Article Five… Ask the question of questions: How will the U.S. administration respond if Russia retaliates militarily against Turkey, a NATO ally
Question of the Day
Month: November 2015
Gas ‘n Oil, Syria, Russia, Turkey, NATO/EU and US
It is a volatile, dangerous mix. The money, weapons and foreign fighters that have flowed into Syria are part of a bigger story of religion and gas/oil supplies, of pipelines through a secular or new religious Syria… it’s about secular Russia versus Salafi-Wahhabism and the House of Saud and its allies. It’s about petrodollars and […]
Diversion, danger, and a deepening security crisis
Asymmetric war is not a modern phenomena. Throughout history tactics and strategies intended to drain the more powerful have been deployed. As a conflict extends, costs rise for the powerful. ‘Other’ threats are set aside. Provocations divert attention and now in our time we are presented with a threat far greater than asymmetric threats of Mujahideen-Jihad(ism)
Paris
A Handshake, an Opening
A meeting at the Shangri-la… China’s President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese counterpart Ma Ying-jeou meet on Nov 7th in Singapore, the first meeting between Chinese and Taiwanese leaders since 1949, over 66 years now
This Week – South China Sea
On October 27, 2015, the USS Lassen transited within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, one of China’s artificially-built features in the South China Sea. Officially referred to as a “freedom of navigation” (FON) operation, the US destroyer was accompanied by two maritime surveillance aircraft, a P-8A Poseidon and a P-3 Orion
