Geopolitics

Yes, a tree falling in the woods makes a sound. But don't ask Nova Scotians to verify that. Read More.

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats led Thailand and Cambodia to agree to a ceasefire which ended five days of fighting along their disputed border. Read More.

The unique legacy of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of challenging "globalism" and the subtle but pervasive political influence of the Chinese Communist Party is alive and well in an upstart populist party which got its start on YouTube during the Covid pandemic. Read More.

President Donald Trump has had it with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Gone are the days where it appeared that the Russians were ready for a negotiated “deal” or “ceasefire’ in the bloody Ukraine war. Read More.

Tis’ that time of the year when the BRICS economic Summit comes round to state the obvious; “We are the Rest of the World,” and powerful members of the global developing economies too. Read More.

Amid wars, global strife and massive refugee dislocations, the current global scene is overwhelmed with crises ranging from the Middle East to Ukraine and a dozen African conflicts which rarely make the news. Read More.

Iran had been a key cog in the emerging anti-American axis in the Middle East led by China and including Russia. Then Israel quickly dismantled Iran’s warfighting structure via a series of targeted strikes known as Operation Rising Lion. Read More.

The Trump Administration successfully brokered a peace deal that ended 30 years of war between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Read More.

Is "regime change" unacceptable terminology? It "has been demonized in popular discourse, slandered as reckless adventurism or imperialist hubris," wrote  Miles Yu, director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute. Read More.

The stunningly successful Ukrainian drone attacks on multiple airbases across Russia’s deep interior last week by hitting and likely destroying a sizable portion of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, proved the audacity of the beleaguered Kyiv government not to surrender. Read More.

According to Russian and U.S. media reports, the majority of the 31 M1 Abrams tanks the U.S. delivered to Ukraine have been destroyed, disabled, or captured by the Russians. Read More.

Greta Thunberg's cruise on the "selfie yacht" to Gaza was interrupted before reaching its final destination. Read More.

Brazilian comedian Leo Lins has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison for telling "forbidden jokes" in a televised stand-up special. Read More.

Never-Trumpers and the Soros empire were reveling in the early results coming out of Poland's presidential election on Sunday. They celebrated too soon. Read More.

Speaking out to break the information barrier inside the hermetically sealed North Korean dictatorship is in itself nothing new, and usually quickly forgotten. Read More.