India Edges Nearer to Russia
And the U.S.-India partnership grows weaker.
Russia, China and a World of Nuclear Weapons
Efforts by the United Nations and other international organizations to reduce the nuclear threat have failed.
Putin and the ‘Greatest Catastrophe’
Putin is hammering the former Soviet nations back into Russian control.
China’s New App Lets Citizens Report Others for Uttering ‘Mistaken Opinions’
It’s nothing new for an authoritarian nation to weaponize its citizens against each other. But technology could make the strategy chillingly effective.
How Putin and Xi Could Create a ‘Nightmare Scenario’ for the U.S. Military
If attacks on Ukraine and Taiwan were coordinated, how effectively could the United States military respond?
Record U.S. and EU Coal Plant Closures Offset by Record Openings in China
Despite China’s promises under the Paris Agreement to transition away from coal, it started more coal plants in 2020 than the rest of the planet retired. And the nation isn’t slowing down.
Putin’s New Law Could Make Him Longest-Reigning Russian Ruler Since Peter the Great
But he is beginning to look more like Ivan the Terrible.
Russia Pulls Venezuela and Cuba Deeper Into Its Orbit
Russia has reemerged in Latin America and is determined to increase influence over unstable, anti-U.S. nations run by Communist or socialist governments. The proximity of these nations to the U.S. mainland should sound alarm bells in Washington.
U.S. Military Base Contaminating Drinking Water of Half a Million Japanese
The pollution is only the latest issue stemming from the presence of American troops in Okinawa.
The Nerve of Evolutionists
What one component of a giraffe’s neck tells you about evolution—and about evolutionary science
China’s Maritime Militia Asserting Control Over Another Philippine Reef
‘[A] clear provocative action of militarizing the area’
China Contaminates WHO’s COVID-19 Investigation
‘The world now risks never finding an answer to the virus’s origins.’
Vladimir Putin Becomes Russia’s Dark Rider
‘Maybe he was always brutal, but now he has decided to be brutal freely, openly, without restrictions.’
China Plans a ‘Polar Silk Road’
The frigid Arctic has been relatively free of geopolitical struggles. But that is changing.
Russia Expands Military Power in Armenia
The Kremlin draws another former Soviet state back into tighter orbit.
China and Europe, Thick as Thieves
A landmark China-EU investment agreement deals a blow to human rights and trans-Atlantic ties.
‘They Want the World to Bow Down to China’
The prime minister-in-exile of East Turkistan exposes the evils that China wants to implement globally.
China Dethrones America as EU’s Top Trade Partner
‘This brings a watershed moment for EU-China trade ties.’
China and India: Peace in the Himalayas?
New satellite images show the People’s Liberation Army vacating a Himalayan flash point, and India is following suit.
Will China’s Digital Currency Bring a SWIFT End to Dollar Supremacy?
‘[F]uture historians might choose Jan. 16, 2021, as the fatal moment for the American empire.’
Putin Sends His Main Critic to ‘the Gulags’
More proof that the world is returning to an age of strongmen
‘Time Bomb’: China Authorizes Coast Guard to Fire on Foreign Ships
Giving the Coast Guard a military mandate is ‘a sign that a plausible war can occur’ in the South China Sea.
Will Russian Protests Drive Putin From Power?
Russians are angered by worsening government authoritarianism, falling living standards, and extreme inequality.
Parting Blow: Trump Administration Charges China With ‘Genocide’
The label is well deserved.
