COVID-19 and the Geopolitics of Petroleum One of the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was a sharp drop in world demand for petroleum.
Female Veterans Are Leading the Count for the 2020 Census The 2020 Census is here and helps make sure every community gets its fair share of resources and political representation.
When Will the National Guard Receive Federal Authority to Combat COVID-19? Although states will be reimbursed for emergency expenses, this process is neither automatic nor speedy.
Blaming America: China Weaponizes Misinformation About COVID-19 The crisis has given rise to deliberate misinformation about the crisis, its origins and its consequences.
Is Social Distancing Really the Best Way to Fight a Pandemic? Currently, we do not have the ability to protect at-risk populations, so social distancing is the only alternative available.
The Geopolitics of the Coronavirus Geopolitics refers to the study of how physical geography influences the political and economic landscape.
For US Troops, Service-Connected Hearing Loss Is a Big Problem One of the little-known facts of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is that the nature of combat wounds has changed.
What Kobe's Memorial Can Teach Us About Connection in the Face of Tragedy The memorial for hoops star Kobe Bryant and his daughter underlines the hard truth: Nothing prepares you for tragic loss.
Trump Administration's Middle East Peace Plan Highlights New Fault Lines An aggressive Iran has resulted in broader common ground between Israel and many of the Sunni Arab governments in the region.
To Help Our Military Compete with China, the US Needs to Deregulate Tech Development While we cannot predict our geopolitical future, we can watch trends, and one appears certain.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...