As if this Russian shit-show couldn’t get any worse, the Russian military is now occupying Europe’s largest nuclear power plant — the Zaporizhzhia plant in the southern Ukraine steppe, on the Dnieper River. The plant is about 340 miles southeast of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. The head of the UN’s International…

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi kicked off her Asian tour today which, according to her itinerary, includes stops in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. Pelosi’s team is also making logistical arrangements for a possible stop in Taiwan, enraging the Chinese Communist Party. Reacting to the news of…

There’s been a lot of fearmongering about the Chinese military recently. Alarmist headlines meant to drive clicks are common: “Only a matter of time: Warnings of China-U.S. military miscalculation grow” from The Japan Times. “Pentagon calls out China’s military threats as Taiwan tensions worsen” from The Washington Post. “Top US…

Russia has announced today that they plan to end their 28-year partnership with NASA, bringing a close to a decades-long collaboration between former enemies. Newly appointed Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov told Russian President Vladimir Putin that “the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made.” “You know that…

The Russians have a problem. Their surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems are good. Maybe too good. Or, at least too good to let them be operated by lightly-trained boneheads in the Luhansk People’s Republic. Remember, these are the same separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 killing all…

In today’s high-tech world of information warfare, drones, and fifth-gen stealth fighters, there is still one unit absolutely essential to battlefield success: the humble infantryman. Although there’s nothing humble about the infantry. Graduating from infantry school at Ft. Benning, Georgia and shipping off to serve in the 101st Airborne is…

As the Russo-Ukraine War drags on, I keep coming back to what was happening inside Putin’s mind that convinced him he could be successful at regime change in Kyiv. How could the [self-proclaimed] chess master and “brilliant” architect of the new Russian empire make such a massive geopolitical blunder? Although…

It’s a headline that sounds like it was ripped straight from a satire article on The Onion. Unfortunately, it’s real. According to reporting by Kommersant, one of Russia’s leading liberal business newspapers, on Monday the Russian Federation Council held a meeting to investigate the activities of American biological labs in…

When I write, I tend to focus on topics that I have at least some level of expertise in — global security lately, but also intermittent fasting from time to time. However, occasionally I’ll be struck with a burning question that sends me down the internet rabbit hole. Last night…