Day: June 25, 2020

China vs India: Who Benefits?

June 25, 2020 Opinion

A recent border dispute between China and India have resulted in multiple casualties including deaths. It is the first time in decades that this scale of violence has been seen between the two nations…

Russia Can’t Broker Sino-Indo Peace: The Best It Can Do Is Balance Its Response to This Crisis

June 25, 2020 Opinion

Nobody should have the false expectation that the virtual Foreign Minister's meeting between the Russian, Chinese, and Indian dignitaries, nor the presence of the latter two's Defense Ministers in Mos…

Washington Sailing on Collision Course With China

June 25, 2020 Opinion

As of this month, the United States is deploying three of its aircraft carriers simultaneously to patrol the Pacific in what is designed to be a clear threat to China. Each carrier strike group compri…

Trump Slams Guaidó While Expressing Openness in Speaking with Maduro

June 25, 2020 Opinion

In what potentially could be a radical change in Washington’s policy towards Venezuela, U.S. president Donald Trump confessed that he has had doubts about his decision to recognize opposition leader J…

Why Bolton Matters

June 25, 2020 Opinion

Unreliable narrators are a staple of literature. Consider the delusional, self-serving narrator of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl or the way Humbert Humbert used his cultured references and gorgeous prose …

Nuland’s Biscuits Again: Maidan Midwife’s Plan for US Policy on Russia Is Dumb, Delusional and Dangerous

June 25, 2020 Opinion

Victoria Nuland, the infamous State Department diplomat who “midwifed” Ukraine’s 2014 coup, has outlined a Russia strategy for the Biden administration. It is based on fantasies and projection, offeri…

A Country Not Salvageable: Nor, Many Say Quietly, Worth Saving

June 25, 2020 Opinion

What fun, what entertainment. And rare: One seldom sees the collapse of a landmark society in a rush of wondrous idiocy. Would I could sell tickets. Don’t look at it as a loss, but as a show, an unwan…

Racism and Anti-Racism as Lies

June 25, 2020 Opinion

Human communities tend to overestimate their own way of life and distrust that of others. In order to maintain the cohesion of their group, some of its members have a reflex of rejecting newcomers. Ho…