Geopolitics

In a February 2021 article for the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Commander Adm. Charles Richard wrote, “China’s nuclear weapons stockpile is expected to double (if not triple or quadruple) over the next decade.” Read More.

A tsunami of Chinese cash is reportedly flooding American campuses, and the University of Pennsylvania appears to be an epicenter. Read More.

Dressed in a Mao-style gray tunic, Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping marked the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on July 1 by saying in a congratulatory speech to the 95 million party members that the system of reformed communism which led to China’s economic success is now shifting to more hard-line Marxist policies. Read More.

What happens when “reality” appears to be what George Soros says it should be? Read More.

For the Chinese Communist Party, the July 1, 2021 100th anniversary of its founding has been an opportunity to wallow in its favorite cult: the worship of its own power. Read More.

President Xi Jinping made abundantly clear July 1 in a fiery and cocksure address marking the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party that the nation remains wholeheartedly committed to pursuing a Marxist societal vision. Read More.

As the July 1 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) approached, China was moving to quell rumors of high-profile defections while at the same time staging a loyalty campaign to bolster ideological purity within top ranks of the party. Read More.

Dark clouds are shadowing Afghanistan as the final pullout of American forces from the beleaguered war-torn country continues, and the future darkens with the likely approach of a militant Taliban regime. Read More.

China threatened the U.S. and Japan after leaders at the G-7 summit, in a first, issued a communique which voiced support for Taiwan. Read More.

The term "human rights lawyer" is often used to characterize the background of South Korea's leftist President Moon Jae-In. Read More.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is trying to contain a scandal at a prestigious university following the murder of a CCP commissar who was responsible for preventing the spread of Western ideas about human rights and free speech. Read More.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has eliminated one of the last vestiges of freedom in Hong Kong with the forced closure of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper. Read More.

John Ratcliffe, Trump administration Director of National Intelligence, said that he “could make an argument that the first five months of the Biden administration have been the best of Vladimir Putin’s political life.” Read More.

Were there great expectations for the summit meeting in Geneva between President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin? Read More.

“When 28 Chinese warplanes streaked through the skies around Taiwan on [June 15] – the largest such incursion this year – they followed a pattern that has generated alarm among U.S. and Taiwanese military planners,” Bloomberg News reported June 16. Read More.