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Sanctions and new military tech threaten NK’s nuclear threat
03/13/2019 - 9:31am
Austin Bay
NORTH KOREA: March 13, 2019 February’s Hanoi summit was unquestionably a media bust. When North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un demanded reduced economic and political sanctions but refused to abandon his nuclear weapons, U.S. President Donald Trump shrugged and walked out. No sensational agreements; no bombastic threats. Sensationalist media had to scramble. For a week or so, snark artists...
Stop the F-35 deal with Erdogan’s Turkey
Austin Bay 03/07/2019 - 2:13pm
TURKEY: March 6, 2019 Is American economic power an anti-missile defense weapon? In the case of Turkey’s imminent — and destructive — acquisition of Russian S-400 surface-to-air-missiles (SAMs), the answer is yes, at least for the moment. That seems to be the Trump administration’s conclusion. If NATO member Turkey...
Background to the Trump-Kim Hanoi summit
Austin Bay 02/21/2019 - 11:09am
HANOI SUMMIT: February 20, 2019 In 2018, a small but palpable change in Korean War diplomacy occurred, one that may yet produce something other than nuclear conflagration in east Asia: Rotund North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un kept his word. In April 2018, Kim made a promise just before he met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. He said his...
Russian hostile meddling backfires in Northern Europe
Austin Bay 02/14/2019 - 12:01pm
RUSSIAN MEDDLING: February 13, 2019 On Feb. 11, Norway’s intelligence agency severely criticized Russian jamming of GPS signals. The Norwegians said the Russian GPS signal disruption exploits that occurred last fall during NATO’s Trident Juncture military exercise were not only a military concern but “also a threat to civil...
Protecting chokepoints remains a key strategic challenge
Austin Bay 02/07/2019 - 1:27pm
STRATEGY REPORT: February 6, 2019 In January, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published two complementary documents: “National Intelligence Strategy 2019” and “The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.” The second report was based on DNI Daniel Coats testimony before the Senate...
Bolton’s notepad and America’s Venezuelan policy cocktail
Austin Bay 01/31/2019 - 11:27am
VENEZUELA: January, 2019 During a Jan. 27 White House press briefing addressing U.S. economic sanctions imposed on Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime, reporters noticed national security adviser John Bolton idly clasping at his side a notepad containing the handwritten phrase: “5,000 troops to Colombia.” Reuters...
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