U.S. seeks to distance itself from reports tying Russia to Syrian gas attack

Conflicting reports from unnamed U.S. officials regarding Russia’s involvement in the Syrian chemical weapon attack highlight the increasingly tenuous political situation the United States and Russia find themselves in. After an anonymous U.S. official told news organizations that Russia knew in advance that Syria intended to gas civilians, and then participated in a cover up […]

Western push at U.N. to boost backing for Syria gas attack inquiry

The U.N. Security Council could vote as early as Wednesday on a push by the United States, Britain and France to bolster support for international inquiries into a deadly toxic gas attack in Syria, diplomats said, a move Russia had deemed unacceptable and unwarranted. The three countries have proposed a revised draft resolution, diplomats said, […]

US and Russian tensions are high… but not as high as the International Space Station

Last week, even the slight ties maintained between the United States and Russia were once again stretched to their breaking point as American forces targeted the Syrian base believed to be responsible for a chemical weapons attack carried out earlier in the week.  Russian and American government officials have taken turns lobbing sharply worded statements […]

G7 ministers look to persuade Russia to abandon Syria’s Assad

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a shift in Washington’s strategy, U.S. missiles hit a Syrian air base last week in retaliation for what the United States and its […]

Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria’s Assad

Officials in the Trump administration on Sunday demanded that Russia stop supporting the Syrian government or face a further deterioration in its relations with the United States. Signaling the focus of talks that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to have in Moscow this week, officials said that Russia, in propping up Syrian President […]

China offers cash payouts for turning in ‘suspicious foreigners’

Within the international intelligence community, China is a name that comes up pretty often.  With confirmed cases of Chinese espionage resulting in state secrets migrating their way East into projects like the Chinese J-20 (which bears more than a striking resemblance to the American F-22) mentions of the economic powerhouse are often coupled with strategies […]

Kush goes to war

America never hesitates to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, often posting political campaigners to important positions in government rather than actual subject matter experts.  For instance, Ben Rhodes was nothing more than a failed novelist, speech writer and campaigner for President Obama, but none the less became a national security advisor.  Contrary to […]