China’s Strongest Protests in a Generation
Economic turmoil and increasing unrest are weakening the nation.
Has Putin Found His General Sherman?
If Russia’s new supreme commander—Sergey Surovikin—is able to keep shifting the war to a more total approach, it could eventually make it impossible for Ukraine’s smaller forces to maintain their resistance.
Vladimir Putin: Threat of Nuclear War Rising
Will Russia’s war against Ukraine soon escalate?
China’s Rulers Face Strongest Protests in a Generation
Economic turmoil and increasing unrest are weakening the nation.
A 21st-Century Emperor
The results of the Chinese Communist Party’s National Congress show that the worst fears about Xi Jinping are coming true.
Xi Jinping’s Chilling Vision for China’s Next Five Years
China must seize ‘new strategic opportunities’ at a time when ‘a significant shift is taking place in the international balance of power.’
Costa Rica and a Future When Nations Will Not ‘Learn War Any More’
What could happen in a world where zero percent of gross domestic product went toward soldiers’ salaries and pensions, research and development of weapons systems, and upkeep of bases and military academies?
Vladimir Putin—‘Evil on the Level of Joseph Stalin’
The president is increasingly treading the path of the most murderous and ruthless tyrant in Russian history.
Russia Sends Hundreds of Teachers to Occupied Ukraine to Wage Indoctrination Campaign
‘They are part of the Russian war machine.’
Putin Orders Partial Mobilization, Threatens Nuclear Strikes
A sign that Russia’s war against Ukraine will escalate
Xi Reemerges on World Stage With Putin—to Confront U.S. Dominance
‘When nuclear-armed powers show such solidarity in wartime, what does this mean for the world? I tell you, it is woe to the world!’
Russia and China Ink ‘Historic Deal’ to Settle Gas Sales in Rubles and Yuan
If European and Asian nations keep joining the Russo-Chinese efforts to bypass the U.S. dollar, the outcome for the American economy could be catastrophic.
Has China Bought the Solomon Islands?
China’s quest to dominate vital shipping lanes in the South Pacific is accelerating.
Beijing Is Quietly Reselling Russian Natural Gas to Europe
A ‘circuitous bypass of Russian sanctions by a hypocritical Europe’
Once Dead Sea Returns to Life
A remarkable story of destruction and revival, and a preview of a verdant future for all of Earth
