In a new paper for the Cato Institute, Justin Logan gets to the heart of why US allies don’t take on a larger share of the burden for their own security: The only way to produce more equitable burdensharing is to make allies doubt the strength of the US commitment:...
A month ago I was asked by a retired U.S. lieutenant colonel in a private email correspondence whether Vladimir Putin would be announcing general mobilization in his State of the Union address on 21 February. I answered with full confidence that this was unfounded...
The US first imposed an economic embargo against Cuba on October 19, 1960, and made it largely airtight on February 7, 1962.After virtually controlling Cuba for 62 years upon grabbing it from Spain in the 1898 war, the US simply could not accept revolutionary leader...
On COI #391, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss the former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s comments that Washington is making the same mistakes it did in Afghanistan as a result of pouring tens of billions of dollars in aid and weapons...
Dennis Ross just can’t get enough saber-rattling against Iran:Instead, Blinken or President Joe Biden should announce that although the U.S. favors diplomacy for resolving the threat of the Iranian nuclear program, the Iranians continue to demonstrate that they don’t;...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.I entered the Air Force through ROTC and served for 20 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. I also taught for 15 years at both military and civilian colleges. As a retired military officer and as an...
On COI #390, Dave DeCamp and Kyle Anzalone discuss the Joe Biden White House escalating tensions with Russia and China. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
Bill Barr wants to attack Mexico:America can no longer tolerate narco-terrorist cartels. Operating from havens in Mexico, their production of deadly drugs on an industrial scale is flooding our country with this poison. The time is long past to deal with this outrage...
There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), founder of the Uhuru ("Freedom") Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government...
There’s something irrational about President Biden’s knee-jerk dismissal of China’s 12-point peace proposal titled "China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis.""Not rational" is how Biden described the plan that calls for...
