Geopolitics

Despite a widening war with Russia, shipments of Ukrainian food and grain are still being shipped to global markets under a complex but fragile accord brokered by the United Nations and nearby Turkey. Read More.

President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China is often photographed with a smug smile, bordering on a smirk. It conveys the satisfaction that comes with presumed success. Read More.

No nation has done more during the Biden administration to marginalize the U.S. dollar than China. Read More.

The theatrical pomp and circumstance of China’s National People’s Congress presents an annual political ritual on the verge of Spring. Nearly 3,000 delegates assembled in Beijing to participate in the week long sessions and delivered-on-demand results for the ruling Communist Party leadership; formalizing the unprecedented third term for Chairman/President Xi Jinping, endorsing the new Premier Li Qiang and approving an 7.2 percent increase in the defense budget. Read More.

Zhou Xiaoping (周小平), the “Wolf Warrior”, sponsored a resolution to create a Black List” (黑名单) that would target Taiwan “separatists” for execution by China’s special operation units. Read More.

In meetings with top U.S. defense officials over the past two weeks, Israel has attempted to create a united front against the rising threat from Iran and its stable of terrorist proxies. Read More.

In the anxious countdown to the Coronation of King Charles III, the United Kingdom is shadowed by a raft of economic and political woes ranging from the soaring cost of living to an uneasy nervousness of what’s next in the Ukraine war. Though bracing through the gloomy and cold weather, amid rising food costs, Londoners know spring is coming along with the Coronation May 6th, but what then of facing a turbulent economy and world situation? Read More.

In order to get UK residents in full compliance with the government's draconian lockdown rules, then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggested "frightening the pants off" the public with the arrival of a new Covid variant, according to leaked WhatsApp messages. Read More.

In the first hearing of the newly formed House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, committee chair Rep. Mike Gallagher said the U.S. is in an “existential struggle” with the CCP “over what life will look like in the 21st century.” Read More.

Dr. Li Meng Yan, the Chinese virologist who in early 2020 said Covid was "intentionally released" by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said she stands by those comments in light of the U.S. Energy Department's finding that the virus was most likely the result of a Wuhan lab leak. Read More.

Now a year after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN General Assembly firmly and sternly rebuked Russia’s brutal war against a sovereign country. With a thumping majority of 141 in favor, only 7 against and 32 abstentions, the Assembly again issued a non-binding resolution demanding Russia’s military withdrawal from Ukraine and calling for a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace.” Read More.

Iran has reached the point where it is close to weapons-grade uranium enrichment at 90 percent, according to international atomic monitors cited in reports by Reuters and Bloomberg. Read More.

For the third time in its short history, Israel, by the will of fate or metaphysical destiny, once again finds itself in the epicenter of the struggle of the Western world with supranational totalitarian systems. Read More.

The military junta which seized power in Burma, aka Myanmar, two years ago remains in power but is increasingly challenged by both its own citizens and targeted economic sanctions.  Now a wave of international political pressures is steadily growing to force the junta from power and presumably create conditions for the return of a democratic government. Read More.

Communist China is planning to develop new ground stations in Antarctica in an effort to expand surveillance and data collection abilities that already pose a major strategic threat to the United States, an analyst said. Read More.