Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster warns Biden against rejoining Iran nuclear deal: It would be a really big mistake. H. R. McMaster US President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser, Gen. H.R. McMaster, warned in an interview with Fox News that Israel could attack Iran if it detected a threat from it, even in the final…
President Trump announced Tuesday that he has fired National Security Adviser John Bolton, saying he “disagreed strongly” with his suggestions on a range of issues. “I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House,” Trump tweeted. “I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the…
Top NATO and Russian military commanders have agreed to meet. Here’s what they need to discuss. Coming to a negotiating table near your. Photographer: Sergei Grits/AFP/Getty Images When I served as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO from 2009 to 2013, I developed a friendly relationship with the head of the Russian armed forces, General Nikolai Makarov. He was…
(CNN)When White House aides arrived at work Thursday, they were prepared for a market-shaking event that would prompt jitters among US allies and cause heartburn among establishment thinkers, even Republicans. They weren’t prepared for two such events. President Donald Trump sent shock waves across the globe when he accepted an invitation from North Korean dictator…
Kiswah base, above: Tiyas air base Compound near Damascus Airport, above Al Shayrat airfield By The New York Times | Source: Institute for the Study of War. Satellite images by Bing….
WASHINGTON – Concerns are mounting over the possibility of a targeted strike by the US on North Korea, with US analysts warning that Washington will face major dilemmas if it were to order such a “bloody nose” strike. Miscalculations and flawed assumptions could trigger an all-out war, analysts told The Straits Times. Talk of a “bloody nose”…
Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, with the Hwasong-15 missile in a photo released by the government news agency in November. CreditKorean Central News Agency WASHINGTON — At the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, American intelligence agencies told the new administration that while North Korea had built the bomb, there was still ample time — upward…
In new outline of national security strategy, Trump doctrine to declare that ‘states have increasingly found common interests with in Israel’ in confronting threats such as Iran and radical jihadist terrorist organizations. Prioritizing national sovereignty over alliances, President Donald Trump is poised to outline a new national security strategy that envisions nations in a perpetual…
North Korea claimed Donald Trump was “begging for war” as the U.S. announced it would carry out the largest ever aerial drill with South Korea in the coming week. The drill is scheduled to take place from December 4-8, in what North Korea’s ministry of foreign affairs suggested was a demonstration of the U.S.’ “nuclear…
President Trump is expected to announce his decision on the fate of the Iran nuclear deal in a speech on Friday, according to Republican lawmakers briefed by the administration. White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster was on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening briefing top Republican lawmakers on the administration’s forthcoming announcement. Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas,…