset to Repeat? - August 5, 2009
- Is it reset or repeat? This past week's rhetorical exchanges between Russia and the Republic of Georgia is a definite reminder that the complex political, historical and...
- Remebering a Hungarian Freedom Fighter - July 29, 2009
- "I am now only an American professor," Gen. Bela Kiraly said with a grin. His grin was a survivor's grin -- a charming, elegant East European survivor with a sense of...
- Mumbai's Surprising Aftermath - July 22, 2009
- In November 2008, a terrorist assault team recruited and trained by the Islamist Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) terror organization attacked Mumbai, India, and murdered 166...
- China's Strategic Challenges Go Well Beyond the Uighurs - July 15, 2009
- Rioting last week between ethnic Han Chinese and ethnic Uighurs in China's Xinjiang Province left 180 people dead and 1,000 injured. Chinese police and paramilitary...
- Iran in Limbo - July 1, 2009
- As Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, Iran enters limbo, an uncertain yet perilous period of time separating anger-driven demonstrations from either bloody...
- Ballistic Missile Defense Dependence Day - June 24, 2009
- Call this coming July Fourth Dependence Day -- the day marking prudent and responsible America's realization that we do indeed depend on the diplomatic power and...
- Identifying Domestic Terrorists - May 27, 2009
- It took a couple of awkward weeks, but Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano finally issued a real apology to American military veterans. Recall in...
- Cyber Warfare: The Gray Zone Narrows - May 20, 2009
- The gray zone separating "cyber attacks" by hackers on computer and communications networks from war waged with bayonet, bomb or missile attacks is narrowing, and...
- Sri Lanka's Bitter Endgame - May 13, 2009
- Every day, rebel-controlled territory shrinks. The space for diplomacy is even smaller. After 26 years of vicious civil war on the island of Sri Lanka (known as Ceylon...
- Recalling May 1989 - May 6, 2009
- Hope. Bloodshed. Perseverance. Change. These powerful words provide a sketch of the Cold War, which in May 1989, when Hungary began opening the Austria-Hungarian border,...
- Epidemic of Fear - April 30, 2009
- The devastating epidemic is spread by dread, of course -- dread powered by distortion, gossip and sensationalist greed. The swine flu of 2009 is a threat, but another...
- Grab the Planet By the Throat - April 22, 2009
- Pirates, Iran's corrupt tyranny of mullahs and now international cyber attackers all seek to exploit economic and psychological choke points. Geography provides...
- Legalistic Nonsense Thwarts Anti-Pirate and Anti-Terror Efforts - April 15, 2009
- Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk-Alabama, combines discipline and courage with a cool and calculating mind. Likewise the three U.S. Navy SEAL snipers who --...
- Secretary Gates' Defense Budget Proposals - April 8, 2009
- The answer is no. Gates understands the importance of perseverance in war -- the weapon of spine, determination, will. Osama bin...
- Japan Rewrites North Korea's Script - April 1, 2009
- Elements of the outline are so formulaic they reduce to a bully's checklist. Close the North Korea-South Korea border with an angry huff? Check. Arrest...
- Flash Mobs, Tea Parties and Tocqueville - March 18, 2009
- A flash mob organizer might send four accomplices a message like this: Paint yourself blue and show up at Sixth and Congress in two hours. In concept, the...
- The North Korean Triangle - March 11, 2009
- Kim presides over a criminal state and an economic disaster. Exporting missile technology to thugocracies like Iran earns Kim some hard cash. Rumors...