Britain’s Last Strands of Empire
The 25th anniversary of the Falklands War has called forth a renewed effort by Argentina to force Britain to yield its control of a historically crucial sea gate.
Germany Moves South
While domestic politics has Germany distracted at home, Germany’s growing influence in Africa gains little publicity.
The Other War
With the U.S. administration and the media focusing on the ongoing war in Iraq, attention has been diverted from another theater of action where U.S. political will is being further tested.
The Big One … Overdue!
Experts have known for some time that Southern California is overdue for a sizeable quake as tension continues to build around the San Andreas fault line. Could this be the year of the Big One?
Chilean Students Riot
Chile’s youth are out of control, with the blessing of parents and educators, not to mention the Chilean president. This travesty highlights a broad global trend.
Does The World Need A European Superpower
With hatred for American supremacy peaking, and geopolitical troubles surpassing America’s ability to manage them, many are calling for Europe to step into the gap of global leadership.
Killing Off America
The diabolical operation that erased a generation—before its first breath
What the Pope Achieved in His First Year
Pope Benedict XVI has engineered a diplomatically geared crusade on four fronts.
The Political Bomb at America’s Back Door
A confusion of headlines has accompanied the news from Latin America over the past few years. What is really happening within the turgid mix that is Latino politics? Believe it or not, the real story is truly not being told. Yet the headlines were written, in some cases, millennia ago in Bible prophecy. Let us explain.
Does the World Need a European Superpower?
With hatred for American supremacy peaking, and geopolitical troubles surpassing America’s ability to manage them, many are calling for Europe to step into the gap of global leadership.
The Coming Siege
Any world power with vast overseas commitments must control the seaways necessary for safe passage of its goods, its citizens and its military forces. Why then have Britain and America so casually yielded up this power they once guarded so jealously?
From Hero to Outcast
How did the tiny nation of Israel lose its image as the Davidic hero, victoriously battling the Goliath of surrounding enemy nations in 1967, to become today’s global pariah?
China’s Caribbean Strategy
China moves to sew up America’s soft underbelly.
Iran, Iraq and the Golden Mosque
Questions linger over the rubble of the al Askari mosque, bombed in February. Who was behind it, and what were they trying to achieve?
Immigration Sparks a Great Debate
It is a scaldingly hot topic in just about every Western nation today: How much does immigration help or hurt a society? What sorts of restrictions should be placed upon it, and how are they to be enforced?
Europe—Early Spring of Discontent
Riots and civil unrest are erupting in some of Europe’s leading nations. This unrest could precipitate some fundamental changes in the governments of these nations.
Pope Moves to Redeem Crusades
A Vatican-sponsored conference was convened last week to revisit the history of the Crusades with the object of painting them in a more acceptable light than history has granted them to this point.
Israel—From Hero to Outcast
How did the tiny nation of Israel lose its image as the Davidic hero, victoriously battling the Goliath of surrounding enemy nations in 1967, to become today’s global pariah?
Milosevic—Hero or Traitor?
Saturday, March 11, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic died at The Hague in a detention center. Rumors that he was poisoned persist.
Germany’s African Policy
Since the united Germany’s first foreign-policy decision began to split the Balkan Peninsula apart in 1991, the European Union has tacitly endorsed German hegemony extending steadily south, across the Mediterranean and into Africa.
Islam’s Financial Power
An Iranian oil bourse touted to launch next month, an Islamic banking system lobbied last week—it appears we are witnessing the emergence of an Islamic financial system set to contend with the Anglo-American, European and Asian systems.
Pushy, Pushy
Is Iran’s president deliberately trying to get under Germany’s skin? If so, it appears to be working.
Religion—and the True Faith
Courtesy of the rise in the public profile of the Vatican and the rise of Islam, religion is headline news.Yet it is as confused as ever in answering the basic questions of life.
Iran Forces Germany’s Hand
In the great game of energy politics, the strategies of Germany, the EU, Russia and China are destined to merge at one critical point: Iran. But it is Germany that will carry the day.
