Was This Week the Worst in American Foreign Policy This Century?
As the last full week of February draws to a close, it’s possible that looking at the big picture,…
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Taiwan’s KMT Party Thinks a Strategy on Cooperation with the Mainland Will Win in 2024 Elections
On Sunday, a delegation from Taiwan’s current opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), returned from a 10-day trip to China…
American Architect of the Ukraine War Gives Go Ahead to Attack Crimea
In a video conference press briefing, Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland reiterated the US would support Ukraine militarily in…
China Sanctions US Weapons Giants Lockheed, Raytheon, Over Balloon Response
In what is being deemed a largely political stunt, Chinese trade authorities have listed Lockheed Martin Corp. and a…
Nikki Haley’s Record in Washington Promises More Embaressment for America
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has announced her candidacy for President today, becoming the first…
Barcelona Mayor Breaks off Civic Relations With Tel-Aviv over “Apartheid State”
In a rather unique act of local government action, paired only in scale perhaps by the Ben & Jerry’s…
Number of Pentagon Bases in the Philippines Increased Under Outcry Against US Push to War
Under a renegotiation of an agreement known as the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), the US has been…
How The Marshall Islands’ Successfully Landed a $4 Billion Bribe from Uncle Sam
At the tail end of January, high-level negotiations saw the Marshall Islands sign a new bilateral treaty to cede…
324 Tanks, Now NATO Readies Warplanes and Entire Domestic Economies for Ukraine
High-ranking officials of both NATO and the Russian Federation have now admitted the two entities are at war, the…
Kyiv Gets the Tanks but Will They Make a Difference?
With Chancellor Olaf Scholtz’s decision to send 14 Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, the US, UK, Poland,…
US Increasingly In the Cold on Venezuela—Supporting a Government Several Governments Ago
The united opposition political parties in Venezuela, through the unicameral legislature called the National Assembly, decided to end the…
France Commits to 40% Increase in Military Spending, Nuclear Weapon Modernization
French President Emmanuel Macron announced recently his administration would increase France’s national defense spending 40% over the next 6…
Leftover US “Strategic Baggage” in Syria Struck Again By Drone Attacks
Three one-way attack drones targeted the United States’ al-Tanf garrison in southern Syria on Friday morning, injuring two members…
Ukraine War will not End This Year – Nation is Already “De Facto NATO Member” and “Weapons Lab”
In May and December, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger voiced opinions to the media that the war between…
Japan Turning into National Security State with New Defense Plan and Big Guns Budget Increase
Citing “the most severe and complex security environment since the end of World War II,” the Kishida government of…
Serbia-Kosovo Standoff Ends as KFOR Takes Down Road Barricades
The barricades on roads in the north of the breakaway province of Kosovo have been removed by a NATO…
Standoff in Kosovo Approaches Three Weeks of Near-Total Media Blackout
A crisis with the potential consequence of ethnic cleaning is seemingly being welcomed in Eastern Europe by several NATO…
While Ukraine War Continues Southeast Europe Braces for Conflict in Serbia
After 300 NATO-trained Kosovar military police officers occupied the northern city of Kosovska Mitrovica in southern Serbia/Kosovo in early…
$858 Billion Military Budget Passes House Promising Another Decade of Costly Arms Buildup
In a 350 to 80 vote, the House passed the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a mammoth military…
Ukraine Arms Industry Hints at Cause of Strikes on Airfields Inside Russia—US Denies Any Association
On Monday, two separate bases deep inside Russian territory, the Diaghilev military airfields in the Ryazan region and Engels…