by Dave Patterson | Dec 30, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Tensions between China and its neighbors show no signs of easing. On the contrary, for both Taiwan and Japan the Beijing threat looms large on the horizon. Consequently, it should be no surprise to People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) President Xi Jinping...
by Dave Patterson | Oct 27, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Recent warnings from the US chief of naval operations (CNO) that China could invade Taiwan as early as 2022 or 2023 do not square with the lack of urgency implicit in President Joe Biden’s National Security Strategy (NSS). Whereas the NSS addresses the...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 20, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
As summer comes to an end, it has been the best of times and worst of times for President Joe Biden. From checking off a list of progressive goodies in his Build Back Better agenda to plummeting energy prices, it looked like Biden and the Democrats were cruising to a...
by Dave Patterson | Sep 20, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
President Joe Biden forgot about the “strategic ambiguity” Taiwan policy – again. In a CBS 60 Minutes interview, the chief executive was asked if US armed forces would defend the independent island against a Chinese invasion. Biden answered that if such an...
