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The Godfather
by Wayne Laugesen Left-wing activists smash windows with bats to protest conservative speakers. They burn property and threaten opponents in public, violently lashing out at individuals for holdin...
A Test in Taiwan
By Alan W. Dowd, ASCF Senior Fellow February 2019—Declaring that his country is “growing strong,” China’s Xi Jinping recently proposed (or perhaps more accurately, demanded) that Taiwan and...
Group of Border Patrol wives invite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Texas border town
Photo: Fox News – Border Patrol wives invite Pelosi to visit the southern border In a letter to House Speaker Pelosi, wives of Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents ask the Democrat leader...
Turkey aims to form safe zones in Syria for refugees to return
Photo: © Reuters/HANDOUT Turkey’s President Erdogan makes a speech at the Turkish Military Academy in Ankara...
Russia and China, heavily invested in Venezuela, warily watch the political turmoil
Photo: © Mikhail Metzel/Abaca Press/TNS Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hold talks in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 10, 2016....
Maduro says a US-led ‘coup’ is behind the political upheaval in Venezuela
Photo: © FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/AFP/Getty Images Venezuelan opposition supporters gather to listen to the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly and the country’s self-proclaimed...
ISIS claims responsibility for Philippines church bombing that killed at least 20
Photo: © Armed Forces of the Philippines – Western Mindanao Command/Handout via REUTERS A Philippine Army member walks inside a church after a bombing attack in Jolo, Sulu province,...
U.S. and Taliban Agree in Principle to Peace Framework, Envoy Says
Photo: Bryan Denton for The New York Times Afghan Army troops, left, and American soldiers attacking a Taliban firing position in 2013....
Continuous Engagement in Cyberspace
By Alan W. Dowd, ASCF Senior Fellow JANUARY 2019 — U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) was elevated to full combatant-command status last spring, joining other regional and functional combatant command...
U.S. to Withdraw About 7,000 Troops From Afghanistan, Officials Say
Photo: © Bryan Denton for The New York Times United States Air Force personnel training Afghan Air Force members in Logar Province, Afghanistan....
N. Korea says it won’t denuclearize unless US removes threat
Photo: © The Associated Press FILE – In this July 4, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, inspects the preparation o...
China’s Jiangnan shipyard grows radically in size amid military buildup
Photo: © STR/AFP/Getty Images This aerial photo taken on January 2, 2017 shows a Chinese navy formation, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning (C), during military drills in the South China ...