Geopolitics

Trial proceedings for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol have begun in the nation's constitutional court. The conservative Yoon was impeached on Saturday by leftists leading the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Read More.

Has the fall of the 20-year reign of dictator Bashar Assad enticed Syrians in Europe to return home? Read More.

The Assad family dictatorship which has run Syria for 53 years and has withstood 13 years of bitter civil war, has now collapsed in just over a week. A sweeping series of Islamic rebel attacks starting in late November, captured key cities from Aleppo in the north to Homs and Hama which fell like dominos creating an unstoppable military momentum on the road to Damascus. Read More.

An unprecedented two-day joint China-Russia bomber exercise and Russian suggestions they will deploy new nuclear capable missiles to Asia point to a growing China-Russia nuclear threat to that region. Read More.

International and U.S. media have failed to report the context of the political crisis in South Korea which led conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol to declare emergency martial law on Tuesday evening. That background includes not only the longstanding influence of pro-North Korean organizations in the South but also the growing demographic and economic influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Read More.

The city of Dandong in China, which sits across the Yalu River from North Korea, features several restaurants staffed by North Korean waitresses who not only serve tables but sing and dance to entertain the diners. Read More.

The administration of leftist South Korean President Moon Jae-In, who was in office from May 2017 to May 2022, allegedly leaked details of U.S.-South Korea military operations related to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to communist China and to civic groups in what investigators say was an effort to delay the system's deployment in South Korea. Read More.

Showdowns loom in the new year as New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has been nominated to serve as United Nations Ambassador by President-elect Donald Trump. Read More.

Is the lamest of lame ducks intent on starting World War III in the two months he has left in office? Read More.

Following the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United Stats, Hamas leadership says it wants an "immediate" end to its war with Israel. Read More.

Early on Oct. 31, North Korean time, dictator Kim Jong-Un directed the first test of the Hwasong-19, now the world’s largest mobile solid fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Read More.

A judge in the Netherlands ruled on Oct. 16 that Bill Gates is one of several defendants who must face a lawsuit filed by seven individuals who were injured by the Covid shots. Read More.

The apparent dispatch of elite North Korean military units to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine appears at first surprising but actually is quite logical given the historic and comradely ties between Pyongyang and Moscow. After all, North Korea’ s isolated Kim Jong-Un regime has forged increasingly close ties with Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the cash-strapped North Koreans have shipped more than eight million 122mm and 152mm artillery shells to Russia in the past year. Read More.

In 2021, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) completed its defensive “smart wall” between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Equipped with cutting-edge technology, the wall was designed to detect any security breach. Read More.

The Chinese Constitution guarantees freedom of religious belief, at least on paper. A report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) says communist authorities in China have instituted new regulations forcing state-controlled religious organizations to incorporate communist ideology into every facet of religious life. Read More.