Security – Page 25 – Schirach Report

Benghazi Tragedy: Incompetence and Callousness This sad incident was treated by the White House as a political annoyance that needed to be explained away

WASHINGTON – It has hard to get the general public to focus on the attack on the US Consulate...

Beyond Symbolic Gestures, The West Will Not Act To Help Ukraine Regain Control Over Its Eastern Provinces Kiev is on its own. The only way to end the crisis is to let the Russian speaking East go

WASHINGTON – By now the provisional government in Kiev should have understood that, beyond symbolic gestures, the West will...

The Ukrainian Government Cannot Win, All By Itself, Against Russia Kiev should let Eastern Ukraine secede. Only then it will have a chance to engage in economic reforms and join Europe

WASHINGTON – Vladimir Putin is winning in his ruthless and perhaps crazy effort to regain control over at least a...

In Newfoundland, Where Churchill And FDR Met During WWII In Placentia Bay the two western leaders issued the Atlantic Charter in August 1941

NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada, (a few years ago)- Looking outside, at the Ocean on that windy day, I thought again about my...

US Strategy Against Russia: Give the Ukrainian Army Military Socks Deterrence is about having overwhelming military force and the willingness to use it. What about America's will?

WASHINGTON – Effective deterrence is essentially about two key components working in combination: 1) Having the tools to inflict immediate and...

As Russia Stirs More Trouble In Eastern Ukraine, The West Does Nothing

WASHINGTON – We were told that Russia would pay a heavy price for its invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea,...

A New Balance Of Power When America Will Start Exporting Gas Germany, Europe and the Ukraine would rather depend on supllies from Chevron than from Gazprom

By Paolo von Schirach March 11, 2014 WASHINGTON – If America were capable of exporting oil and gas, the...

With A Forced Referendum On Joining Russia, The Crimea Crisis Gets Worse Putin could have got most of what he wanted through diplomacy. But now it seems that he wants all out victory. Dangerous game.

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2014/03/05/ukrainians-willing-grant-additional-autonomy-crimea-translation-crimea-lost/ March 7, 2014 WASHINGTON – I recently argued (see link to a...

Two Senators Make The Case For Vehicles Powered By Natural Gas – But They Fail To Mention Heavy Trucks Heavy trucks consume a lot of fuel. Real incentives would convince fleet owners such as Wal-Mart to switch to natural gas, with huge positive effects for the US economy

By Paolo von Schirach February 28, 2014 WASHINGTON – In an extremely rare bipartisan effort, Senator Jim Inhofe (Republican from Oklahoma)...

When America Retreats From The World The Bad Guys Determine Outcomes – Look at Syria America's residual might does not deter anybody anymore, because all players are convinced that a timid US is afraid to act

By Paolo von Schirach February 23, 2014 WASHINGTON – When it comes to international security issues, the prevailing American...