by Dave Patterson | Sep 21, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
In what appears to be a move of desperation, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called up 300,000 reservists to be sent to Ukraine after Kremlin forces have been getting the worst of the war they started. In a break-of-day television address to the Russian people on...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 12, 2022 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Western leaders vowed that sanctions and financial restrictions would cripple the Russian economy and force President Vladimir Putin to rethink his aggression in the region. Yet after half a year of military conflict, Moscow’s economic...
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 | 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 3, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Severing a relationship with the United States lasting more than two decades, the Kremlin notified NASA last month Russia would be withdrawing in 2024 from further participation in the International Space Station (ISS). The United States and Russia are not on the...
