A simple solution to America's defence dilemma: stop the handouts to the...
Last summer’s debt deal between Obama and the Republican-controlled Congress ensured that American defence spending would become a central budget issue for the 2012 elections. The debt deal allowed the...
View ArticleObama’s defence budget threatens US security
Barack Obama has laid out his priorities clearly in his 2013 federal budget – and defence is now at the bottom of America’s list. Of all federal agencies the Defence Department takes the biggest hit,...
View ArticleAfghanistan shooting: Barack Obama must let Afghans see that justice is done
How can America begin to make amends for the murder of 16 Afghan civilians by a US soldier? It does not matter that the man concerned was acting entirely on his own and appears to have been deranged or...
View ArticleAmerica's enemies will be delighted by the latest cuts to its military strength
It is not often that the American military takes its lead from its poorer British relations, so we should take it as a backhanded compliment that the US Army is to follow the example set by its British...
View ArticleSixty-second bulletin: Why Ukraine is dividing the CIA and the Pentagon
The first of my 60-second video bulletins gives you a (very) quick guide to the foreign policy mess created by simultaneous crises in Syria and Ukraine. In one arena, the CIA and Pentagon are lining up...
View ArticleYou're the President of the United States. How will you deal with the crisis...
You are the President of the United States. You've just read the report of ARCHER, a reliable US agent who has infiltrated a pro-Russian militia in Odessa. ARCHER claims that Russian Special Forces are...
View ArticleThree reasons Obama might bomb Syria
American, British and French Intelligence services are convinced that Assad continues to use chemical weapons against his people. As I’ve previously noted, for the Obama Administration, this is a...
View ArticleWhy Obama should withdraw the US military from Germany
Excluding personnel costs, the US military spends around $4 billion a year to base troops in Germany. These roughly 50,000 Americans are a blessing for German businesses and for the German treasury....
View ArticleWhat was Susan Rice thinking when she praised Bowe Bergdahl?
Susan Rice has done it again. Defending the deal that freed Sgt Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban, the national security adviser declared that Bergdahl had "served the United States with honour and...
View ArticleIraq's borders are disappearing: this is a disaster
The Islamic State of Iraq and greater Syria (ISIS) is shredding Iraq. After seizing the northern city of Mosul on Monday, on Tuesday ISIS stormed down Iraq’s route 1 highway to take Tikrit. This...
View ArticleNato is in crisis. This could be the most important week of Barack Obama's...
Later this week, Nato heads of state will meet in Newport, Wales, to discuss the alliance's future. This won't be a standard summit. Nato is in crisis. Faced with President Putin’s gleeful invasion of...
View ArticleA suggested Isil speech for Obama
Tomorrow, President Obama will issue a keynote address to layout his strategy for defeating Isil. Here’s my take on what he should say" "Good evening. Tonight, I want to talk to you about the threat...
View ArticleThree reasons Obama is relieved to have UK support against Isil
With the RAF now flying combat missions over Iraq, President Obama's national security team is breathing a little easier. After all, even as UK participation in the coalition became likely,...
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