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US Forced to Flee Afghanistan, Iraq and Now Syria

August 30, 2020

Multiple missile strikes carried out in recent weeks on American military facilities and overseas bases in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria indicate that a growing number of people living in countries tha…

Understanding International Relations – 2

August 28, 2020

Opinion

This article is a follow-up to : "Understanding International Relations (1/2)". A historical region, artificially divided Contrary to popular belief, no one really knows what the Levant, the Near East…

Robot Generals: Will They Make Better Decisions Than Humans — Or Worse?

August 27, 2020

Military

With Covid-19 incapacitating startling numbers of U.S. service members and modern weapons proving increasingly lethal, the American military is relying ever more frequently on intelligent robots to co…

The Politics of War: What is Israel’s Endgame in Lebanon and Syria?

August 17, 2020

Opinion

On August 4, hours before a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued an ominous warning to Lebanon. “We hit a cell and now we hit …

U.S. and China Will Not Go to War Before the Presidential Elections as Some Speculate

August 15, 2020

Opinion

Wang Yunfei, a recently retired Chinese naval officer announced online that U.S. President Donald Trump could launch a “controlled” military conflict with China in the South China Sea to increase his …

Towards a US-China War? The Creation of a Global Totalitarian System, A “One World Government”?

August 13, 2020

Opinion

If we step back from the details of daily headlines around the world and try to make sense of larger patterns, the dominant dynamic defining world geopolitics in the past three years or more is the ap…

War and Pandemic Journalism: The Truth Can Disappear Fast

August 10, 2020

Opinion

The struggle against Covid-19 has often been compared to fighting a war. Much of this rhetoric is bombast, but the similarities between the struggle against the virus and against human enemies are rea…

Americans, War – Slow Learners

August 9, 2020

Opinion

Nothing short of genius can account for losing so consistently given the enormous resources available to American forces. In light of this very low level of military competence, maybe wars are not our…