The Joe Biden administration has come out in opposition to Congress creating an inspector general’s office to oversee weapons transfers to the Ukrainian government. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a provision that will create an inspector...
On COI #445, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover escalations against China, Iran, and Palestine. Kyle discusses Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming trip to Indonesia where he will attempt to wrangle members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to...
There is growing speculation about how the Russia-Ukraine war might eventually end. Three competing scenarios are strong possibilities. The most likely outcome is a definitive Russian victory after a grinding, bloody struggle lasting several more years. As time drags...
The war in Ukraine has been going on for over a year and shows little signs of abating anytime soon. This is bad news for the people of Ukraine, who continue to suffer from Russian missile strikes and from their own government dragging men off the streets to send off...
Pyongyang accused the US military of conducting provocative surveillance flights which infringe on its airspace and trespass in its exclusive economic zone on Monday. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) admonished Washington that if such provocations...
Episode Notes That is GEN Stanley McChrystal's dream image of the totality of the COIN problem in Afghanistan. What a mess. It appears the West just can't get counterinsurgency right. I talk about some of the framework ideas that would be good lessons learned for...
Russia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has come out in favor of Ukraine joining the North Atlantic alliance but remains firmly opposed to Sweden joining the bloc. The policy puts Ankara at odds with Washington, who supports Stockholm joining the alliance but...
Sometime since January 2021, Biden administration policymakers decided that they were infallible—or a “close enough for government work” level of infallible. They claimed a divine right to suppress the online posts and comments of conservatives and anyone else who had...
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