Jonah Bennett U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave in to Russia’s demand to allow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to remain in power Tuesday. Negotiations in Moscow between the U.S. and Russia have finally yielded some results. Kerry caved and told the Associated Press following the meeting that the United States and its allies are “not…
Jacob Bojesson Senior military officials have proposed to extend U.S. presence in Europe to counter Russia in the event of a crisis. Military and defense leaders discussed countering Russian influence at the Reagan National Defense Forum over the weekend and an idea that would deploy multiple U.S. brigades in Europe at any given time on a…
Rachel Stoltzfoos U.S. intelligence suggests an Islamic State bomb brought down the Russian passenger jet in Egypt over the weekend. “There is a definite feeling it was an explosive device planted in luggage or somewhere on the plane,” a U.S. official familiar with the matter told CNN. The official said the bomb was most likely…
Ethan Barton Major U.S. newspapers regularly publish what often appears to be editorial content provided to them by Chinese and Russian propaganda outlets without disclosing that they are controlled by foreign governments. The Washington Post has distributed in its print editions two paid advertising supplements — China Watch and Russia Beyond The Headlines — that…
Ethan Barton Chinese and Russian propaganda supplements are regularly included in The Washington Post, but the widely read newspaper won’t say how much money it gets on the deals. China Watch – a China Daily publication – and Russia Beyond The Headlines – a Rossiyskaya Gazeta publication – have both appeared in the Post for years…
Jonah Bennett NATO member countries are in talks to send in a battalion of troops to each of three Baltic states bordering Russia. Each battalion would be comprised of anywhere from 800 to 1,000 troops. That proposal is the more aggressive one. An alternative proposal on the table is to send just one NATO battalion…
While Vladimir Putin was celebrating his 63rd birthday on ice “scoring” 7 goals and praising the Russian navy’s cruise missile strike against Syria as “highly positive,” he failed to mention to the world and his people that Russia’s missile strike actually hit a bump in road: Iran. Despite Russian assurances that all 26 of their “state…
With a show of force and technical sophistication, the Russian military launched 26 cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea, hitting 11 targets in Syria as part of a coordinated air, sea, and land attack meant to bolster the embattled and bloodied Assad regime’s position in the country. The attack was not only of show of…
By R. Brownell 5. The Fight In Their Own Backyard Let’s take this in for a moment– many Americans are upset that Putin’s display of force may be leading to more Russian military involvement in the Middle East. OK, but why not? Russia is in a line of immediate geographic threat since it shares the same land mass as…
Much to the chagrin of policy makers in the West, Russia is promising to ramp up their bombing campaign in Syria. From Reuters: “A senior Russian military officer said Russian jets based in western Syria had carried out more than 60 sorties in 72 hours across Syria. ‘We will not only continue strikes… We will…