by Andrew Moran | Feb 4, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Editor's Choice, Good Reads, Opinion
The international community has attempted to pummel Russia into submission amid its invasion of Ukraine. Many world leaders expected the Russian economy to suffer a collapse, but Moscow has been holding steady for the past year, with not too many signs of a financial...
by Dave Patterson | Sep 30, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
On Monday, September 26, underwater explosions in the Baltic Sea caused significant damage to the three existing Nord Stream pipelines carrying methane gas to Europe. Scientists looking at the data following the discovery of the pipeline breaks were quick to rule out...
by Dave Patterson | Sep 27, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Is what the United States says to Russia in private the same as what it says in public? Responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats that he would use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the Biden administration’s national security team has been making...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 30, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
When Putin said, in 2005, the fall of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, the US and NATO should have known the Russian president would try to reclaim the lost power. Despite Moscow’s presently stalled offensive...
by Dave Patterson | Apr 12, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Throughout the year before Russian combat forces invaded Ukraine, President Joe Biden’s administration was demonstrably reluctant to stand up to Moscow, even though at this moment in history the United States is the most powerful nation ever. If not willing to...