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In Africa, if you’re not integrating civil affairs into your security posture from day one, you’re not securing a project—you’re staging a standoff.

After 32 years serving Canada and the RCMP—training countless officers and advocating for ethical policing—I’ve seen firsthand that lawful, licensed firearms owners are not the threat, yet we are continually punished by misguided political agendas while real criminals walk free and violent crime rises.

Trump’s peace mandate faces chaos as Biden escalates wars with long-range missile strikes into Russia. Can January 20 bring clarity?

The multifaceted espionage campaign by the Chinese Communist Party, aimed at siphoning off America’s military and technological secrets, underscores a stark reality: the CCP’s relentless ambition to weaken and eventually supplant the United States as the preeminent global power.

South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is unnecessary for its defense against North Korea and would dangerously escalate regional tensions with China, compromising both security and economic stability.

Deterrence remains a potent force in international security against nation-states like Iran but fails against nonstate terrorist actors such as Hamas, who remain undeterred by traditional threats due to their suicidal ideology and elusive leadership.

In the face of brutality and barbarism, sometimes the only response is the hard and dangerous men we keep at society’s fringes—mercenary forces like Executive Outcomes in Sierra Leone represent a controversial, yet undeniably effective, counter to such unspeakable violence.

It’s high time we faced the harsh reality: our nation’s border is more than just a line on a map, it’s a crumbling fortress against a tide of unchecked invasion, and we’re all paying the price for this administration’s blind eye.

In a volatile dance of negotiation and survival, Jason navigates the perilous streets and politics of Rouvenma, his quest for a lucrative deal teetering on the edge of danger and deceit in a world where trust is as elusive as the shifting shadows of the jungle.

In the looming shadows of terror, we, the soldiers of the IDF, shoulder the hopes and fears of our nation, marching into the heart of Gaza with the echoes of our loved ones’ prayers guiding us through the veils of dread, towards the dawn of a safer Israel.

Hamas’s chilling onslaught on the Yom Kippur anniversary underscores their malevolence, demanding Israel’s unyielding defense and unity in the face of such heart-wrenching adversity.

In a world where masculinity and fitness are increasingly mislabeled as toxic or extremist, we must recognize the essential values of hard work, discipline, and resilience inherent in physical training, and reject societal norms that weaken our spirit and physical health.