Toby Westerman

Russian Dominance in Europe?

Russia's ability to exert its will in Crimea and threaten eastern Ukraine did not arise accidentally, but by design. Russia's successful use of threats, infiltration by special operations units, and outright invasion would have been impossible without the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, which enabled Moscow to be the beneficiary of subsequent large scale financing and technical assistance from the West.

Deadly Myth: America The Invulnerable

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the Americans have comforted themselves with the knowledge that the United States was the world's only superpower. The attacks of 9-11 demonstrated that there were still bad people who wanted to hurt the U.S., but these individuals were restricted to terror groups in caves somewhere in Afghanistan or Pakistan or the insane governments of Iran and North Korea.

Russian Revolution: Urgent lessons for U.S. Today

This year is the 96th anniversary of the Russian revolution, one of the most earthshaking events in human history. The terms "history" and "96th anniversary" are apt to cause the eyes of many if not most Americans to glaze over, but American life today is being molded directly by the ideas and events set in motion in Russia in 1917.

On The Comeback Trail—The Communist Party In Russia

The Communist Party in Russia has reportedly dealt the ruling United Russia party a serious blow in one of the regions of the Russian Federation by winning recent local elections in two districts and strengthening its presence in several others. The showing by the Communists is regarded by experts in Russia as a warning to the government in Moscow that the Communists are gaining strength and there may be additional Communist victories in future elections.

Moscow-Beijing Axis—A Threat Real or Imagined?

For years this column has argued that there is a solid alliance between Russia and China, and that this alliance constitutes a direct military challenge to the United States. To ignore this threat endangers the security of the people of the United States. This seems to be a minority opinion, however, and one of the many experts who disagree with this analysis is Jeffrey Mankoff, the Deputy Director for the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

Did China buy Nicaragua?

A potentially disastrous foreign policy situation for the U.S. has arisen: Communist China now appears to have all but purchased the Central American nation of Nicaragua.

Russia poised to achieve nuclear superiority over U.S.

In his second term as Russian president, Vladimir Putin has made the rebuilding of Russian military forces, including its nuclear striking capabilities, a top priority. Advanced missiles, bombers, and submarines are either on the drawing board or coming into operational service, just as the United States is on the verge of drastic cuts in its armed forces.

Of Things To Come

America has made a choice in the November 2012 elections, and the security of the nation will suffer for it. There is no honest debate as to what lies before an increasingly debt-ridden, militarily weakened United States in a world growing ever more dangerous.

Spy Dreams, Future Nightmare

The online English language version of the state controlled Russian news agency RIA Novosti recently published an "exclusive interview" with Lt. Gen. (ret.) Nickolai Sergeyevich Leonov, a long-time spymaster, leftist politician, and friend to Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The New World Order of Russia, China and a weak U.S.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that the Obama administration's "Reset" in relations with Russia "cannot last forever," and must be followed by a closer relationship, according to a Reuters news report. Lavrov, however, is willing to wait until the outcome of the elections in the U.S. for more specifics.

The Christian Holocaust

In a sinister twist, the so-called Mainstream Media are attempting to move the nation's attention away from the anti-U.S. rage of Muslim mobs, the flag burnings, and the assaults on U.S. overseas property to more mundane topics, especially Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax returns. Conservative news outlets -- Fox News, talk radio, and Internet sites - are the sources for information on a literally incendiary situation.

From humiliation to conflagration: We do not know our enemies

A tidal wave of horrific mages of mobs storming our embassies have flooded all media, from TV sets to mobile devices. The numbing truth, however, is that these images are only the most obvious signs of a foreign policy which endangering not only Americans abroad, but threatens our very national survival.

Moscow miffed at Mitt

Moscow wasted no time in expressing through its cooperative media its displeasure at both Republican nominee Mitt Romney and the Republican Party for advocating a tougher stand on internal oppression in Russia and its aggressive, anti-democratic foreign policy.

Russian nuclear submarine as omen—Will U. S. continue to disarm

The world is justifiably concerned about a nuclear capable Iran, but the Islamic Republic's prime ally, the Russian Federation, is putting into active service a weapon with more destructive capability than Tehran could ever dream of possessing. While Iran's main target is America's ally, Israel, Moscow still aims its atomic weaponry primarily at the United States. As budget cuts place ever greater limitations on American deterrence, Moscow - and its allies -- are forging ahead in their construction of an ever greater military capability.

China, Cuba and the espionage alliance against the U.S.

China's intelligence operations are the "core arena" for achieving the superpower status which the Communist elite in Beijing so passionately desires. Central to its spy activities is the island of Cuba which is strategically located for the interception of U.S. military and civilian satellite communications. China's spy services also cooperates closely with Havana's own world-class intelligence services.

Medicare fraud pays for Cuban spy activities against U.S.

The Communist Cuban dictatorship is draining hundreds of millions of dollars from America's already financially strapped Medicare program and using the money to finance its military and espionage services, according to one counterintelligence expert specializing in Cuban affairs.

Looming American tragedy

While the battle over the budget is vital to the nation, other events and developments which are essential to the survival of the United States are systematically ignored by the media, even though they logically figure into America's spending priorities.

U.S., China, Taiwan and a bitter irony

Twenty years ago the Soviet union, correctly termed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan as the evil empire, collapsed as the world rejoiced. At that moment, America was the unquestioned superpower, the strongest nation on earth. Today, in one of history's great ironies, the United States is economically vulnerable, and Communist China appears to be the next world-dominating power.

Appeasing Communist China, or driving to self-destruction in a Cadillac

Cadillac, a division of General Motors, was once synonymous with financial achievement and success in the world. Cadillac was as American as apple pie, if at the upper crust. Today, however, with the agreement by Cadillac to pay for the production expenses of a Communist Chinese Party propaganda film, the Cadillac brand now stands for something quite different: the appeasement of a power hostile to the United States in the name of financial gain.

A note to defense budget cutters: America is at war, and not just with fundamentalist Islam

In the debate over how spending cuts will be inflicted upon the U.S. military, little is heard about the China threat, less about Russia, and nothing about the alliance between the two - a "strategic partnership" for a "new world order" that goes back to 1997 and the era of Boris Yeltsin and Jiang Zemin. To ignore this global reality threatens the security and very survival of the United States.