Stop Insulting Us or We’ll Turn to China
In the great game of influence, Pakistan demonstrates that China is gaining the upper hand.
Germany and France: Time to Fix the EU’s Taxes
In Europe’s fight against Apple and Google, it might finally achieve a common tax plan.
Hating Religious Freedom
When tolerance meets religious liberty, religious liberty gives way.
Hypocrisy at Sea
At sea, even China argues its own behavior is illegal.
China and India Won’t Start a Big War Over Their Border Dispute
There is something much different ahead for these two nations.
Australia’s Defense Wants Women
Australia is in a battle over whom to send to battle.
Government Control of Russian Media at Highest Level ‘Since the Fall of the Soviet Union’
‘Extremist’ speech, as determined by the government, is banned in Russia.
The Closing of the American Mind—30 Years On
Keep an open mind, ‘but not so open that your brains fall out.’
Imagine You’re a Refugee …
Death on the ocean, on an island, and for the idea of the European Union as we know it
How Did He Know About Russia and China?
Herbert W. Armstrong predicted Xi Jinping’s comment that Russia-China relations are at their ‘best time in history.’ That’s stunning, but not surprising.
The Gospel of Liberalism
‘What happened to the Church of England I used to know?’
China Is Replacing America as Supercomputing Champion
To decipher an ‘unbreakable code,’ your best chance is to run it through China’s TaihuLight supercomputer.
Conservatives Are No Longer Even Pretending That They Dislike Debt
The British are thinking ‘surplus,’ but instead they are just getting more debt.
The History and Future of American Isolationism
What the founders, the 1930s and Donald Trump say about the future of America at war.
‘We Are Not Winning in Afghanistan Right Now’
‘We know what the strategy was for the last eight years: Do not lose. That has not worked.’
Meanwhile, a Bank Was Sold for €1
Spain’s sixth-largest bank has fallen apart.
The British Might Be Covering Up Another Putin-Approved Assassination
‘It’s so obvious that it’s an assassination.’
Why the Global Peace Index Is Nonsensical Pseudoscience
Historians, psychologists, journalists and their thrilling talent for burying their heads in the sand
Shanghai Security Bloc Now Covers Nearly Half of Humanity
With India and Pakistan officially joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the bloc’s members and affiliates also account for a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product.
President Trump’s Big Defense Spending Budget: ‘Dead on Arrival’
Introducing: the status quo
Finalizing the European Union Military Headquarters
But it’s not the start of an EU army, of course.
Rodrigo Duterte Is Sick of America’s Moral Interventions
He wants the Russians instead—they don’t ask questions.
How Russia Changes the Past and Misrepresents the Present
Parades, protests and the man making sure people don’t know what they are really about
What If European NATO Members Spent Their 2 Percent?
If Europe is already a superpower, what happens when you ask them to do more?
