America’s Self-Inflicted Defense Woes
By Ulson Gunnar The United States poses as a champion against the great threats facing global security and stability, an uphill battle it claims requires…
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America’s Drone Wars: Uprooting Terrorism? Or Trimming Its Branches?
By Ulson Gunnar The Washington Post in its recent article, “How Obama went from reluctant warrior to drone champion,” attempts to address the White House’s…
Everyone’s Paying For America’s War on Russia, Including America
By Ulson Gunnar US sanctions aren’t just hurting everyone including the US, they are accomplishing nothing. The US State Department’s Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
Information Warfare is not “Optional”
Op-Ed by Ulson Gunnar Nations without information warfare capabilities in the 21st century are like nations without armies and navies in the 20th century. They…
Al Qaeda Goes to Syria: How to Build an Emirate Overnight
By Ulson Gunnar Let’s try a thought experiment. Suppose you want to create your own army in say, Syria. You live in Pakistan. You are…
Saudi Arabia Supported Al Qaeda Before and After But Not On 9/11?
By Ulson Gunnar The BBC in its 2004 article, “Al-Qaeda’s origins and links,” would frankly admit that (emphasis added): Al-Qaeda, meaning “the base”, was created…
Washington’s Fake War on ISIS “Moves” to Libya
By Ulson Gunnar Libya is one place the “Islamic State’s” sponsors believe Russia can’t get them… In 2011, a NATO coalition led by the United…
Welcome to the Empire of Chaos
Op-Ed by Ulson Gunnar When globe-trotting journalist and keen geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar refers to the United States as the “Empire of Chaos,” it may…
America’s Love Affair With Nuclear and Radioactive Weapons
By Ulson Gunnar The United States would have the world believe that it is in mortal danger should nations like Iran or North Korea obtain…
Jihadi John Version 2.0
By Ulson Gunnar It didn’t take long for IS (Islamic State) to find a new cartoon-style villain to fill the shoes of Mohammed “Jihadi John”…
Washington Quietly Lifts Sanctions on Russian Rockets
By Ulson Gunnar Washington, who leveled widespread sanctions against Russia in an increasingly tenuous bid to isolate and undermine the stability of Moscow, has found…
Joining NATO: Ukraine a Warning to Others
By Ulson Gunnar Ukraine was not exactly clamoring to get into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the antiquated military alliance created in the wake…
France and Germany’s “Fight” Against the Islamic State
By Ulson Gunnar The BBC has reported that Germany will now send aircraft to join France in its fight against the Islamic State (IS) in…
Tracking ISIS to DC’s Doorstep
By Ulson Gunnar The problem with America’s “anti-ISIS coalition” is not a matter of poor planning or a lack of resources. It is not a…