Category: Foreign Policy

In the past month, Russia’s long-range nuclear bombers, alongside some of their most capable fighters, have made two flights through Alaska’s Air Defense Identification Zone. In both instances, America’s most capable fighters, F-22 Raptors, were scrambled to intercept, ensuring the Russian aircraft wouldn’t have the opportunity to enter American airspace even if they had intended […]

In the past two years, President Trump has enacted tariffs on $16 billion worth of Chinese and Canadian goods. Predictably, the Canadians countered with $12.6 billion in retaliatory duties against US exports. The Chinese followed. In addition, in his most sweeping action to date, the president slapped a 25 percent tariff on all foreign steel […]

Paris, France—The French government has accused Russia of space espionage. According to the French Defence Ministry, in 2017 a Russian satellite attempted to steal classified telecommunication information from a joint Franko-Italian satellite. The Russian Louch-Olymp spacecraft, a relay satellite responsible for transmitting imagery and telecommunication information to the earth, approached dangerously close to the Franko-Italian […]

Last week, the six-man crew of the International Space Station awoke to find that they’d sprung a leak, some 250 miles above earth’s surface. It was first identified via a noticeable, but not catastrophic, drop in oxygen levels within the crew compartment, but it wasn’t long before the readings were confirmed with good old fashioned […]

While marijuana use continues to gain social and even legal acceptance throughout a growing portion of the United States, it remains strictly prohibited for U.S. military personnel serving, living, or even visiting states that have done away with the drug’s prohibition. In America’s more progressive neighbor to the north, however, recreational marijuana use is slated […]

Brussels, Belgium—The European Union persists in its effort to reach an agreement with Russia over the construction of an underwater gas pipeline. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, has been trying to cajole member-states to keep the expansion of the Nord Stream II gas pipeline on the table despite concerns over EU’s increasing energy […]

Paris, France—France looks to reduce its military dependence on the U.S. The French Defence Minister Florence Parly announced a proposition to curtail U.S. weapon systems imports in an attempt to minimize the damage of a possible arms exports block. We must “gradually wean ourselves off our reliance on a certain number of American parts,” said […]

In the months since President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces dedicated specifically to space defense, Russian officials have repeatedly issued statements seeming to suggest that this new U.S. endeavor would amount to an unprecedented militarization of space. America’s expansion into defending its orbital assets, Russia […]

Last week, a company sized element of U.S. Marines operating out of the Tanf garrison in Syria kicked off a series of “show of force” drills intended to demonstrate in no uncertain terms the extent to which the U.S. military can respond if challenged in the region. A live fire aerial assault was conducted, demonstrating […]

London, Great Britain—The UK police are planning for civil unrests in the event there isn’t a deal on Brexit. A leaked police document predicts that a no-deal on Brexit would create food, medical, and power shortages in Britain. The document prepared by the National Police Coordination Centre (NPCC) concludes that such an event would most […]

Skopje, FYROM—The name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) enters its final mile. A referendum will take place Sept. 30 to decide whether or not the Prespa Agreement between the two countries will be ratified. If the agreement receives the green-light from the citizens of FYROM, the country will change […]

The United States Navy has been conducting regular Freedom of Navigation operations throughout the South China Sea for years now, pressing China’s aggressive claims of sovereignty over the entire expansive waterway extending thousands of miles from Chinese shores. Many nations have competing claims over portions of the South China Sea, with much of the international […]