Pyongyang

What would Joe Biden do?

Vis-à-vis Moscow and Tehran, Trump should do the opposite

Russia, Hamas, and China: Three reasons Turkey shouldn’t get the F-35

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears eager to impress Washington and Brussels at the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey, with Ankara undertaking robust preparations and Turkish officials trumpeting Erdogan’s...

Axis of Aggressors

Kim Pushes for Faster North Korean Defense Buildup With Russia’s Help

Kim Jong Un is interested in “overtaking the world,” according to his speech at the Second Plenum of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which was held from June...

Showcasing Growing Ties, Xi Engages in Rare Visit to North Korea

In a rare visit to the Hermit Kingdom, Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping sought to bring North Korea out of the cold. Xi visited North Korea on June 8-9 for the first time in seven years, holding...

Distrust and verify  

The Beijing summit was pageantry; Xi’s ambitions are not

Russian security assistance is creating problems on the Korean Peninsula

In a unique episode of father-daughter bonding, Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter, Kim Ju Ae, observed a ballistic missile test on April 19 in which North Korea launched five missiles with...

What would Thomas Jefferson do?  

America’s third president understood that jihadis don’t make good deals

Iran’s Support for Russia and Lessons Learned from Ukraine

The U.S. military can clear mines but not minds

Though Tehran’s capabilities are being degraded, its theology persists

Know thine enemy

The “great, proud people of Iran” are not among them

The case for wars of choice 

The alternative is wars with our backs against the wall

A battle to make America great again

Guess who that’s making angry

U.S. B-2 Bombers Strike Iran as Israel Claims Air Superiority Over Tehran Skies

B-2 Strikes and Iranian Navy Struck: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on March 1 that the U.S. Air Force launched strikes against Iran utilizing B-2 Spirit stealth bombers....

Allies, Adversaries, and the Axis

U.S. Sees Korea as Potential Key To Supporting Taiwan

It looks like the United States Forces Korea (USFK) are getting a new mission without being relieved of any of their old responsibilities. On January 4, Nikkei Asia reported comments by the USFK commander...

All about Trump’s revised National Security Strategy

The good, the bad, and the conspicuously absent

China Keeps the Axis of Aggressors Afloat With Oil Imports

Beijing continues to import oil from key U.S. adversaries. According to TankerTrackers, China imported 8.31 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in October, only slightly lower than its September...

North Korean workers to make Russian drones, Ukrainian intel says

In addition to supplying munitions and troops to aid Russia’s war effort, North Korea is now providing thousands of workers to help Russia produce long-range one-way attack drones, Ukrainian military...

North Korea’s Cybercrime Threat Is Growing in Both Size and Sophistication

North Korean hackers have stolen more than $3 billion in the past three years, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on November 4. The department issued sanctions on two North Korean individuals based...