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L. Todd Wood

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Turkey acted contrary to its own interests by downing a Russian warplane. (Associated Press/File)

Vladimir Putin uses NATO weakness for Russia dominance over Turkey

Turkey, a NATO member, shot down a Russian SU-24 fighter bomber that briefly entered its airspace during attacks on rebels in Syria in late 2015. The deliberate Turkish action was meant to push back against an aggressive Russia that had repeatedly ignored Turkish warnings, showing a complete disregard for the sovereignty of a NATO country.

June 30, 2016
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, left, shakes hands with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at the start of a bilateral conference in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, June 27, 2016. Yang is on a two-day visit to Vietnam to try to promote cooperation amid growing tension over Chinese growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)

China threatens to ‘drag away’ Philippine naval base

China claims just about all of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea as their sovereign territory. Unfortunately for them, most of the islands are also claimed and controlled by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan.

June 27, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Thursday, June 23, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

As EU worries over Brexit, Vladimir Putin enjoys the show

There has been a global outbreak of nervousness in the long run-up to Britain's Brexit vote Thursday, with European Union politicians and heads of state apoplectic about the possibility of a member of the club saying no thanks and walking away from the utopia they have created.

June 23, 2016
A U.S. Air Force A-10 aircraft flies above an airbase in Campia Turzii, in Romania's central region of Transylvania, Thursday, April 16, 2015, during a joint exercise with the Romanian air force. Romanian and US air teams conduct a joint military exercise dubbed Dacian Thunder 2015. (AP Photo/Mircea Rosca)

A-10s again landing on Estonia highways

The Cold War is back in Eastern Europe as NATO concludes a massive exercise meant to show the alliance it is serious about deterring Russia from retaking the Baltics, which are exposed and vulnerable to invasion from the East.

June 22, 2016
U.S. Patriot missiles are deployed in South Korea to respond to North Korea's nuclear testing. (Associated Press)

Islamic State targets US air base in South Korea

South Korea's intelligence agency released information this week on the Islamic State's efforts to collect information on U.S. air bases around the world in preparation for an attack.

June 21, 2016
An F-18 Super Hornet flies ahead of the USS John C. Stennis while in the Pacific, 2013. (Image: U.S. Navy)

Putin, Obama tag-bombing in Syria

American and Russian forces in Syria have been tip toeing around each other for a year now. A few days ago, it almost got really serious. Last week, American F-18s, launched from a carrier in the Mediterranean, tried and failed to stop Russian jets from bombing U.S.-backed forces fighting the Islamic State in Syria.

June 20, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Leadership, not appeasement, needed in America’s next leader

The Obama administration has gotten America into quite a conundrum when it comes to the Russian Federation and its wily leader, Vladimir Putin, who are aggressively pushing back against NATO encroachment on former Soviet and Warsaw Pact territory.

June 16, 2016
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton met in Washington on Monday to discuss uniting the party to defeat presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump at the polls November. (Associated Press)

Threat from within U.S.

I have been trying to wrap my head around the Left's response to Orlando. But I can't. It is incomprehensible.

June 15, 2016
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, June 13, 2016. NATO's chief says the alliance will agree this week to send four multinational battalions to the Baltic states and Poland to boost their defenses against Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO approves 4,000 troops for Baltics

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania still have fresh memories of being part of the Soviet Union and the oppression that entailed.

June 13, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks this week in Moscow and pledged to expand their cooperation in the fight against terrorism. (Associated Press)

Obama’s anti-Israel policies turn Russia into main protector

Israel can no longer count on the United States for its ultimate security. America is no longer the protector of last resort. Israel simply cannot trust us, for yes, the United States of America, formerly Israel's only true friend, is now conspiring for its demise through a policy that has simply enabled Iran.

June 9, 2016
In this Jan. 20, 2016 photo, a Russian Su-24 bomber lands at Hemeimeem air base in Syria. U.S. officials say a pair of Russian Su-24 attack planes buzzed a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea multiple times on Monday, April 11, 2016, and Tuesday, April 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov, File)

Russia deploying troops to western border

NATO, worried about Russian actions in Ukraine and its aggressive military maneuvers worldwide, especially in the Baltic Sea, has been exercising large numbers of troops in former Soviet and Warsaw Pact territory to deter any Russian thoughts of westward expansion. Russia has vowed to respond to NATO's visible buildup with a shift in forces of its own.

June 7, 2016
This file image posted on the Twitter page of Syria's al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front on Friday, April 1, 2016, shows fighters from al-Qaida's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, marching toward the northern village of al-Ais in Aleppo province, Syria. Al-Qaida's branch in Syria has recruited hundreds of new fighters, including teenagers, and taken territory from government forces in a successful offensive in the north, illustrating how the cease-fire put in place by Russia and the United State to weaken the militants has in many ways backfired. Arabic, bottom, reads, "Mujahedeen getting ready to attack the enemies of God in al-Ais." (Al-Nusra Front via AP, File)

L. TODD WOOD: Russia may be preparing to escalate in Syria

After surprising the world several months back by announcing Russia's partial withdrawal from Syria and entering into negotiations with the United States and other powers to cease hostilities, it seems Russia may be preparing to re-escalate the military option in the Syrian civil war.

June 6, 2016
Soldiers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy watch as the USS Blue Ridge arrives at a port in Shanghai, Friday, May 6, 2016. The commander of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet has dismissed the cancellation of a planned port visit to Hong Kong by an American aircraft carrier as a minor hurdle in relations between the two militaries. (AP Photo)

China says it will ignore South China Sea arbitration decision

It is no secret that China has been extending territorial claims throughout the South China Sea in a bid to extend its military and commercial influence in the region. However, at the same time, China has been pushing to be seen as an international power in financial and other circles. These two goals are not compatible.

June 4, 2016
President Barack Obama holds his ice cream cone during a visit to Grand Ole Creamery in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

L. TODD WOOD: A loss of masculine virtues means a loss of national greatness

I read with disgust this week the details of a YouGov poll that showed a large percentage of millennial men don't consider themselves fully masculine. This is the result of decades of leftist, cultural Marxism that have changed the fabric of American society. It is also how nations lose wars and find themselves relegated to the dustbin of history.

June 2, 2016