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The Defense Department's matrix of potential threats identifiesthree categories of unconventional danger: "irregular" threats suchas terrorism and insurgency; "catastrophic" threats involvingweapons of mass destruction; and "disruptive" threats wheretechnology breakthroughs deprive America of military advantage.There are, however, some important gaps in the logic of the newdefense paradigm.

In December 2022, corruption revelations involving the state-owned Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT) mining company sparked enormous protests in Ulaanbaatar. What initially began as a backlash against an entrenched “coal mafia” snowballed into a trenchant critique of the government’s inability (and unwillingness) to provide a better future for Mongolia’s youth. Protestors told The Diplomat that suffocating

As I point out here, theres no difference whatsoever -- now or ever -- between classified documents found at Mar-a-Largo or those found at the Penn Biden

Commentary A former U.S. Marine fighter pilot is awaiting extradition from Australia to the United States. He’s charged ...

The United States and its allies are at risk of missile attack from a growing number of states and nonstate terrorist organizations. This growing threat is particularly clear in East Asia, where diplomacy has failed to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them on target, and where China continues the most active nuclear force modernization program in the world. To counter these growing threats, the U.S. should work with its allies, including South Korea an...

Two factors have driven the debate over the planned U.S. military realignment in Japan: campaign pledges made by the Democratic Party of Japan and complaints from Okinawans about the presence of the U.S. military. These factors have had a particularly strong impact on efforts to preserve the Marine Corps Air Station on Okinawa. However, other critical factors—national interests, regional threats, and the U.S.–Japan alliance’s military requirements—are absent from the discussion over the ...

Ammo Grrrll observes KAMALA’S RACE TO THE BOTTOM OF SPACE. She writes: So early last week I had most of this column worked out when my colleague and alleged friend, Steve Hayward preempted me in discussing Kamala’s speech on “Space.” He knows very well because we have discussed it many times that he is supposed to wring the humor from the more intellectual, highfalutin’ topics and leave the “low-hanging humor

Thu Apr 15, 2021 Water finds its own level. So does Guam. Rep. Hank Johnson is the congressman that Democrats deserve. He was AOC before she was even born. Only he could save Guam from tipping over. In a discussion regarding a planned military buildup on the Pacific island, Johnson expressed some concerns about the plans to Adm. Robert Willard, head of the U.S. Pacific fleet. "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and ...

Bevacqua: Guams relationship with US far from equal Michael Lujan Bevacqua Last week, I discussed controversial remarks from two Georgia congressional representatives. Marjorie Taylor Green’s comments about Guam being foreign and not deserving American money stirred up memories about Hank Johnson’s strange joke/comment about if the U.S. military built up Guam too much, it might capsize. These represent two ways in which Guam is mentioned in the U.S. which frustrate CHamorus, but also anyone...

clear hundreds of protesters from a square in central manama. more than 230 people were wounded. the mourners accused the sunni-dominated government of violently suppressing what they describe as a peaceful rally. they called for the ouster of king hamad bin isa al khalifa and his family. the protesters are expected to hold another rally after fridays prayers. the government has stepped up security by deploying military vehicles in manama. the gulf cooperation council has held an extra...