Geopolitics

China’s Antarctica base poses new threat to U.S.

Communist China is planning to develop new ground stations in Antarctica in an effort to expand surveillance and data collection abilities that already pose a major strategic threat to the United States, an analyst said. Read More.

Koch, Soros back secret initiative to revive Iran nuclear deal

George Soros, Charles Koch, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund are bankrolling progressive activists aiming to revive the Iran nuclear deal despite the Teheran regime's violent crackdown on weeks-long, nationwide protests in Iran, a Feb. 6 report said. Read More.

China's spy baloon probed much more than U.S. airspace

The fascinating but bizarre Chinese “weather balloon” incident has raised disturbing and very unsettling questions about Beijing's high-altitude breach of American airspace and indeed sovereignty. Read More.

U.S. vessels being blocked by pro-China islands in Pacific

U.S. military vessels are quietly being blocked by pro-China elements out of some Pacific islands ports, a report said. Read More.

Report: U.S. took out Nord Stream pipelines; WH, CIA deny

What really happened to the Nord Stream pipelines? Read More.

Long-suppressed S. Korea spy probe gathers steam

South Korean intelligence, in a joint effort with prosecutors and police, has launched an investigation into a massive North Korean spy network that has long been active nationwide. Read More.

Wakeup call: China has more land-based ICBMs than U.S.

China now has more land-based intercontinental-range missile launchers than the United States, the new commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, told the Senate and House Armed Services Committees in a Jan. 26 letter. Read More.

Spy balloon recalls precedents for downing intruders

On Saturday, an F-22 Raptor fighter jet out of the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia fired one AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to take out the Chinese spy balloon which had sailed over U.S. territory for most of the week. Read More.

Gloomy outlook for global economy, with Asian exceptions

The lingering aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the widening war in Ukraine and the knock-on effects of food and energy shortages, alongside high inflation battered the world economy in 2022. Read More.

To stop China's conquest of Asia, start by recognizing it

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses gray zone tactics worldwide to further its interests. It is particularly active against countries that border its seas — the South China Sea and the East China Sea. Countries affected include Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, and Vietnam. Read More.

China moves to establish Africa-South America military axis

South Africa, China and Russia will hold their second trilateral naval exercise from Feb. 17 to 27, a clear victory for China’s program of militarizing its quasi-alliance structures that could soon create an axis for Africa-South American military cooperation. Read More.

Don't be surprised if Biden gets U.S. into war with Russia

The Biden White House has presided over a disastrous failure to deter hostile powers including Russia and China, according to former former National Security Advisor H.R McMaster and other officials with the Trump Administration. Read More.

Analyst: Biden must answer China, Russia nuke breakouts

Not only did Team Biden refuse to commit to increasing the U.S. nuclear arsenal in its October 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, it went so far as to cancel the Trump administration’s decision to revive production of the tactical nuclear warhead armed sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missile that would have provided a much-needed survivable tactical nuclear weapon option, an analyst said. Read More.

Putin in talks with Taliban to acquire U.S. weaponry

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has his sights set on some of the $7.1 billion in American military weaponry and equipment abandoned by Joe Biden when he surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban, a report said. Read More.

Trump says he could end Russia-Ukraine war 'within 24 hours'

As Team Biden was approving sending U.S. Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine in what military analysts said was an overt escalation of the war, former President Donald Trump was pleading for peace, and saying he could absolutely deliver it. Read More.