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 | Jan 12, 2016 | Espionage, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On January 17, 1961, US President Dwight D Eisenhower delivered his farewell speech. The retired five star general had served two presidential terms and was being replaced by his fellow military veteran, the newly elected John F....
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 | Nov 23, 2015 | Espionage, Mohammed Faqwahdi, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard and Jay Holmes News and social media are awash with opinions and pseudo-facts about the Syrian refugees. One fact, though, is that hundreds of thousands of people are caught in a desperate situation between a Europe that is closing...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 19, 2015 | Amusing Ourselves and Hopefully You, Foreign Affairs, Humor, Mohammed Faqwahdi, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard & Jay Holmes Given recent problems with several Western “expert” commentators in the fields of intelligence, counterterrorism, and asymmetric warfare, we know that many of our readers are anxious to find an authority they can...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 7, 2015 | Current Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes With so many deadly conflicts brewing around the globe, it’s easy to lose sight of less spectacular defense news at home. Changes in the defense industry and their impacts on taxpayers are not likely to generate front page headlines...
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...
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