Day: November 19, 2018

Be Warned – Pakistan Is Losing the Narrative War

November 19, 2018

All military Analysts, civilian observers, and professional soldiers now talk of hybrid warfare. The phrase got currency after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation when the US observers …

Hell Hath No Fury Like Raging California Wildfires

November 19, 2018

Opinion

Months of unprecedented California wildfires keep raging – the most destructive and deadly in state history, so far around 1.7 million acres destroyed. Through Saturday, 76 fatalities were reported, n…

Saudi Sports Diplomacy: A Mirror Image of the Kingdom’s Already Challenged Policies

November 19, 2018

Opinion

Saudi sports diplomacy is proving to be a mirror image of the kingdom’s challenged domestic, regional and foreign policies. Overlorded by sports czar Turki al-Sheikh, Saudi sports diplomacy, like the …

“It Will be a Cold War”: APEC Summit Ends in Unprecedented Chaos After Dramatic US-China Showdown

November 19, 2018

Opinion

One day after vice president Mike Pence and China's president Xi Jinping clashed after exchanging sharply worded barbs in a showdown between the two superpowers, on Sunday the annual Asia-Pacific Econ…

NATO’s Greatest Enemy is Itself

November 19, 2018

Opinion

Accidents happen. For Norway at the conclusion of NATO’s Trident Juncture 2018 military exercises, such an accident occurred with its Lockheed Martin Aegis-equipped frigate, HNoMS Helge Ingstad. After…

Three Cheers for the Queen of the United States of America

November 19, 2018

Opinion

President Donald Trump has one ace up his sleeve if worse comes to worst. Many people in America would gladly support First Lady Melania Trump for the new position as Queen of the United States. The s…

Why the U.S. Military is Woefully Unprepared for a Major Conventional Conflict

November 19, 2018

Opinion

Introduction In the Department of Defense authored summary of the National Defense Strategy of the United States for 2018, Secretary James Mattis quite succinctly sets out the challenges and goals of …

Why This Planet Is Becoming Uninhabitable

November 19, 2018

Opinion

There are now overt indications that this planet is becoming uninhabitable. Not only are increasing numbers of humans migrating from near the Equator, northward toward nations that have more temperate…