by Piper Bayard | May 29, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Headlines this week are reporting the not-very-new “news” that China is—drumroll and sound track of gasping readers please—stealing US technology and hacking into classified US government computer systems. A secondary aspect of the story focuses on daily...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 22, 2013 | Current Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes By now, you will have heard about the bombs that detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Before offering opinions concerning that event, I would like to point out an important fact that is easy to miss as the United States...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 3, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Things have accelerated in Syria during the last six months—“things” such as the death rate and the refugee crisis, which have increased alarmingly. Putting a number on the death toll is not easy. The various rebel forces and the Syrian government may...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 1, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On April 15, North Korea will celebrate its 68th anniversary of independence. While the Western world will barely notice the celebration, it will undoubtedly be a big occasion in North Korea. Unlike the 4th of July in the US, there...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 20, 2013 | Current Affairs, History
By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes Ten years ago this week, a US led coalition invaded Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. While it is still a bit too soon to see the long term prospects for the post-Saddam Iraq, we have enough hindsight to make reasonable judgments...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 18, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, History
By Jay Holmes As we looked at last Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to Turkey highlights the tensions between our two countries. (See Turkey–America’s Special Frenemy) In the long history of our “frenemy” relationship, the Kurds...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 13, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, History
By Jay Holmes US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to Turkey has momentarily brought US-Turkish relations to the forefront of US foreign affairs news. Days before Kerry’s visit, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned up the tension in US-Turkish...
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