Defense Analysis Focused Discipline:
Russian Analysis Body of Knowledge
Russian military doctrine and force development
Eastern European security and regional stability
NATO-Russia strategic competition
Russian advances in drone warfare
Information warfare and hybrid conflict
Geopolitical risk assessment and strategic forecasting
Historical analysis of Soviet and post-Soviet military thought
Defense policy and emerging security challenges
From the 2025 Alaska summit.
Video Analysis: Russian Forces
//Fiction// Operation Collective Deterrence; a Joint Multi-national Task Force deterrence operation conducted on the European Eastern flank. The Joint multi-national task force or JMNTF is comprised of the selected military forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Germany and Lithuania. The JMNTF will conduct a forward presence deterrence operation from 04 May through 16 May, 2026 in three regions surrounding Belarus in an effort to prevent the adversary use of tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) in Europe. In addition to demonstrating the capability of an enhanced forward presence, the task force will execute non-kinetic electronic warfare operations focused on adversary high value targets within Belarus.//Fiction//
Russia continually seeks to develop technologies that increase capabilities that achieve overmatch using both developments from the civilian sector as well as direct military advances. These discussions focus on currently employed Russian EM capabilities as well as the force structure that supports the deployment of EM capabilities.
Russia’s shadow fleet is helping the Russian Federation evade internationally imposed sanctions and fund the war in Ukraine. The fleet is comprised of approximately 430 Very Large Category Crude (VLCC) tankers capable of carrying 2 to 3 million barrels each. Shadow fleet tankers are usually at the end of their lifespan, (15 or more years old), they are often uninsured, meaning NO oil spill insurance and they make use of flags of convenience.
Book Projects
From Wilderness to War is a new historical military fiction short story. From Wilderness to War is book one of a four book series. Book Two will be available in November 2026.
From Wilderness to War begins along the quiet Potomac River near Alexandria, Virginia in Antebellum America. Our hero; Will, gained an early appreciation for life in the wilderness and mastered outdoor living. His father; Ben, taught him much of his fieldcraft, but most importantly he instilled in his son a strong moral code.
The story expands against a backdrop of war and takes the reader to the untamed Texas Territory during the Mexican American War. The war carried men far from their homes and communities to Mexico and across the rugged frontier. This distant war would test the courage, loyalty and discipline of the most hardened young men America could offer.
The Falkland Islands War; A Brief Analysis covers the Road to War, the Invasion of the Falklands and Britain's response. A careful critique of British and Argentine leadership as well as the political and intelligence failures.
Prime Minister Thatcher actually changed the context of leadership in her administration from the onset of this conflict by establishing an aggressive culture of forward thinking and leading. A productive by-product was the culture of
shared leadership that she also created by empowering her subordinate leaders at the Ministry of Defense and among all of the military branches. They were given the authority to move forward and make strategic decisions that were usually
time sensitive strategic ones. This analysis provides the reader with a leader oriented overview of the important issues surrounding this brief conflict.
Video Analysis:
Historic Shorter Campaigns
Video Analysis: Defense Reporting
Iran Defense Profile
This report was published on YouTube on February 22, 2026. Many Americans view Iran and by extension its military as backwards, unsophisticated and largely incapable of defending themselves from superpowers, like the United States. While Iran is not a serious competitor to the United States and certainly not a near peer, they do possess a large, diversified missile force with an indigenous long-range UAV fleet and they have adapted defense strategies that many analysts would consider to be advanced. Iran is not Syria, or Libya, meaning that Iran is not a shell of its former self, it’s not a vassal state, Iran is a sovereign, modern nation of 90 million people with world class scientists and academic institutions. This brief presents an honest look at some of Iran's defensive capabilities as of February 22, 2026.