Geopolitics

The three-day visit of U.S. National Security advisor Jake Sullivan to Beijing had a clear message; “Don’t Rock the Boat.” Chinese/American relations remain very sensitive over trade tariffs, strategic issues, and Beijing’s continuing military threats to democratic Taiwan and the Philippines. Read More.

With the rushed “coronation” of Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democrat Party presidential candidate following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race, he is now effectively a Lame Duck president, so it is fair to begin to consider his legacy regarding U.S.-China relations. Read More.

Who remembers Libya? Who recalls how we became embroiled in this civil war only then to quickly lose interest? Read More.

The official news feeds of China’s propaganda outlets conveys the bland message that the Communist Party leadership has no preference on who wins the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Read More.

Seeing an independent Taiwan as the greatest threat to its power, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is planning a brutal takeover of the island democracy by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vows to sentence dissenters to death, including foreign institutions, organizations, and individuals who support Taiwan’s freedom, an analyst wrote. Read More.

The collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban Islamic fundamentalists three years ago on Aug. 15th, signaled an inflection point on the geopolitical scene. Read More.

What kind of a country would call for the death of another country or the death of a people? Iran is such a country. Read More.

Better watch what you say online about Great Britain and its government because London's police chief has warned that, if you say anything determined to be hate speech, the British are coming ... for you. Read More.

In what’s described as a thunderclap in French North African policy, the Paris government recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the long disputed Western Sahara, a region long contested by rival Algeria and a lingering subject of endless United Nations deliberations. Read More.

In a shocking demonstration of North Korean nuclear power, on Aug. 5 North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un presided over a commissioning ceremony for 250 transporter erector launchers (TELs) for the Hwasong-11D, demonstrating that North Korea may now have 1,000 of these optionally tactical nuclear warhead armed short range ballistic missiles (SRBM). Read More.

France is facing continuing political chaos in the wake of President’s Emmanuel Macron’s vain and failed gambit in calling for unnecessary legislative elections to counterbalance the expected but riveting results of the rightist surge in June’s European Parliamentary voting. Read More.

The U.S. Treasury Department on July 24 belatedly acknowledged this strategic travesty and imposed what are largely symbolic financial sanctions on Chinese companies and their executives for supplying missile- and space-related goods to North Korea. Read More.

Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election, securing a third six-year term in a result that the opposition and many outside observers said was a sham. Read More.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere have no impact on the Earth’s global temperatures, according to a peer-reviewed scientific study. Read More.

The state of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany has cut the benefits of asylum seekers who refused to clean up debris following heavy flooding. Read More.