Geopolitics

Optimal U.S. posture on China is ‘moral clarity, straight talk’

“What should Americans do today about Communist China? Tell the truth. Always,” said strategist Miles Yu in a speech in San Jose on Oct. 17. Read More.

New Zealand's Ardern admits creating 2 classes of people

In the new normal New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gleefully admits she is creating two classes of people with different rights — those vaccinated against Covid-19 will have rights superior to those who are not. Read More.

Pompeo: Chinese influence ops active in every state

Intent on winning the information war in the United States, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has dispatched operatives to all 50 states, targeting federal, state and local governments, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Read More.

China denies space launch vehicle deployed HGV warhead

Unnamed United States sources told the Financial Times that China’s FOBS had flown a simulated orbital strike test in August; it was launched by a Long March-2C (LM-2C) space launch vehicle; it deployed a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV) warhead, and had missed its target by 24 miles. Read More.

Was China military on alert last November?

Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has justified his two calls late last year to his counterpart at China's People's Liberation Army by insisting that “a significant degree of intelligence” indicated the Chinese military was on alert for a surprise U.S. attack in the run-up to the November 2020 U.S. presidential election. Read More.

DoD software chief: U.S., Google lost AI war with China

The Pentagon’s software chief said he resigned because China has already won the artificial intelligence (AI) war. Read More.

Enemies well aware of disarray at the Pentagon

The U.S. military currently has "three times the number of four-star admirals and generals than we had during World War II — when the country was in an existential war for survival and when, by 1945, our active military personnel was almost nine times larger than the current armed forces," a prominent Hoover Institution scholar said. Read More.

Xi Jinping has not traveled abroad in 630 days

Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping has in his recent speeches stressed the "party core" and his ability to effectuate “self-purification and self-renewal” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), an analyst noted. Read More.

Beijing’s dangerous bullying of free Taiwan

Beijing’s communists are good at bullying; look at political crackdowns in prosperous Hong Kong, the suppression of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, and of course China’s ongoing military harassment of Taiwan, a democratically ruled island which the communists claim as part of the People’s Republic of China. Read More.

Spy threat? Secret Service, FBI purchase Chinese drones

The Secret Service and FBI have purchased drones from a Chinese company which the Pentagon had previously determined poses a threat to U.S. national security, a report said. Read More.

China says Taiwan escalation a ‘declaration of sovereignty’

China on Oct. 4 carried out its largest incursion inside Taiwan’s air defense zone to date, sending 58 warplanes, including 12 nuclear-capable bombers, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said. Read More.

‘Big trouble’: Trump warns of war with China

The communist regime in China is primed to exploit the weakness it sees in Joe Biden and his administration, former President Donald Trump noted on Wednesday. Read More.

Transportation heads warn of supply chains ‘collapse’

World leaders were so consumed with lockdowns and travel bans amid the Covid pandemic that they failed to heed warnings that global supply chains were in jeopardy of collapsing, officials in the maritime, road, and aviation shipping industries said. Read More.

Military planes seen landing at Bagram Air Base

The strategically vital air base that Joe Biden abandoned to the Taliban has been re-opened and is being used by military aircraft, reports sa Read More.

Why a peace treaty poses a mortal threat to South Korea

Time is running out for President Moon Jae-In. He has barely more than half a year to leave a legacy in Korean and world history as the leader responsible for bringing permanent peace at last to Korea, North and South. Read More.