Biden Pledges To End Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine

President Joe Biden announced that he would bring an end to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the event that Russia invades Ukraine during a joint press conference with Germany’s Olaf Scholz. Can he do it without an ongoing commitment that the U.S. will supply Europe with petroleum as we curtail our own production?

SOFREPs 2022 Predictions

The new year always brings the promise of new things being just on the horizon. The world is a volatile place today, with shifting economies, the continued presence of Islamist terrorism around the world, and the Great Game of competition between nations seeking diplomatic, strategic, and economic advantages around the globe. Everyone is a prognosticator […]

Russia Announces 10,000 Troops Being Redeployed From Ukraine Border

In a seeming de-escalation of the security crisis along the Russian-Ukrainian border, Moscow has withdrawn ten-thousand of the estimated 110,000 troops it has positioned near the border. Moscow did this even as it reasserted its demand of a legal guarantee that Ukraine will never be admitted to NATO, that the U.S. cease selling arms to Ukraine and that it act as mediator in negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and European countries.

A Look At Russia’s Vladimir Putin’s Secret Past and What’s Next?

Russian President for life, Vladamir Putin has lived most of his life shrouded in mystery. He may be worth more than sixty billion dollars with equity stakes in some of Europe’s largest energy companies while sitting at the head of one of the most powerful countries in the world. What makes him tick? And what does the future hold for Europe with Putin in the Kremlin?

Russia Fears US Weapons In Ukraine, Not Sanctions

President Biden has threatened Russia with economic sanctions but President Putin has more to gain by invading Ukraine than the sanctions would cost his country. If the administration was serious about defending Ukraine from invasion, these are the weapons systems the U.S. should be providing them with for self-defense.