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Climate change: Trump is right about China, Democrats
After just finishing the revealing book by Michael Pillsbury, "The Hundred Year Marathon," which outlines in frightening detail the slow but deadly quest of China to dominate the United States, and their deceit and subterfuge to achieve that goal, I am more convinced than ever that the climate change scam is funded and enabled by the Chinese state, and yes, as a weapon to destroy the West.
Ukraine-Russia clash is not America's fight
As the saying goes, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it's probably a duck.
Congo elections promise change post-Kabila
When discussing their possible relinquishment of power, the questions with many African dictatorships have been what happens after the regime steps down and will it be any better?
Russia-Ukraine blockade conflicted
There are many facets to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict - the obvious and the more opaque. The obvious is that Russia has aggressively used its power over the Kerch Strait to harass Ukrainian shipping and block Ukrainian ports such as Mariupol.
The struggle for the rule of law in Ukraine
It is becoming more and more clear that Western governments and embassies are getting increasingly concerned about the consequences, but not the reasons, of the failure of the rule of law in Ukraine.
Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine
The West is well aware of Russian actions in Ukraine that began with Russian armed forces annexing the Crimean peninsula in March 2014, as well as initiation of the war in Donbas, which unfortunately is still ongoing
Leftists, Communists aim to divide, conquer America
For some time now, I have wondered to myself what the leftists' real goal is as they work to divide the nation, corrupt our youth, destroy our institutions and revel in their criminal behavior to steal elections.
Trump agenda undercut by diplomatic choices
U.S. Ambassador Donald Lu has had a long and polarizing history in Albania.
The menace of Emmanuel Macron's misguided European army idea
My first reaction when French President Emmanuel Macron said this week that the European Union needed its own army to defend against potential adversaries — including the United States — was to suggest he go to Normandy and ask the 9,000 dead Americans there who saved France, for the second time, what they thought about the idea. But, I'm sure he won't do that.
'Iran Doubles Down on Terror, Turmoil' against the West
Iran's state-sponsored terror attacks have only escalated during the Trump presidency as the corrupt, murderous regime reacts to real pressure being applied by the administration, as opposed to the Obama appeasement.
NATO expansion for Ukraine insane idea
I am going to ask the really difficult question: Why is the NATO alliance still expanding?
Ukraine media wars
As we have seen in the United States in vibrant real time over the last several years, the media have become a battleground for the powerful to fight it out with the goal of altering public opinion and, therefore, influencing policy -- in other words, to gain power.
Vladimir Putin's Russia can't win U.S. arms race
Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning this week of a new arms race and threatening to target European nations that may host U.S. midrange nukes, in response to National Security Adviser John R. Bolton's trip to Moscow this week where he confirmed President Trump's intention to pull out of the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
Corruption in Ukrainian armed forces harming nation's security
Just a few days ago, on October 16, at about 17:00, a Russian made flanker jet Su-27 operated by the Ukrainian Air Force crashed approximately 185 miles southwest of Kyiv. Both American and Ukraine pilots died in the incident.
Gay rights and the path ahead for Malaysia
In the wake of the long ordeal of Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim, whose career was derailed for years by legal battles and convictions for sodomy, a campaign against LGBT people in Malaysia has been ramping up since Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir came to power this year.
Is Central Asia becoming a model for religious tolerance?
The tri-annual Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held this month in Astana, Kazakhstan, is a gathering of the world's top clerics to try to bring understanding between different religious faiths, and also to unite against religious extremism.
Khashoggi mystery: Saudi dissident suspects killing
I had the good fortune to sit down recently with a D.C.-based Saudi dissident, and the timing coincides with the Jamal Khashoggi case, which remains the big news following reports Monday that Mr. Khashoggi may have died in a botched interrogation.
Beijing's bravado betrays growing case of nerves
Chinese state media has just announced the imminent test flight of a new long-range stealth bomber called the Hong-20. A "military expert" told reporters that "usually, the development of equipment and weaponry of the People's Liberation Army is highly confidential."
Russia: shades of U.S. 2008 crisis
I remember the 2008 financial crisis very well. Actually, I remember it starting in 2006. At the time, I was working at a very large Wall Street investment bank.
China's economic warfare can be just as damaging to U.S.
As the trade wars with Beijing slog on, we're learning that China may have infected thousands of American computers in business and in government with tiny microchips in a massive exercise in espionage.
