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Author: Austin Bay

Opinion

End fake peace mentality and treat North America as the war zone it is

ByAustin Bay September 21, 2022

When the Arctic Council was formed in 1996, its member nations regarded the Arctic as a “low tension” area — what a NATO study called a “zone of depoliticized cooperation.”      …

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Opinion

Finland and Sweden are on the verge of joining NATO

ByAustin Bay May 5, 2022

NATO has 30 members. By the end of June, the roster may grow to 32, should Finland and Sweden join.

The Nordic duo has fans. On April 29 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the House …

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Opinion

Ukraine’s Clocks: Has the Peace Clock Begun to Tick?

ByAustin Bay April 7, 2022

Though they “tick” at different rates, several notional clocks symbolizing intertwined military, diplomatic and information warfare “lines of operation” …

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Opinion

Meanwhile, in the Russian backyard called Siberia…

ByAustin Bay March 16, 2022

Given the manpower and equipment advantages possessed by the Russian Army and Air Force, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin cronies expected Ukraine’s defenses to swiftly collapse and …

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Opinion

Putin escalates his creeping war in Ukraine

ByAustin Bay February 23, 2022

Russian tanks and mechanized infantry have invaded Ukraine’s Donbas and occupied the so-called secessionist enclaves of Luhansk and Donetsk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls his armored …

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Opinion

The strategic costs of Hunter Biden’s Ukrainian corruption

ByAustin Bay February 16, 2022

Often a bribe is more destructive than a bullet.

In Afghanistan the U.S. and NATO could never defeat the endemic corruption that riddled the Afghan government and army. Since Russia invaded …

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Opinion

Racism powers Communist China’s drive for dominance

ByAustin Bay February 10, 2022

China’s communist leaders have clamped down on coverage and commentary of the Winter Olympic games. Ask Dutch correspondent Sjoerd den Daas, who was manhandled by a security guard during a live …

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Opinion

The best media China can buy – or blackmail

ByAustin Bay February 2, 2022

In April 2019 the Houston Chronicle, in collaboration with Science magazine, published an article documenting an extensive FBI investigation into communist China’s infiltration of major U.S. medical …

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Opinion

Communist Chinese imperialists steal Sub-Saharan Africa

ByAustin Bay January 27, 2022

A quick review of communist China’s calculated territorial imperialism in the South China Sea helps clarify Beijing’s calculated economic, political and criminal imperialism in sub-Saharan Africa.In …

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Opinion

Putin, Ukraine and the RUBK: Old news is current bad news

ByAustin Bay January 19, 2022

Fail to study the past (history), from energizing grand aspirations to how-it’s-done tactics, and you will fail the present.

Failure to study the basics definitely occurred when the Biden …

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