US Navy – Schirach Report

By Showing Captured US Sailors Iran Scored A Huge Propaganda Victory The video showing US sailors taken prisoners was released in order to openly humiliate America

WASHINGTON – Two small US Navy boats drifted off course while sailing in the Persian Gulf and ended up...

US Navy Challenges Beijing In The South China Sea The US Navy has been sent close to islands illegally claimed by China in order to assert freedom of navigation. How will China react?

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration does not have a stellar record either on national security issues or on upholding basic...

China Must Control The South China Sea – This Is An Obligation To The Ancestors Foreign Minister Wang Yi explains how the islands always belonged to China

WASHINGTON – Finally we know what this whole business of Beijing grabbing islands in the South China Sea, while...

While The US Protests, China Keeps Building Bases In The South China Sea There is no way that the US will risk a military confrontation in order to force China to give up its claims

WASHINGTON – China decided that America is in a (probably irreversible) phase of global retreat. Whatever the rhetoric about...

Will The US Stop China’s Expansion In the South China Sea? Flying one mission to reaffirm the right to fly over international air space is not enough

WASHINGTON – In response to China’s totally preposterous sovereignty claims over the entire South China Sea, the US sent...

Putin Loses The Ukraine, But He Gets To Keep The Crimea – Happy Ending? Russia takes a calculated risk because it sees America as powerless.

By Paolo von Schirach March 1, 2014 WASHINGTON – Let me give you my ultra simplified assessment of what...

On Syria, Timid West Offers Embarrassing Spectacle Obama may "do something" in the end. But it is clear that there is no determination. A political way out?

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2013/08/27/america-will-act-in-syria-but-do-not-expect-much/ August 29, 2013 WASHINGTON – I recently argued that America is in no mood...

Robert Gates Retires as The Last Defense Secretary of a Powerful America – The Erosion of the US Economy Will Cause Cuts in Defense and a Reduced US International Role

By Paolo von Schirach June 28, 2011 WASHINGTON– Robert Gates is about to retire as Secretary of...