Asia

Russia Threatens U.S. With ‘Doomsday’ Weapon
But Moscow’s chilling military challenge ‘frightens Europe’ even more.
April 15 • 6:00 AM
Record U.S. and EU Coal Plant Closures Offset by Record Openings in China
Despite China’s promises under the Paris Agreement to transition away from coal, it started more coal plants in 2020 than the rest of the planet retired. And the nation isn’t slowing down.
April 14 • 6:00 AM
Russia Threatens Ukraine, Germany Appeases
April 12 • 3:00 PM
Russia Throws Its Weight Behind Myanmar Coup
Never let a crisis go to waste.
April 9 • 12:00 AM
Putin’s New Law Could Make Him Longest-Reigning Russian Ruler Since Peter the Great
But he is beginning to look more like Ivan the Terrible.
April 8 • 6:00 AM
Is Russia Going After More of Ukraine?
‘Russia’s ultimate dream is to unify Russia and Ukraine, a dream it is willing to achieve either with hard diplomacy or military means.’
April 6 • 3:00 PM
Russia Pulls Venezuela and Cuba Deeper Into Its Orbit
Russia has reemerged in Latin America and is determined to increase influence over unstable, anti-U.S. nations run by Communist or socialist governments. The proximity of these nations to the U.S. mainland should sound alarm bells in Washington.
April 6 • 6:00 AM
‘Unusual Peak’ of Russian Warplanes Probe NATO Airspace
April 5 • 3:00 PM
China Promises Iran $400 Billion in New Deal
America’s enemies are teaming up with each other.
April 2 • 12:00 AM
U.S. Military Base Contaminating Drinking Water of Half a Million Japanese
The pollution is only the latest issue stemming from the presence of American troops in Okinawa.
April 1 • 3:00 PM
Cardinal Calls for Borderless World
Throughout history, the Roman Catholic Church has fought to control nations.
April 1 • 6:00 AM
The China Threat to Taiwan Is ‘Closer Than Most Think’
China is determined to seize Taiwan, and American intervention is no longer the deterrent that it used to be.
March 31 • 3:00 PM
Russia and China Shoot for the Moon
Their lunar cooperation reflects their increasing geopolitical partnership back on Earth.
March 31 • 6:00 AM
China Ate Biden’s Lunch
America’s pride in its power was broken at the Anchorage Summit.
March 30 • 3:00 PM
China’s Maritime Militia Asserting Control Over Another Philippine Reef
‘[A] clear provocative action of militarizing the area’
March 29 • 6:00 AM
China Contaminates WHO’s COVID-19 Investigation
‘The world now risks never finding an answer to the virus’s origins.’
March 25 • 6:00 AM
America ‘Is Going to Lose Fast’ in a War With China
The U.S. Air Force regularly simulates war against China.
March 23 • 12:00 AM
Vladimir Putin Becomes Russia’s Dark Rider
‘Maybe he was always brutal, but now he has decided to be brutal freely, openly, without restrictions.’
March 19 • 6:00 AM
Division, Infighting and Election Disasters Are Tearing Germany Apart
What kind of Germany will arise at the end of Germany’s ‘2021 super-election year’?
March 16 • 3:30 PM
China Dominates Global Rare Earth Supply
Controlling these valuable metals gives China leverage over technologies, economies and militaries.
March 16 • 12:00 AM
China Is Increasing the Alertness of Its Nuclear Forces
China’s goal is to have a nuclear force that, if attacked, can survive long enough to retaliate.
March 15 • 12:00 AM
The People’s Liberation Army: Made in Great Britain?
Beijing is building its military through British universities.
March 10 • 12:00 AM
China Plans a ‘Polar Silk Road’
The frigid Arctic has been relatively free of geopolitical struggles. But that is changing.
March 8 • 3:00 PM
Russia to Host War Exercises Fit for Kings
2021 could be the year ‘the kings of the east’ begin to unsheathe their swords.
March 5 • 12:00 AM
China to Exploit Paris Climate Accord to Undermine America
The true pedigree of today’s environmentalism is less green than red.
March 1 • 3:00 PM
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