Last week President Trump signed an Executive Order providing for the seizure of assets of any person or corporation – American or foreign – determined to be abusing human rights or engaging in corruption. In theory, this means if a Chinese employee of Apple bribes a...
US spy satellites have detected Chinese oil sales to North Korean ships in violation of UN Security Council sanctions. Will the US demand to board Chinese ships in international waters? Escalation? And why these sanctions in the first place? Does the US and UN really...
After opposing escalation with Russia over Ukraine as a candidate, President Trump made the surprising decision to begin supplying Ukraine with lethal arms this week. The neocons are pleased but urge him to allow even more weapons. What's the reason for the flip-flop?...
A week after Secretary of State Tillerson made -- then retracted -- an offer to talk with North Korea without preconditions, President Trump's National Security Advisor, H.R. McMaster, told the media yesterday that the US was ready to "compel" North Korea to give up...
US Ambassador to the UN made a big show of holding a press conference to demonstrate an "Iranian" missile that the Houthis in Yemen fired onto Saudi territory as an example of Iran's violation of the JPCOA agreement. It was a scene reminiscent of then-Secretary of...
The "European Defense Initiative" was launched after the US-backed coup in Ukraine to counter Russian "aggression" in the region. Its budget has quintupled to nearly $5 billion next year. Hundreds of millions will be spent to rebuild military bases in eastern Europe....
On Monday, President Trump is expected to release the new National Security Strategy for the United States. Will it rein in some of the global adventurism of the Bush and Obama presidencies? Will it correct the gaping disconnect between what the White House says about...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told an audience at the Atlantic Council this week that the US is ready for direct talks with North Korea without preconditions. This seems to be a major shift for the Trump Administration, however the US president's spokesperson...
With ISIS defeated in Syria, Russian President Putin announced this week that he was withdrawing the bulk of Russian military equipment and personnel. Russian assistance was requested by the Syrian government as ISIS and al-Qaeda appeared poised to take control of the...
Are they really going to audit the Pentagon? That's what the new Comptroller has promised. Will they find the estimated $6 trillion the Pentagon itself admits is missing? Don't hold your breath! More likely it will be another example of the government covering up...
