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L. Todd Wood

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L. Todd Wood, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, flew special operations helicopters supporting SEAL Team 6, Delta Force and others. After leaving the military, he pursued his other passion, finance, spending 18 years on Wall Street trading emerging market debt, and later, writing. The first of his many thrillers is "Currency." Todd is a contributor to Fox Business, Newsmax TV, Moscow Times, the New York Post, the National Review, Zero Hedge and others. For more information about L. Todd Wood, visit LToddWood.com.

Articles by L. Todd Wood

The Death of the Soviet Union Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CROSSTALK: Russia can be an ally to patriotic Americans

The Kremlin and its current leadership have long memories. The Russian attempts to hurt Hillary Clinton in her presidential race against Donald Trump hark back to when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to get Vladimir Putin thrown out of office at the turn of the decade. Mr. Putin holds grudges.

April 6, 2017
President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at at Mar-a-Lago resort Thursday in Palm Beach, Florida. The two are expected to discuss North Korea in their meeting. However, columnist L. Todd Wood notes in his column that South Korea has been absent from discussions involving North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

South Korea badly in need of a little Donald Trump attention

There's been a lot going on in recent weeks with the Stalinist regime of North Korea and its quest for a nuclear arsenal to threaten the world. It is obvious the Trump administration intends finally to stop talking and start doing something about this festering geopolitical sore. As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said this week after the latest North Korean missile test, "The United States has spoken enough about North Korea. We have no further comment."

April 6, 2017
The monument to the victims of the Chernobyl tragedy is in front of a new shelter installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Chernobyl, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. A massive shelter has finally been installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian corruption casts a nuclear pall over all of Europe

In 2016, the No. 1 tourist destination of Ukraine was the lifeless town of Pripyat, evacuated after the deadly reactor meltdown at Chernobyl in 1986. Today, Ukraine relies on nuclear power for 53 percent of its power generation, but is risking another nuclear accident on a scale greater than Europe -- and the world -- could imagine.

March 30, 2017
China's alleged on-going reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. (Ritchie B. Tongo/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China fortification of South China Sea nears completion

Images taken by the Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) earlier this month provide evidence that the fortification of the South China Sea islands claimed by the Chinese government as sovereign Chinese territory is nearing completion. The photos show large aircraft hangars, missile batteries, and radar facilities nearing completion. The three main islands which show this militarization are Fiery Cross, Mischief and Subi reefs, all of the Spratly island chain.

March 29, 2017

N. Korea uses hackers to rob banks to fund regime

It is estimated North Korea has a hacker army numbered in the thousands. The regime is becoming increasingly bold in its quest for foreign currency and is using this hacker army to attack banks around the world and steal money, lots of money.

March 27, 2017
A candlelight vigil was held Thursday for the victims of Wednesday's attack at Trafalgar Square in London. (Associated Press)

London terror reveals globalist vision’s poverty

As we once again see the multiculturalists in London do the things globalists do after their friends and countrymen get slaughtered -- light candles and offer up thoughts and prayers -- it may be worth coming up for air and taking a hard look at where Western society is as a growing concern.

March 23, 2017
The Tactics of George Soros Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Globalist media trying to twist Putin-Russian agenda their way

I received a tweet the other day that was blocked, informing me that the material was "possible insensitive and offensive." After clicking to unmask the tweet, the supposedly dangerous content read, "It's no longer capitalist versus communist, It's nationalist versus globalist."

March 22, 2017
Men run in front of a bonfire during the Newroz celebration, in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Thousands celebrated the Newroz festival in Istanbul and in Diyarbakir, a mainly Kurdish city in a region where Kurdish militants regularly clash with government forces. In Turkey, the spring festival traditionally serves as an occasion to demand more rights for the Kurdish minority.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Russia to train YPG Kurds in northern Syria

Russia continues to expand its influence in the Middle Eastern region, especially in what remains of the Syrian state. Today, parts of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, along the Turkish border have declared they will be trained by Russian troops.

March 21, 2017
In this May 10, 2016, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves at parade participants at the Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

From North Korea, a Dr. Evil update

The North Korean News Agency announced Sunday morning that the communist regime had ground tested a new high-powered, high-thrust rocket engine to be used to launch satellites into orbit.

March 20, 2017
In this undated file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea. (Liu Rui/Xinhua via AP, File) **FILE**

China starts to build ‘environmental monitoring stations’ on disputed islands in South China Sea

Just as China promised the world they would not militarize the man-made islands they have been building in the South China Sea, but then deployed fighter and other military aircraft on airstrips in the region, and air-defense weapons systems, the communist state is now building 'environmental monitoring stations' on islands very near the Philippines, whose ownership has been disputed for some time.

March 18, 2017
The Iran Karrar tank (Photo: Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iran designs Russian T-90 look-alike

Russia has been keen to sell Iran military equipment and technology since the sanctions were lifted on the Islamic theocracy and the billions started flowing from the Obama administration.

March 13, 2017
Maria Ivanovna receives humanitarian aid from the charitable foundation of Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, whose vast wealth is founded on the industrial output of Donetsk coal-rich region. The foundation said this month that its work in the region was paralyzed after rebels blocked access to the relief warehouse. (Associated Press/File)

Ukraine coal blockades fuel nationalist tensions

Even as the pro-Kiev Ukrainian side fought for territory against pro-Russian separatists in Novorossiya, or "New Russia," as the rebels like to call their enclave, they were also trading with them, providing funding to those killing Ukrainian youths with Russian artillery.

March 9, 2017