Geopolitics

End of U.S. petrodollar era? SVB, China and the Saudis

No nation has done more during the Biden administration to marginalize the U.S. dollar than China. Read More.

U.S. weapons left on Ukraine battlefield sent to Iran

American-made weaponry which has been abandoned by Ukrainian troops on the battlefield is being sent by Russia to Iran for possible reverse engineering, U.S. and NATO officials are saying. Read More.

China's Xi thumbs nose at U.S. with Saudi-Iran deal

The theatrical pomp and circumstance of China’s National People’s Congress presents an annual political ritual on the verge of Spring. Nearly 3,000 delegates assembled in Beijing to participate in the week long sessions and delivered-on-demand results for the ruling Communist Party leadership; formalizing the unprecedented third term for Chairman/President Xi Jinping, endorsing the new Premier Li Qiang and approving an 7.2 percent increase in the defense budget. Read More.

Wolf coming to Taiwan with CCP's death list for 'separatists'

Zhou Xiaoping (周小平), the “Wolf Warrior”, sponsored a resolution to create a Black List” (黑名单) that would target Taiwan “separatists” for execution by China’s special operation units. Read More.

Israel presses its Iran solution with Team Biden

In meetings with top U.S. defense officials over the past two weeks, Israel has attempted to create a united front against the rising threat from Iran and its stable of terrorist proxies. Read More.

UK's Covid strategy was to scare ‘pants off’ the public

In order to get UK residents in full compliance with the government's draconian lockdown rules, then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock suggested "frightening the pants off" the public with the arrival of a new Covid variant, according to leaked WhatsApp messages. Read More.

Who is rescuing stranded U.S. astronaut? Russia

On Feb. 23, Russia launched an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to rescue an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts who were stranded after the space station was struck by a meteoroid last year. Read More.

New House committee: U.S. in 'existential struggle' with CCP

In the first hearing of the newly formed House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, committee chair Rep. Mike Gallagher said the U.S. is in an “existential struggle” with the CCP “over what life will look like in the 21st century.” Read More.

China, 37 others, refuse to join in UN rebuke of Russia

Now a year after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN General Assembly firmly and sternly rebuked Russia’s brutal war against a sovereign country. With a thumping majority of 141 in favor, only 7 against and 32 abstentions, the Assembly again issued a non-binding resolution demanding Russia’s military withdrawal from Ukraine and calling for a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace.” Read More.

Overlooked: What happens if Taiwan falls to China?

If the small island nation of Taiwan were to fall to communist China, it would be a devastating blow to the free world on several fronts, according to a new analysis. Read More.

Iran reportedly developing weapons grade uranium

Iran has reached the point where it is close to weapons-grade uranium enrichment at 90 percent, according to international atomic monitors cited in reports by Reuters and Bloomberg. Read More.

Biden is 'escalating' conflict, Trump warns

On President's Day, former President Donald Trump connected the dots. "If you watch and understand the moves being made by Biden on Ukraine, he is systematically, but perhaps unknowingly, pushing us into what could soon be WORLD WAR III," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. "How crazy is that?" Read More.

German press reports on Pfizer vaccine trial fraud

Trials of Pfizer's Covid vaccine were rife with fraud, according to a report by the mainstream German publication Die Welt. Read More.

Burma devastated by military junta which still stands

The military junta which seized power in Burma, aka Myanmar, two years ago remains in power but is increasingly challenged by both its own citizens and targeted economic sanctions. Now a wave of international political pressures is steadily growing to force the junta from power and presumably create conditions for the return of a democratic government. Read More.

There goes the sun: Soros has weather control plan

During a speech in Germany on Thursday, George Soros said he has discovered a process of creating white clouds to reflect sunlight away from warming areas and mitigate global warming. Read More.