by Dave Patterson | Jul 19, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
China and Russia are up to mischief in the Indo-Pacific again, this time with their Northern/Interaction-2023 joint exercise. Since the two super adversaries of the United States made their BFF agreement, waters around Taiwan and Japan have become a military...
by Graham J Noble | Jul 13, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Law, Opinion
On July 12, FBI Director Christopher Wray declined to answer a lot of questions from House Judiciary Committee Republicans on Capitol Hill – and a few from Democrats, too. His recalcitrance can be explained in different ways, some of which are more legitimate than...
by Dave Patterson | Jul 10, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
As the war in Ukraine continues, the Kyiv government is running low on artillery ammunition. As a stopgap measure, President Biden has approved cluster bombs, or cluster bomb units (CBU), as part of the latest military aid package to Ukraine. Not everyone agrees this...
by Dave Patterson | Jul 9, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
The prisoner swap seems to be the only useful rapport connecting the United States and Russia. Last year, the Biden administration put on a full-court press to swap a prominent US professional woman basketball player held in a Moscow prison on drug charges for Russian...
by Dave Patterson | Jun 28, 2023 | Articles, International, Opinion
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed attempt to move on Moscow to address his Wagner Group’s grievances leaves a stability vacuum and many questions. On June 24, the Wagner Group, a private military company, occupied the Russian army headquarters of Rostov-on-Don and...