Russian Inroads into Southeast Asia: The Case of Singapore
"The mutual benefits of growing bilateral trade are fairly evident."
6 June 2020 - 15:44
Kissinger’s Self-Penned Eulogy
"The world is not going to be Globalized around a Washington DC “papacy” and it looks like the Multipolar vision will win out slowly over time."
11 May 2020 - 06:01
South Africa’s Efforts to Stabilise Lesotho Have Failed. Less Intervention May Be More Effective
"South Africa’s intervention seems to have temporarily quieted this recent crisis. But it will do nothing to alleviate the long-term problems that cause instability in the country. In fact, it may worsen them."
6 May 2020 - 15:48
President Trump Halts Funding to World Health Organization Over Their Handling of the Coronavirus
"The United States has a duty to insist on full accountability, one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the W.H.O. was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from China and other nations..."
17 April 2020 - 08:44
Globalisation: The God That Failed
"The counter-reformation left would have you believe that the return to nation, custom and tradition is the expression of underlying Western racism, and a prelude to the re-emergence of fascism. The more correct Reformation analogy, however, is a movement against the corruption and decadence within the Church of Globalism, whose synod is estranged from representative democracy or any real accountability."
24 March 2020 - 16:48
Tim Kirby: Kosovo’s Potential ‘Unrecognition’
"So despite Serbian optimism nation-state recognition is very much on the side of small breakaway states ... and even if support for Kosovo continues to erode nothing will ultimately change until Washington changes its mind."
14 March 2020 - 07:48
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The French Senate’s Brexit Committee’s Recommendations to the French Government, 2 March 2020
"Rappelle son opposition de principe à toute perspective qui aboutirait à réserver un sort spécifique à la question de la pêche, sous la forme d’un « Brexit » sectoriel, dont les premières victimes ne manqueraient pas d’être les pêcheurs de l’Union..."
10 March 2020 - 04:48
Tom Luongo: Erdogan or Erdo-gone in Turkey?
"Failure at this level of international high stakes poker usually ends badly for the guy who bets the farm on a bluff."
5 March 2020 - 22:48
Tom Luongo: Has Erdogan Finally Lost His Center?
"At the end of the day, neither Russia nor the U.S. would be sad to see him leave the political stage. And Erdogan’s latest forays have him critically over-extended after years of craftily manipulating events to his advantage."
26 February 2020 - 16:48
Diplomatic Immunity and RAF Croughton: Trump Goes After the Brits
"...Anne Sacoolas, was reportedly driving on the wrong side of the road near the RAF Croughton airbase in Northamptonshire, which hosts the communications facility, when she had a head on collision with motorcyclist Harry Dunn, killing him instantly."
22 February 2020 - 10:48
Just Go Now! “Prat” Ambassador in Morocco Asked to Quit Post NOW Over Gibraltar Row, Leaving British Residents in Marrakesh Wide Open to New Terror Attack
"In a radio interview with a Moroccan journalist Mr Reilly warns Rabat not to develop relations with Gibraltar as this would anger Madrid."
19 February 2020 - 01:48
The Plague of Locusts Wreaking Havoc on Pakistan Appears to Have Crossed into Xinjiang Province, China
"Xinjiang is the only province that direct borders Pakistan-controlled territory, although India has also started to face problems with locust infestations, and recently announced that it would be cooperating with Pakistan on measures to alleviate the problem."
18 February 2020 - 18:12
Why Both Republicans and Democrats Want Russia to Become the Enemy of Choice
"Donald Trump’s erratic rule has certainly dismayed many of his former supporters, but the Democratic Party is offering nothing but another helping of ... establishment war against the world."
7 February 2020 - 19:48
Aid: A History of Waste and Self-Harm
"One of the few benefits of Soviet rule was equality of the sexes and the opportunities it afforded women. Islamification is reversing that."
27 January 2020 - 00:05
Why Boris Johnson Is Right to Rule Out a “Transition” Extension
"So, when the EU says that not everything can be agreed by 31 December 2020, that is fine. The only constructive way out ... is to agree what can be agreed, and find an equitable transition for those issues that remain."
25 January 2020 - 07:48
Larry C. Johnson: The Military and State Can’t Handle the Trump Truth
Trump "was factually correct. We defeated the Japanese and German armies in four years. Here we are entering our 19th year of a meaningless war in Afghanistan..."
20 January 2020 - 12:48
General Boris: Time to Look at the Other Side of the Hill
"We are leaving the EU. Why on earth would there be any ‘as if’ for any EU directive?"
18 January 2020 - 23:55
Tom Luongo: Putin’s Now Purged the West from the Kremlin
"The bigger shock was that in response to this Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev dissolved the current government willingly and resigned as Prime Minister."
18 January 2020 - 19:48
Analysis of the Airstrike on the Ayn al-Assad Airbase
"Even so, I seriously doubt the IRGC made a special effort to not kill or injure Americans. Although it was not the primary objective of the strike, they certainly wouldn’t have cried over our casualties."
10 January 2020 - 13:48
Trump’s Pro-Life Efforts at United Nations Defeated by Pro-Abortion EU Countries
"In the plenary session of the General Assembly, the U.S. received support from up to fifteen countries in 2019, a significant increase from only one in 2018. Even so, more than 100 other countries coalesced against U.S. pro-life amendments alongside the Europeans, an increase from some eighty last year."
9 January 2020 - 22:48
Technically Speaking: Markets Dismiss Iran as the Fed “Put” Remains
You would think that with the U.S. taking out a top Iranian commander, threats of military action flying between the U.S. and Iran, not to mention the “Selective Service” website crashing over concerns of World War III, the markets would be in full “sell” mode. If you thought that would be the case, you were wrong.
8 January 2020 - 01:48
General Soleimani Killed in US Air Strike, Iran Vows Revenge: Updates
Also killed in the attack was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, commander of the Kata'ib Hezbollah militia.
3 January 2020 - 13:29
Russiagate Investigation Now Endangers Obama
Former US President Barack Obama is now in severe legal jeopardy, because the Russiagate investigation has turned 180 degrees; and he, instead of the current President, Donald Trump, is in its cross-hairs. The biggest crime that a US President can commit is to try to defeat American democracy (the Constitutional functioning of the US Government) itself, either by working with foreign powers to take it over, or else by working internally within America to sabotage democracy for his or her own personal reasons. Either way, it’s treason (crime that is intended to, and does, endanger the continued functioning of the…
2 January 2020 - 22:48
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20/20 Insight: Robert Bridge’s Top Ten Political Predictions for the New Year
Currently, it seems the only thing preventing the US economy from falling into recession, possibly dragging the rest of the world down with it, is the overspent American consumer, who is in debt to the tune of over $13 trillion.
2 January 2020 - 10:48