Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Ukraine needs to secure the supply of new weapons from its Western backers and that arms deliveries need to speed up. AWC Adm. Rob Bauer, the head of NATO’s Military Committee, said that NATO is “ready” for...
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Elizabeth Warren is Wrong to Call Crypto ‘the Preferred Tool for Terrorists’
by Jennifer Schulp Jack Solowey and Nicholas Anthony | Jan 31, 2023 | Featured Articles
Last week, the Justice Department announced criminal charges against Anatoly Legkodymov for violating anti‐money laundering laws while operating Bitzlato, an off‐shore crypto exchange alleged to have processed over $700 million in illicit funds over several years....
Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism
by Keith Knight | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the...
News Roundup 1/19/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 19, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia The US and its allies are holding a series of meetings this week in Europe where new pledges for military aid to Ukraine are expected to be made, and more countries might agree to arm Kyiv with tanks. AWC Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley...
News Roundup 1/17/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 17, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told BBC on Friday that Ukraine is a “de facto” NATO member since it’s equipped with so many of the alliance’s weapons and dismissed the idea that his comments were controversial. AWC British Prime Minister Rishi...
NATO, EU Enhance Ties with Eye on Russia, China
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 10, 2023 | News
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union announced a new cooperation pact on Tuesday. The chief of the EU said the agreement was made to counter threats from Russia and China. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained the pact will take...
On Trade, Biden Continues Reading from the Trump Playbook
by James Bacchus | Jan 9, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
The prolonged charade of the United States is over in its disingenuous opposition to the reconstitution of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. It is clear now that the Biden administration—like the Trump administration before it—has no desire to...
News Roundup 1/9/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 9, 2023 | News Roundup
Venezuela The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC has followed up on the ouster of opposition figure Juan Guido, announcing that they will close the facility. AWC Russia The State Department on Thursday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for a...
News Roundup 1/6/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 6, 2023 | News Roundup
Venezuela Venezuela’s opposition on Friday voted to remove Juan Guaido as the “interim president” and to dissolve the US-backed “interim government,” a move that came after resuming talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. AWC Venezuelan President Nicolas...
Rockets Hit Base Housing US Troops in Eastern Syria
by Dave DeCamp | Jan 5, 2023 | News
US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday said two rockets were fired at a base in eastern Syria housing US troops earlier in the day and reported there were no casualties in the incident.
Why 2023 Makes Me Hopeful
by Ron Paul | Jan 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
The prospects for peace, justice, and the advancement of liberty in 2023 may at first seem further away than ever. Washington’s determination to overthrow the Russian government via a proxy war in Ukraine has brought the threat of nuclear war closer than ever in...
As 2023 Begins, No Agreed Framework for Peace in Ukraine Exists
by Dave DeCamp | Dec 30, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
After over 10 months of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, there’s no sign that 2023 will bring peace to Ukraine as the warring parties have radically different demands, and the U.S. continues to escalate aid for Kyiv and its role in the war. Ukrainian...
News Roundup 12/29/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2022 | News Roundup
US News The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) increases the budget of the Pentagon’s newest branch by billions of dollars. The funding increase comes after a top Space Force civilian employee sexually harassed his subordinates and kept his job. The...
What Do Think Tanks Think? Proximity to Power and Foreign Policy Preferences
by Max Abrahms and Richard Hanania | Dec 28, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
This paper was originally published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Studies Association and is reprinted with permission of author. Through the use of survey methods, the study presents the first systematic comparison of America-based...
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Reminder: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Almost Started a World War Based on a Lie
On November 15th, the Associated Press reported that "A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people". Since Poland is a member of the North American Treaty Organization, that would mean that America along...
Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism
"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the...
War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder
To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another...
Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
Death By Climate: Down 97% in Last 100 Years
Our schools provide many hours of lessons on climate change, but I wonder how many teachers, let alone pupils, are aware that climate-related deaths have decreased by as much as 97 per cent over the past 100 years, as the OFDA / CRED data show. - Why don’t we ever...
Black Youth Unemployment: Before and After Progressives Started “Helping”
A constant trend is progressivism is to use the state to coercively control others under the guise of "helping" them, make things worse, then ignore the problems you caused and never apologize. Sallie Mae loans didn't make college affordable. The Federal Reserve...
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