The TAIPEI Act Shows Just How Scared the US Is of OBOR

The TAIPEI Act Shows Just How Scared the US Is of OBOR

The “Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative” jointly proposed by Senators Marco Rubio and three others threatens the US’ partners with the downgrading of bilateral relations and possible suspension of aid if they dare to recognize Beijing as the legitimate government of China and join its One Belt One Road (OBOR) global vision of…

Is a Major Attack on Syria Feasible? Or Are Russia’s Area Denial Forces Just Too Strong?

Is a Major Attack on Syria Feasible? Or Are Russia’s Area Denial Forces Just Too Strong?

With the United States, Britain and France all reportedly making preparations to launch a major offensive against Syria, and threatening use of force on a scale far larger than that of the attack carried out in April 2018, Russia has notably responded by moving naval assets to the Mediterranean and deploying its warships in defensive positions…

Pompeo’s Fingerprints Are All Over Trump’s New Syria Regime Change Policy

Pompeo’s Fingerprints Are All Over Trump’s New Syria Regime Change Policy

Despite his having expressed his desire to get U.S. troops out of Syria only months ago, a report published Friday in The Washington Post claims that President Donald Trump is allegedly “on board” with a new “indefinite military and diplomatic effort in Syria.” That effort claims to seek the “establishment of a stable, non-threatening government…

The U.S. Military is Winning in the War on Terror. No, Really, It Is!

The U.S. Military is Winning in the War on Terror. No, Really, It Is!

4,000,000,029,057. Remember that number. It’s going to come up again later. But let’s begin with another number entirely: 145,000 — as in, 145,000 uniformed soldiers striding down Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue. That’s the number of troops who marched down that very street in May 1865 after the United States defeated the Confederate States of America. Similar…

Turkic Muslims: China and the Muslim World’s Achilles Heel

Turkic Muslims: China and the Muslim World’s Achilles Heel

A list of 26 predominantly Muslim countries considered sensitive by China reflects Chinese concerns that they could reinforce religious sentiment among the People’s Republic’s Turkic Muslim population with potentially far-reaching consequences if the Islamic world were to take it to task for its crackdown in Xinjiang, the most frontal assault on Islam in recent history….