by Dave Patterson | Sep 10, 2022 | Articles, Exclusive Member, Good Reads, International, Opinion
The question of the day for inside-the-beltway national security pundits is whether Ukraine can win the war against the unprovoked invasion by Russia. Many commentators are skeptical the Kyiv government forces can defeat Moscow’s invading army. However, in a...
by Dave Patterson | Sep 7, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Beijing and Moscow have let the world know they are prepared to make space a new battleground. The US Department of Defense is taking the threats above the earth’s atmosphere seriously. On Sept. 6-7, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Under Secretary...
by Dave Patterson | Sep 7, 2022 | Articles, Exclusive Member, Military Affairs, Opinion
While the Biden administration desperately strives to cut a nuclear deal with Iran, the Tehran government continues to acquire advanced weapons technology. “Despite loose economic sanctions placed on Tehran by the West, the Iranian government has not stopped...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 29, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Eschewing provocation and avoiding confrontation as national security policy is neither a sound nor sustainable Ukraine strategy. The Biden administration is quick to invoke deterrence as a bulwark against Russia, but deterrence is of no value without two critical...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 23, 2022 | Articles, Exclusive Member, Military Affairs, Opinion
Recently, a Washington, DC, newspaper published a 10,000-word essay on the Ukraine crisis entitled, “Road to war: US struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion,” by Shane Harris, Karen DeYoung, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Ashley Parker, and...