Asia

China is determined to seize Taiwan, and American intervention is no longer the deterrent that it used to be.

Their lunar cooperation reflects their increasing geopolitical partnership back on Earth.

America’s pride in its power was broken at the Anchorage Summit.

‘[A] clear provocative action of militarizing the area’

‘The world now risks never finding an answer to the virus’s origins.’

The U.S. Air Force regularly simulates war against China.

‘Maybe he was always brutal, but now he has decided to be brutal freely, openly, without restrictions.’

What kind of Germany will arise at the end of Germany’s ‘2021 super-election year’?

Controlling these valuable metals gives China leverage over technologies, economies and militaries.

China’s goal is to have a nuclear force that, if attacked, can survive long enough to retaliate.

Beijing is building its military through British universities.

The frigid Arctic has been relatively free of geopolitical struggles. But that is changing.

2021 could be the year ‘the kings of the east’ begin to unsheathe their swords.

The true pedigree of today’s environmentalism is less green than red.

As the UK opens the door to Hong Kong refugees, Communist China wants to shut it—permanently.

‘This brings a watershed moment for EU-China trade ties.’

New satellite images show the People’s Liberation Army vacating a Himalayan flash point, and India is following suit.

‘[F]uture historians might choose Jan. 16, 2021, as the fatal moment for the American empire.’

More proof that the world is returning to an age of strongmen

A close look at the numbers reveals a dogged determination to boost military power.

Giving the Coast Guard a military mandate is ‘a sign that a plausible war can occur’ in the South China Sea.

The coup in Myanmar could force the country closer to Beijing.

Russians are angered by worsening government authoritarianism, falling living standards, and extreme inequality.

Germany’s cooperation with Russia is reckless and malicious.