by Dave Patterson | May 8, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs
The combat commander charged with defending the U.S. against a nuclear attack provides the sobering assessment that for the first time in its history, “the U.S. faces two nuclear-capable strategic peer competitors at the same time, Russia and China.” A recent Liberty...
by Caroline Adana | Apr 23, 2021 | Articles, Climate Change
At a White House virtual global summit, President Joe Biden declared that the United States would cut its carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2030. “It’s a moral imperative,” he said. His commitment was lauded worldwide, but is it a good idea? Is it a realistic goal?...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, International, Military Affairs, Politics, Social Issues
Was it vital to defeating Japan and ending World War II in the Pacific to use the devastating power of nuclear weapons to wipe out two Japanese cities? That is the question that media pundits and geopolitical policy wonks ask each year in August. The United States and...
by Dave Patterson | Jul 23, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics
In the 1964 movie Fail Safe, Dr. Groeteschele explains to a fellow guest at a social gathering: “Face facts, Mr. Foster. We’re talking about war. I say every war, including thermonuclear war, must have a winner and a loser. Which would you rather...
by Mark Angelides | Apr 27, 2018 | International
The leaders of North and South Korea, Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-In have concluded their historic meeting and left the world shocked at what may be the beginning of real and lasting peace in the peninsula. The Inter-Korea summit has been both eagerly anticipated and...
