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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 troops on the eastern front continue low-intensity military operations against Ukraine. The White House is adamantly opposed to shipping lethal defensive aid with which Kiev could blunt the next Russian assault. (Associated Press)

L. TODD WOOD: Spring is here - and violence in East Ukraine as well

Russia has pulled some jet aircraft out of Syria, but has replaced them with high performance helicopters, signaling a shift in the fight to more close-in operations. As the tempo of Russian operations in Syria draws down, the situation in East Ukraine is flaring.

May 2, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: ISIS cyber hacker publishes hit list of 3,000 New Yorkers

An obscure hacking group related to the Islamic State, called the Caliphate Cyber Army, published a list of more than 3,000 New Yorkers and urged ISIS-affiliated terrorists to target them. The list includes many State Department, security and other government employees but also give the names, address and email address of many ordinary citizens. The FBI is attempting to contact those listed on the online information release.

April 29, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin (Associated Press/File)

Behind the Curtain: Vladimir Putin manipulates oil price rise for Russian rebound

Ever since sanctions were imposed on Russia following the annexation of Crimea and the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, it has been the Kremlin's strategy to wait out the West, based on a divide-and-conquer approach to the countries of Europe. We now may be seeing that strategy start to pay dividends.

April 28, 2016
President Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, during a ceremony at the Interior Department in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (center), California Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (right), Nevada Democrat, look on. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

L. TODD WOOD: Next president will have to change military culture

It has become patently obvious that the Obama administration has succeeded in turning the United States military into a politically correct, leftist petri dish for the progressive, multicultural and feminist agenda. This state of affairs almost ensures a defeat in a serious future conflict.

April 26, 2016
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, and Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan shake hands during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. The Iranian defense minister is visiting Moscow for talks about closer military cooperation. (Vadim Savitsky/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service pool photo via AP)

L. TODD WOOD: Russia to sell electronic warfare systems to Iran

Russia is chomping at the bit to make hard foreign currency selling as many weapon systems as possible to Iran, now that tens of billions of U.S. dollars have been freed up by the Iranian nuclear deal. Sales of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, code named SA-10 Grumble by NATO, are in full swing.

April 26, 2016
Donald Trump is anything but transparent when it comes to dealmaking. (Associated Press/File)

L. TODD WOOD: Donald Trump, like Vladimir Putin, deals unpredictably

When Donald Trump talks dealmaking, he is talking about the use of strategy, negotiating positions and unpredictability to secure one's best interests and agenda. When President Obama and his aides talk diplomacy, they mean appeasement, predictability and giving the other side everything it wants, so that maybe -- just maybe -- your adversary will give you something you want in return. Mr. Obama's Iran "deal" is the latest product of that misguided approach.

April 21, 2016
In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft makes a low altitude pass by the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

L. TODD WOOD: The message behind the Russian jet buzzing

This week's buzzing of a U.S. warship by two Russian SU-24 attack aircraft at a distance of 30 yards or less -- close enough to read the fine print for rescue instructions under the pilot's cockpit -- shocked the world. It was meant to and it should have.

April 14, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Hezbollah acquires advance Russian air-defense systems

Israeli intelligence has confirmed to the German newspaper Bild, that Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist army that has vowed to destroy the Jewish state, has acquired advanced Russian anti-aircraft weapons systems that were given by the Russian military to the Syrian armed forces, reports The Times of Israel.

April 8, 2016
Nuclear Negotiations with North Korea Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

L. TODD WOOD: N. Korea can put nuclear warhead on medium-range missiles

South Korean intelligence has concluded that North Korea has the capability to put a nuclear warhead on a medium-range ballistic missile. This development will threaten the entire Pacific theater with nuclear destruction, including long-term American allies like Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, not to mention the 28,000 U.S. military troops stationed in South Korea as a deterrent to the North.

April 5, 2016