THE TANK Blog

Climate Change When Convenient

“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is indefensible. The U.S. is right to impose targeted sanctions on Putin & his oligarchs. We also must work with our allies to prepare for a refugee crisis on a...

What did you do, Young Man

Apparently President Trump passed useful information to Russia from a U.S. partner. This data was obtained through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within...

Freedom of Navigation…or lack thereof

It wasn’t until near the end of the Obama Administration when the U.S. Navy was given permission to conduct Freedom Of Navigation Operations (FONOP.)  FONOP is intended to conduct patrols which challenge territorial claims...

Coyote Economics

The price has gone up from $3,000 to $8,000 in just a short time.   That’s a pretty good income for the service provider but provider of what you ask?  Well, the coyote of...

Row row row your Russian boat

You probably read about the keystone cops spy ship sent by Russians which got rammed by a Lebanese shipment of goats from Romania bound for Jordan.  It was called the “Liman”.  Ever since the...

The Soros Method of Chaos

In June of 2016, George Soros wrote an editorial about the seven pillars to the EU crisis.  The main goal in his writing was to encourage large numbers of Islam extremists to funnel into...