Showing posts with label National Security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Security. Show all posts
Friday, April 19, 2024

Yaroslav Trofimov, Our Enemies Will Vanish

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At Amazon, Yaroslav Trofimov, Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence . #CommissionEarned
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Witness Describes Moment When U.S. Army Private Travis King Crossed the Demilitarized Line Into North Korea (VIDEO)

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Following-up, " U.S. Army Soldier in North Korean Custody After Crossing Border 'Voluntarily' ." It turns out the kid was ...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

U.S. Army Soldier in North Korean Custody After Crossing Border 'Voluntarily'

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This is really bizarre. I'm still figuring out this story.  At the Wall Street Journal , " U.S. Soldier Held in North Korea After C...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Luke Harding, Invasion

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At Amazon, Luke Harding, Invasion: The Inside Story of Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival .
Sunday, April 9, 2023

Xi Jinping Says He Is Preparing China for War

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From John Pomfret and Matt Pottinger​, at Foreign Affairs , " The World Should Take Him Seriously ": Chinese leader Xi Jinping say...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

Epic Tank Battles in Ukraine

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Interesting piece. At the New York Times , " In an Epic Battle of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes ": A three-...

Biden Administration to Adopt Trump-Era Policy on Those Seeking Asylum in the U.S.

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This is actually an amazing story.  Sometimes policies have path dependence. Earlier policy choices can have powerful effects on what comes ...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

The Conversation About Ukraine Is Cracking Apart

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From Stephen Walt, at Foreign Policy , " What government officials are saying in public, and private, is fascinating—and full of contra...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Nuclear Weapons

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From Nina Tannenwald, at Foreign Affairs , " The Bomb in the Background ": In a major speech this week, Russian President Vladimir...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Chinese Air Balloon Exposes America's Humiliation (VIDEO)

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Background at WSJ , " U.S. Air Defenses Failed to Spot Earlier Chinese Balloon Intrusions, General Says ." And Tucker Carlson'...
Friday, February 3, 2023

Secretary of State Antony Blinken Cancels Trip to Beijing Over Chinese Spy Balloon (VIDEO)

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This is freaky cold war-level shit.  At the Wall Street Journal , " Blinken Trip to China Postponed After Suspected Spy Balloon Spotted...
Monday, January 16, 2023

In a First, South Korea Declares Nuclear Weapons a Policy Option

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Seoul could go nuclear in a heartbeat. Given the sketchy security situation in East Asia, I wouldn't blame them. At the New York Times ,...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Cold War II

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From Michael Lind, at the Tablet , " The U.S. is losing its economic advantage in a new era of global conflict ."
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Katie Pavlich: President Biden Has Yet to Answer the Question of Negotiations to End the War in Ukraine (VIDEO)

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It's diametrical opposites on Twitter this morning, with Real Conservatives ™ adamantly opposed to continued support or Zalensky and Ukr...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

COVID Chaos Unfolds in China

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At Der Spiegel , " From One Extreme to the Other: Chinese leadership abandoned its zero-COVID strategy practically overnight. The conse...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

The Perpetually Irrational Ukraine Debate

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From hardcore neorealist, Stephen Walt, of Harvard's Kennedy School, at Foreign Policy , " The war continues to be discussed in way...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Russia Nationalizes ExxonMobil's Holdings in Sakhalin-2 Oil and Gas Project at Sakhalin Island, Russia

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This should be front-page news everywhere.  ExxonMobil wrote down $3.4 billion relating to it's exit from the Sakalin-2 development.  I&...
Saturday, October 8, 2022

Crimea Bridge Explosion Disrupts Crucial Supply Route for Russian Forces (VIDEO)

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At the video, just after 10 seconds, the car was spared a direct hit, but the blast-shrapnel ignited the gas tank and blew up the vehicle. P...
Friday, October 7, 2022

Israel's Devastating Capitulation to Hezbollah

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From Caroline Glick : It is almost impossible to grasp the danger of Israel’s present moment. A month before the Knesset elections, the care...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Louise Mensch on Putin's War

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From September 16th, on Twitter : 1/ I don’t think this war, or Putin, are going to make it to next summer. in case you haven’t been paying...