Defense One by ANNA MITCHELL and LARRY DIAMOND Surveillance cameras stand next to the figurines on a main entrance gate of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, or Taimiao next to the Forbidden City in Beijing, Sept. 17, 2017. Andy Wong/AP. The country is perfecting a vast network of digital espionage as a means of social…
Alt-Market by Brandon Smith Back in 2013 during the last major flare up between the U.S. and North Korea I wrote an extensive analysis on the North Korean wild card and how it could be used by globalists as a catalyst for international economic instability titled ‘Will Globalists Use North Korea To Trigger Catastrophe?’…
The DEFCON Warning System by Thomas Lonely Wolf Korea has been on the tipping point of a major conflict since the armistice of 1953. (The two sides are technically still at war.) While there have been many steps toward that line, recently it seems that the Koreas have been only moments away from attacking…
Strategic Culture by FEDERICO PIERACCINI The two previous articles have focused on the various geopolitical theories, their translations into modern concepts, and practical actions that the United States has taken in recent decades to aspire to global dominance. This segment will describe how Iran, China and Russia have over the years adopted a variety of economic and…
New Eastern Outlook by Caleb Maupin These mighty men labored by day and by night Matching their strength ‘gainst the river’s wild flight Through rapids and falls, they won the hard fight So roll on, Columbia, roll on – “Roll On, Columbia”, Woody Guthrie With an executive order, Roosevelt hired millions of Americans who…
Strategic Culture by BRIAN CLOUGHLEY Very few US official figures are known for their sense of irony, least of all the Defence Secretary Ashton Carter, and it is unfortunate that he and others lacking appreciation of unintentional absurdity would be unable to find dark amusement in the contrast between two recent parallel events. On…
Defense One BY PATRICK TUCKER People walk by a screen showing the news reporting about an earthquake near North Korea’s nuclear facility, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. AP PHOTO/LEE JIN-MAN Shortly after North Korea claimed it had tested a hydrogen bomb — a weapon potentially hundreds of times more powerful than the…
