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The Exchange of Missiles is a Sideshow, Iran’s Jihadist Imperialism is What Matters
The West needs a strategy to counter Iran’s “ring of fire”.
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Kyle Orton
The Petrov Affair: Australia’s Most Sensational Spy Case
Revelations of Soviet espionage and political reaction Down Under.
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Kyle Orton
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March 2024

Millenarian Communism in Munster: The Anabaptists of the Early Reformation
A Radical Reformation Sect That Went Off the Rails
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Kyle Orton
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The Islamic State Attack in Russia and the Reaction
The jihadists behind the attack and the Kremlin's deflections.
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Kyle Orton
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Islamic State Remembers A Martyr Who Defected From the Taliban
Profile of Abu Mubashir in Al-Naba 391.
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Kyle Orton
Cuba Remains a Top-Tier Spy Threat
What we learn from the Discovery of Victor Manuel Rocha's treachery.
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Kyle Orton
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February 2024

If Aaron Bushnell is a Political Martyr, Be Clear What His Politics Actually Were
We can either mourn Bushnell as a troubled young man, or accept he died trying to further a grisly political cause.
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Kyle Orton
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Remembering Entebbe: When Israel Fought Back Against the Soviet “Anti-Zionist” War
Review of ‘Raid on Entebbe’ (1977)
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Kyle Orton
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Putin’s Murder of Alexey Navalny and Russians’ Hope of Being a “Normal Country”
Putin Finally Destroys Navalny, the Last Oppositionist Standing
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Kyle Orton
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Discussing History and Hostages with Vladimir Putin
Ten Takeaways From the Tucker Carlson Interview
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Kyle Orton
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January 2024

Cynicism and Consequences: The Numbers Game Over the Casualties in Gaza
Spreading Iran/HAMAS propaganda is not a humanitarian choice.
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Kyle Orton
The World Court Case Against Israel is Political Warfare
The Soviet war against "Zionism" is still with us.
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Kyle Orton
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