Geopolitics

While the process to make this purchase goes back to 2019, on Aug. 5 the Biden Administration announced the approval for sale to Taiwan of the BAE Systems M109A6 modernized mobile 155mm artillery system. Read More.

Taliban forces continued their offensive toward total control of Afghanistan by reportedly capturing several provincial capitals in a four-day span. Read More.

The communist government in China has unleashed an economic pressure campaign which aims to punish U.S. allies in Asia who refuse “to fold to its demands,” a U.S. Air Force report said. Read More.

Australian officials have reportedly gone to extremes after only 210 new coronavirus cases were recorded in and around Sydney. Read More.

The preference for sons in many societies combined with access to abortions has led to a wide gender gap, a report said. Read More.

From the beginning of the Biden administration in January 2021, the communist government in Beijing has sensed weakness and has continued to capitalize on that vulnerability, analysts say. Read More.

China is now building for nuclear superiority on Earth but also for satellite superiority in space. Read More.

Israel has warned the United States that Iran is near the point of having the operational capacity to build a nuclear weapon. Read More.

As Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett confirmed the Pfizer vaccine is "significantly less effective" against the Covid Delta variant, a citizen-led group of Israeli health experts issued a warning on how damaging the jab can be to the human body. Read More.

A South Korean group dedicated to shutting down the Confucius Institutes which China uses to spread its communist doctrine worldwide has issued one of the strongest condemnations on record of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Read More.

Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner known to Iranians as an “executioner and imprisoner,” is set to take office as the Islamic Republic’s next president in August. Read More.

In a week that saw protests in Paris, London and several European capitals against Covid lockdowns and mandatory vaccine regimens, the Czech Republic's constitution has been changed to ensure citizens have the right to bear arms in self-defense. Read More.

Four months after the death of conservative President John Magufuli, Tanzania is moving to revive a project that will give communist China strategic port access to the African nation. Read More.

Cuba’s ongoing political and social upheaval has shocked many observers as a sudden and intense summer storm. Across the island in small towns and provincial centers protests erupted like a squall line until reaching the capital Havana. Read More.

On July 5 Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested that Japan might have to use military force to defend Taiwan. Read More.