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Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Sad to say, but rhetoric alone is not enough. It seems things must get worse in the commercial world before they get better for...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

F-35s could find themselves grounded for want of spare parts and kindred support. A supply shortage can knock a fighter jet out of the wild...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Dr. James Holmes, our Naval Diplomat, delivered the following remarks at a panel on “Indo-Pacific: Maritime Security,” Navy League Sea Air Space Expo, National...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Last week the amphibian pundit CDR Salamander had some tart words for Joint Chiefs chairman Mark Milley. General Milley recently held forth on the...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

A video shared across social media over the weekend showed Ukrainian troops conducting an assault on a Russian trench line on the outskirts of...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Russian-state media revealed that the world’s largest nuclear-powered military vessel – a Kirov-Class battlecruiser – might be sent to the scrapyard. According to TASS...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Ukrainian military is getting ready for its upcoming large-scale offensive, training men and pilling up weapon systems. 

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Drone warfare has made its fair share of headlines during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles by both Ukraine and...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

The Biden administration plans to force those with higher credit scores to subsidize loans for those with credit scores under 680. The rule proposed...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Congress and the White House are expected later this year to have a showdown over the debt ceiling, but the topic has mostly been...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

In the 2019 election for the director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Chinese candidate, Qu Dongyu, won a resounding victory...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Especially after SVBs failure, we must hope that it is not beyond the Fed’s grasp to anticipate that there will be many other casualties...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden each have failed to stand by American allies, allowing first Russia and then China to pluck them out of...

The Embassy

Elon Musk Continues Marching Forward: Earlier this week, Elon Musk delighted pyromaniacs (like myself) and curious onlookers with a flashy fireworks display at his...

The Embassy

A Russian recruiting video, produced by the nation's defense ministry, has been making the rounds on social media this week. It was shared by...

The Embassy

The appearance of a scar on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s neck has reignited rumors that the Russian leader may be ill.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

China’s dramatic shift from draconian restrictions to relaxed COVID-19 rules is likely to cause more economic disruptions than benefits. The poorly performing economy will...

Coronavirus Chaos

This was the year the word “tripledemic” entered the lexicon. That’s the term for the three different types of illnesses, COVID-19, flu, and RSV,...

Coronavirus Chaos

Perhaps as many as 90% of China’s 1.41 billion people will come down with COVID-19, said Feng Zijian, former deputy chief of China’s Center...

Coronavirus Chaos

A new virus has emerged in China and infected around 35 people, sparking concern that a new pandemic could be on the way. Scientists...

Politics News

Politics

Hunter Biden Lawyer to Meet With Justice as Walls Close in: Hunter Biden’s attorneys plan to meet with Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss and other...

Politics

Donald Trump plans to go more extreme: Trump plans to go much further than ever before in a potential second term  Donald Trump Has...

Politics

Donald Trump angry at WSJ poll saying that he would lose to Biden: A Wall Street Journal poll last week found that former President...

Politics

“Republicans can’t even get their own party behind one plan, let alone both parties. Negotiating with that is like trying to nail jello to...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

In recent days it has been reported in the Chosun Ilbo (one of South Korea’s most widely read daily newspapers) that if North Korea...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong is at it again, making extreme threats. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Indo-Pacific commander, Adm. John Aquilino, reportedly said that...

Hermit Kingdom

On Thursday morning, North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea just days after Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim...

Hermit Kingdom

On March 6, Seoul announced a new plan for resolving the lingering dispute with Japan over compensation for South Koreans forced to labor for...