Diplomatic missions to the Middle East often face uncertainty – and Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s most...
Military Affairs
Austin’s Little Secret Exposed Pentagon’s Lack of Transparency
On Monday, Jan. 8, Defense Department spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder took the podium to speak to the Pentagon...
US Influence Wanes as China Encroaches in Gulf Region
Ever so deliberately, with a growing sense of relentless inevitability, China is replacing the US as the...
The Secret Absence of Secretary of Defense Austin
As the ramifications sink in regarding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's decision to keep his recent...
Top Pentagon Leader Missing in Action
The Pentagon was without a resident Defense Secretary for almost a week – and no one knew. According to reports...
US Air Strike Takes Out Iran-backed Militia Leader in Baghdad
Despite US military direct responses to Iran-backed militia attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria being...
Will History Repeat Itself in the Red Sea?
Perhaps puffed up with a false sense of invulnerability after 23 attacks on commercial vessels, Iran-backed...
Flawed Terrorist Watchlist Is as Messy as the Open Border
It's hard to miss the glaring contradiction in the US government's approach to immigration. On the one hand, Joe...
Biden Shows No Leadership in Worsening Red Sea Operation
The Biden national security team is learning a hard lesson the hard way. Forming an international force to patrol...