Putin’s incremental encroachment on the world (Part One)

A Russian wind is blowing over Europe creating a chill no one has felt since the rise of the Soviet Union. While the wind isn’t as strong, it is more biting. We, as Americans, must hope for the best for our president. He should be granted the benefit of the doubt while accountable for his actions […]

US helicopters unloaded in Germany to boost combat presence

BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. Army has begun unloading dozens of Chinook, Apache and Black Hawk helicopters at a port in northern Germany so the aircraft can be moved to a base in Bavaria. German news agency dpa reported Sunday that 94 helicopters and several trucks from the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade in Fort Drum, […]

U.S. military maintains robust presence in Russia’s backyard despite talk of thaw

With the rhetorical indications coming first out of the Donald J. Trump presidential campaign, and now out of the Trump White House, one could be forgiven for thinking that the U.S. military might be pulling back its forces from the Russian “sphere of influence” in order to facilitate an improvement of ties between the two […]

Report: Russia could send Edward Snowden back to the US as a ‘gift’ to Trump

Russia could return Edward Snowden to the US as a “gift” to President Donald Trump, according to two US intelligence sources cited by NBC News on Friday. One unnamed official, who NBC said gleaned information from “a series of highly sensitive intelligence reports,” said such a move could be an attempt to “curry favor” with […]

Are we entering the humble beginning of a new Chinese century?

The new administration has many around the world concerned. Here, domestically, critics and supporters both might have a hard time defining POTUS Trump’s foreign policy goals outside of defeating ISIS. From a recent call with China and a pledge to adopt the “one China” policy after a call to Taiwan, to a bargaining with Russia, we’re […]

Coalition spokesman on ISIS in West Mosul: “Surrender or die”

Air Force Col. John Dorrian, spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve tasked with engaging ISIS, briefed the Pentagon on Wednesday about continuing operations against ISIS around the globe. Colonel Dorrian did not mince words, stating plainly that the ISIS fighters holding out in pockets of Iraq’s second largest city have “only two […]

US Commander in Afghanistan: “We’re at a stale mate” with Taliban

General John W. Nicholson Jr, commander of the American-led international military force in Afghanistan, told Congress on Thursday that he believes the ongoing fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan to be at a “stale mate.”  In order to effectively train and advise the Afghan military, Nicholson believes a surge of thousands more international fighters is […]

Russian airstrike accidentally kills 3 Turkish soldiers in Syria

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and eleven others were injured when a Russian air strike accidentally hit a building occupied by the Turkish military in Syria on Thursday. “During an operation by a Russia Federation warplane against Islamic State targets in the region of the Euphrates Shield operation in Syria, a bomb accidentally hit a […]

Russian bombing kills Turkish soldiers in Syria

A Russian plane bombed a building in Syria today, killing three Turkish soldiers. The accident came one day after the announcement that Turkey intends to make use of its special forces deeper in Syria The accident happened near the town of al-Bab, which Turkish troops and Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters are trying to take back […]

UK scrambles fighters to intercept Russian bombers near Ireland

The UK’s Royal Air Force scrambled Typhoon fighter jets to intercept two Russian Blackjack Tupolev Tu-160 long-range bombers flying near the UK’s airspace on Thursday. The Russian Tu-60 bombers are capable of carrying long-range, nuclear ballistic missiles as a part of their payload, meaning that they could potentially pose a direct threat to UK security […]

Defense Department indicates no intention to intervene in Ukraine

In the two years since a ceasefire agreement ended large-scale fighting between the Ukrainian Army and pro-Russian rebels controlling a large portion of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, things remained fairly quiet, but as violence has once again been increasing in the region, the United States Defense Department made a statement in support […]

President Trump turns his eye to Ukraine

President Trump recently remarked that he would look into the Ukraine crisis. More specifically he said he would look into the separatist movement in Ukraine. But, POTUS Trump has stated he will not lift Russian sanctions. The future state of Trumpian foreign policy toward Ukraine is a complete unknown. But it’s shaping up to be something […]