China: One Country, Two Sessions, Three Threats

May 24, 2020

The key takeaways of the Two Sessions of the 13th National People’s Congress in Beijing are already in the public domain. In a nutshell: no GDP target for 2020; a budget deficit of at l…

There’s No Longer Any Question That Biden Carried Out a Cover-Up in Ukraine

May 24, 2020

Opinion

Trump stands vindicated for accusing Biden of trying to cover up his son's corruption in Ukraine after one of that country's lawmakers released audio recordings of the former Vice President's numerous…

Rapid Escalation of Events in Libya

May 24, 2020

Opinion

Events in Libya have escalated rapidly in recent days, accompanied by an information and propaganda war between the opposing sides. A written statement published on 21 May by Saqr Al-Jaroushi, command…

Israel Strikes Syria to Keep the USA in the Levant. 20 years After the Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal from Lebanon 2/3

May 24, 2020

Opinion

Following its defeat in the second war on Lebanon, Israel discovered that its only way to suppress Hezbollah would be to close the supply line between Lebanon and Syria. That could only be a…

America Last as World Rejects Trump’s China Witch-Hunt

May 24, 2020

Opinion

Another week and another self-imposed isolation of the United States from international consensus. https://youtu.be/rEdXRpw4sBs At the annual meeting of the World Health Assembly, the forum for the Wo…

Is There Hope for Russian-Polish Reconciliation? WWII Baggage Says No

May 24, 2020

Opinion

A recent survey from Poland showing history as the biggest cause of discord with Russia may seem like a ray of hope for future relations. It isn’t. The gap is fundamental in nature and cannot be easil…

Joe Rogan Just Blew Up the Death Star

May 24, 2020

Opinion

In the end it took a self-proclaimed ‘meathead’ like Joe Rogan to give new meaning to the phrase “Star Wars.” Because if there was ever a moment where someone with real star potential just went to war…

Operation Vengeance

May 24, 2020

Opinion

May 2020 is being marked by America’s growing Sinophobia and the development of special measures against China. This was actually clear at the end of April, when there was a marked escalation in the r…