As military responses unfold across Israel in efforts to retake territory seized by Hamas on October 6, political responses are also revealing themselves, and with them, fault lines that could derail the elusive peace that so many have sought. The posturing and handwringing taking place in the halls of power from Europe to the Americas…
What’s in a name? When it comes to those of countries, an awful lot, apparently. Rumors are swirling that India might soon formally become Bharat. One might consider the bureaucratic nightmare, the many tons of new stationery that needs to be ordered, the updates to maps and atlases, and the aspiring hippies and yoga instructors…
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Following Maoism’s devastating and deadly implementation, China embarked upon significant reforms beginning in the 1970s. Since then, Beijing has manufactured a high-octane ascent to economic dominance, with historians describing it as China’s miracle. Indeed, it took the Red Dragon a few decades from the days of Mao Zedong to ditch poverty and isolation and become…
What was reported as a race with India to achieve a soft landing on the moon at the southern pole ended for Russia as its Luna-25 moon lander crashed on the lunar surface. The launch of the powerful Soyus-2.1b Fregat rocket carrying the Luna-25 lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia on August 11,…
Is China spying on Britain with EVs? That’s the question being asked around Europe, as concern grows over the use of electric vehicles with made-in-China components. While the governments of the world focus on emissions from cow and car alike, the CCP may be getting personal and sensitive information from British customers. Is China Spying…
America seems to be under perpetual closed-circuit television surveillance in stores, on street corners, and in most commercial and governmental office buildings. Now French President Emmanuel Macron is invading French citizens’ daily life more intrusively than ever before. As part of a wide-ranging legislative initiative, the French Ministry of Justice sponsored and passed, on July 5, a…
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Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed attempt to move on Moscow to address his Wagner Group’s grievances leaves a stability vacuum and many questions. On June 24, the Wagner Group, a private military company, occupied the Russian army headquarters of Rostov-on-Don and full-steamed up the highway toward the Kremlin. Putin called the paramilitary’s operation treasonous. And then, as quickly as it…
Beijing is committed to its Belt and Road Initiative and moving north. No one should be surprised. In its geopolitical hubris, Beijing believes it has rights in the Arctic similar to those countries that actually border the sea lanes and ice continent. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) goes so far as to suggest it…
The Israeli government wasted no time in retaliating to a continuous and intense bombardment by Islamic jihad militants from the Gaza Strip, fighting back with successful airstrikes. In recent days, along with accurate air defense protecting Israeli cities from the Gaza-based Palestinian rocket fire, Israeli defense forces have employed precise airstrikes to target and eliminate…
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Press reports are emerging that the United States and the rest of NATO would entertain the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) brokering a peace deal in Ukraine. While the United States has provided Ukraine with $75 billion of the $113 billion approved by Congress to assist the Kyiv government in driving Russian invaders out of Ukraine, China has been a…
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Fighting in Sudan has put US embassy staff in danger. An evacuation of the US diplomatic mission in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum – a city of approximately five million people – was carried out early on the morning of April 23 as two factions led by Sudan Army generals engage in pitched battles. The…
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Over the weekend, Germany shut down its last three remaining nuclear power plants and experts are mixed on the repercussions, if any. With climate change solutions a top priority and many countries working on expanding nuclear energy, German officials decided to make good on the promise to remove the reactors. But that vow was made…
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