by Piper Bayard | May 2, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News, US/Asia-Pacific Alliances
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes In response to the People’s Republic of China’s recent sovereignty claims over the entire South China Sea/West Philippines Sea and China’s escalated aggression in those international waters, US President Obama and his administration...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 18, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On January 16, 2016, Taiwan held national elections. The results were clear. Dr. Tsai Ing-wen, the Democratic Progressive Party (“DPP”) chairperson and presidential candidate, won a landslide victory with 56.1% of the votes. Eric Chu...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 28, 2015 | Humor, Mohammed Faqwahdi, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes We wanted to get some eclectic input on the holiday season and what we might expect in 2016, so we consulted with our Bayard & Holmes intelligence, terrorism, and asymmetric warfare expert, retired terrorist...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 5, 2015 | Current Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On Saturday, October 3, a Russian fighter flown from Syria entered Turkish airspace without Turkey’s permission. Turkey responded by summoning the Russian Ambassador to Turkey to receive a formal complaint from the...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 14, 2015 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, History, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On August 26, 2015, the Philippine government took a major step in Philippine foreign policy toward its closest ally, the US. During an official visit to the Philippines, the commander of US Pacific Command, Admiral Harry Harris, met...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 23, 2015 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes The cancerous growth of ISIS across Syria and Iraq since 2014 both exacerbates and illuminates a series of changes in US-Middle East relations. The most crucial and obvious of these changes is to the relationships between the US and Iraq, Iran, Israel,...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 16, 2015 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes Precisely who is fighting in Ukraine depends upon whom you ask. When Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin speaks to non-Russians, he claims the Russian-speaking Ukrainian rebels are valiantly fighting to save Russian-speaking orphans, Jews, and senior...
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