by Dave Patterson | May 30, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Beijing is committed to its Belt and Road Initiative and moving the project north. No one should be surprised. In its geopolitical hubris, Beijing believes it has rights in the Arctic similar to those countries that actually border the sea lanes and ice continent. The...
by Dave Patterson | May 24, 2023 | Articles, Intelligence, Opinion
President Joe Biden showed that he was willing to throw US solar panel manufacturers under the bus, putting at risk American businesses in favor of China. Now the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao is visiting the United...
by Dave Patterson | May 19, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
Global geopolitics is roiling as the Chinese-Russian collaboration intensifies, posing a threat to Europe and the Indo-Pacific. The expanding military alliance between two adversaries of the United States and its allies is more than troubling. Beijing’s attempts to be...
by Dave Patterson | May 18, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Beijing is on a rampage to dominate the United States and the rest of the West, both economically and militarily, and President Joe Biden has given the Chinese adversary one more advantage in its chilling cold war with America. Congress recently passed bipartisan...
by Dave Patterson | May 17, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
The Wagner Group is an often-vicious privately owned band of mostly Russian mercenaries with a wide range of military and quasi-military operations located throughout the world. Made up of retired or former special operation soldiers, regular army veterans, and, more...