The Great Lie Behind Russia’s Victory Day
Russians believe their nation contributed more than any other to winning World War II. The uncomfortable truth is that Moscow actually started the war in 1939 as Nazi Germany’s ally.
Joseph Stalin
Replacing America
China’s Communists rulers intend to establish a new world order
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Murder in the Gulag
Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin’s only serious rival, has been eliminated
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America cannot ignore the Middle East
Despite calls to refocus American grand strategy towards Europe and Asia, events in Israel show that the United States cannot abandon its commitments in the Middle East.
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Reading the UNGA tea leaves
America’s enemies and adversaries reveal their intentions
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Will the Russia-Ukraine War lead to World War III?
So far, the conflict has remained within manageable bounds for the international community, but the prospect of further conflagration is not far off.
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The problem with Republican isolationism
Abandoning Ukraine is no way to make America great again
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Anniversary of a forever war
Seventy years ago, the Korean War didn’t quite end
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Cloak and Swagger
REVIEW: ‘Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West’ by Calder Walton
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Renewing NATO
Peace requires deterrence which requires military might
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Time to Stop Disruptive Russian-Serbian Machinations in the Balkans
While most of the West focuses on the war in Ukraine, Moscow and Belgrade are fueling the fires over Kosovo on eve of sensitive historic anniversary.
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Turn Russia’s paranoia against it: Fight back in the information war
A Russian bureaucrat and his wife are at home with their child. They’re disillusioned, asking themselves, “Is it the kind of life I dreamt of?” Then the man decides to contact the CIA. “We...
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The Stalinist approach to peacemaking
It’s simple, homicidal logic: No Israel, no problem
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Let’s turn the tables on Russia’s information warfare with some of our own
Vladimir Putin delivers an address every May 9 to celebrate Victory Day, which marks the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II — what Russians dub the “Great Patriotic...
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Hezbollah Is Missing from President Biden’s Corruption Agenda
Making global corruption a national security priority is the right decision. Recognizing Hezbollah’s systematic reliance on corruption to facilitate its illicit finance networks would make the White House strategy more effective.
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Let’s use jazz to push back against Russia — it once worked before!
I like to joke that I moved to the United States from my homeland of Serbia because of American “psychological warfare.” But it wasn’t shadowy CIA operations that won my “heart and mind.” It...
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The Axis of Tyrannies
It will present an enormous challenge to free nations
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Reading Putin’s mind
What must the Russian dictator be thinking?
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Anything goes
Extremist ideologies are proliferating
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Waging Psychological War Against Russia
The U.S. has a real opportunity to erode Putin’s propaganda.