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Inspectors in Iran-Political Science and Physical Science
In the President’s announcement of the Iran Nuclear deal, he highlighted the authorities of the IAEA inspectors under the new agreement–even though the details are not worked out. This will not be the case. The UN inspectors in Iraq had … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Russia, United Nations, WMD
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Monitoring Iran? Don’t bet on it…
There are a series of massive problems with the Iran nuclear agreement. A key one is the assertion of tough inspections. The diminished US objective of “limiting” Iran’s enrichment capacity to a point where there would be a one-year “breakout” … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Russia, United Nations, WMD
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ISIS or ISIL or IS? Does it matter?
The President gave his speech on strategy towards ISIL…except everyone calls it ISIS in the West. ISIL is Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and ISIS is Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or al Shams, which is roughly … Continue reading
ISIS – Next Steps
The President is now stuck with the ISIS problem. It is his, not former President Bush’s. The rest of his term may be defined by how he deals with ISIS, in some ways as Bush was defined by how he … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Russia, Sunni, Terrorism
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Obama Learns of Malaysian Aircraft Destruction form Putin?!
The Malaysian aircraft destruction is tragic, but not unique. Commercial Airliners have been shot down before. In 1983 the Soviet air defense fighters shot down a Korean Airlines 747 that had strayed off course, impinged on Soviet airspace and the … Continue reading
NSA Scutinized, Not FBI?
There has been much discussion about NSA and whether it is collecting too much data (especially on American citizens) and whether the procedures and authorizations by which it operates should be revised. This debate will not be resolved anytime soon … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, NSA, Russia, Terrorism
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American Vulnerability – The Dollar
American media seems to be focused on domestic affairs while astonishing things are going beyond the borders—and we seem to stand by watching helplessly. The United States position of prominence is eroding. Yesterday, at a summit in Shanghai between China’s … Continue reading
Posted in China, Financial Wars, Russia
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Syria CW – Success, but so what?
Syria has missed its latest deadline to finish removing Chemical agent and precursors from its territory. However, they almost made it–about 92% done. Bashar al-Assad clearly has moved to fulfill his obligation to get rid of his CW capability. There … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Russia, Syria CW
Tagged Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Agreement, Lavrov, Syrian CW, Ukraine, WMD
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The New Russian Threat: May be Good News for some
Putin may discover to his surprise that it is in many American parties interests to have Russia as an enemy. It is not overly cynical to point out that, for many interests in Washington, there is a great need to … Continue reading
Posted in China, Financial Wars, Russia, Space, Terrorism, Ukraine
Tagged defense budget, Duelfer, Lavrov, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Ukraine
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Ukraine – Dollar vs. Ruble
Looking ahead at the conflict between the US and Russia over Ukraine, it may turn out that this could become a financial war rather than a kinetic war. The US has an enormous strength irrespective of our military–the US dollar. … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Wars, Intelligence, Russia, Ukraine
Tagged Putin, Ruble, Russia, Ukraine
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