Reuters is releasing huge numbers of articles about Russia's military today, mostly centering on the idea that Russia's military advisers in Syria, despite having been there for years, are a new and major issue. But they also announced an "exclusive" story about...
If there was ever any doubt that the US doesn't have a good handle on who the ISIS leadership is, it should be exemplified by the new reports of US officials openly talking about, in their effort to "destroy ISIS," assassinating people whose Twitter accounts are seen...
Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell once said “an election is no time to discuss important issues.” But surely the opportunity to free up $40 billion while making the world a safer place ought to spark a discussion about the Canadian Navy’s role in the world.Four years...
The Ukrainian city of Uman, in the Cherkasy Province, is an historical site of pilgrimage for Hasidic Jews, which often draws tens of thousands of pilgrims during Rosh Hashana. The pilgrimage centers around the burial site of an important religious leader of the late...
Chinese ships are near Alaska, US Predator drones are near Russia in Latvia. Are the Russians going into Syria or is that just disinformation? Everywhere it seems little brushfires threaten to become conflagrations. Are we in great danger of a major war, or might...
In mid-July, the Obama Administration publicly announced that they weren't going to "publicly blame" China for the OPM hack, despite saying, publicly, that they believe China did it. This was because there was no good evidence for China having done it. Indeed, the FBI...
It is interesting that Americans do not invoke Malcolm X the way they invoke other civil rights leaders. Where ideas about American militarism go, X's contributions were piercingly insightful but lamentably overlooked when the man lived. For that they deserve...
In the last few weeks, there have been several reports that senior intelligence officials were skewing the intelligence on how (un)successful the military campaign against ISIS has been. “Officials at United States Central Command – the military...
ISIS has released a new video over the weekend which discusses the self-proclaimed "caliphate's" long-standing plans to release their own currency, including both gold and silver coins. The video is a combination of the usual military bellicosity of ISIS videos, a...
The Defense Department's new Law of War manual, which provides guidance to military commanders in time of war, advises that journalists they consider "unprivileged belligerents" can be either removed from military facilities or even detained indefinitely without...
