Articles by CCNS Members

In the midst of the U.S. election turmoil, it may be understandable that an important statement from the head of the U.S. Southern Command has gone relatively unnoticed. On Dec. 2, 2020, Admiral Craig Faller told The Wall Street Journal that additional military personnel and weapons are arriving in Venezuela from Iran. Adm. Faller…

Politically this has been and continues to be a year like no other. Many millions of Americans believe that we have just witnessed the grand theft of a presidential election. No, it wasn’t the Russians. The Fake News Media are doing their best to shame President Trump and his supporters…

Last week, at the 2020 Global Security Forum, U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said that ending Qatar’s blockage by three Gulf nations and Egypt is “a priority” of the Trump administration in “the next 70 days.” The dispute among the Arab neighbors grew out of concerns about Qatar’s close…

The following is intended to be an easy-to-understand summary of how the major COVID-19 vaccine candidates work and their current status. When viruses enter the human body, they attach to specific receptors on the cell surface, enter the cell and then use the cell’s own replicating mechanisms, that is, hijack…

Most people in the USA think of Canada as “America light” – their little sibling to the North. Canadians have a reputation for being mild, courteous, and non-confrontational. Many Canadians have a sort of mid-western American accent. They dress and behave similarly to Americans, so they effortlessly blend in like…

With Election Day just a day away, there is much concern that it will turn into Election Week, or even Month(s). The nation is on edge in ways that we’ve never seen before. To both sides, failure is not an option, because each side believes it will mean the end…

A consortium of New York mosques plans to protest at the French Consulate in Manhattan this Sunday to express their rage at Emmanuel Macron’s support for publishing caricatures of Islam’s prophet Muhammad. “The French President is directly provoking the Muslim world in his support of offensive and vulgar depictions of the beloved Prophet…

Creating jobs for Americans ought to be every politician’s top priority. But for Joe Biden, it isn’t. Instead, Biden has pledged to expand job programs for foreign workers. Consider H-1B visas, which allow foreigners “in specialty occupations” to temporarily work in the United States. President Trump paused this program when…

Over many decades, the United States has become an oligarchy, a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The oligarchy is primarily composed of the Democrat Party, the media, academia, the permanent federal bureaucracy and the multinational interests that provide its financial support.…