Congress Invokes ‘Disinformation’ to Try and Resurrect Long-Lost Secret Influence in Tibet
Of all of America’s covert actions against communist states throughout the Cold War, one of the least well-known is…
Category: Foreign Policy
Both US and EU 2024 Funding for Ukraine in Jeopardy as Budget Disputes Come Down to the Wire
The Biden Administration sent a letter this week to Congress urging them to pass an upcoming bill of military…
Republicans Oust McCarthy as House Speaker In Clear Opposition to Ukraine Aid Which Is Drying Up Across Europe
In a first for American republican democracy, the Speaker of the House, the third most powerful person in political…
Two More Members of Pentagon Brass Discuss War with China Openly
Big spenders among the Air Force brass are keen to buy and build their way to a war against…
The US Space Force: Brand-Building, Woke Policy, and Economic Parasitism
The US Space Force is now 4 years old, and seems to be a microcosm (micro in the Pentagon…
There Was a Cable That Showed US Official Pushing for Imran Khan’s Ousting—it’s been Leaked
Large quotations in this story were only possible because of The Intercept’s publishing of a secret cable. To read…
While Seemingly Normal, New $345 Million Weapons Transfer to Taiwan is Anything But
While the US has sold weapons to Taiwan ever since 1979, the most recently-announced effort by a US president…
Historic $886 Billion Pentagon Budget Passes House Amidst Largest Critical Recruiting Crisis
Almost completely along partisan lines, the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the House of Reps. 219-210. It…
Report Says Taiwan Leadership “Most Important Factor” in Potential Conflict with China, but US Still Needed in Battle
Story at a glance… The RAND Corp. released a study on a conflict over Taiwan highlighting political leadership. Even…
DoD Report Finds Weapons to Ukraine Not Being Monitored 3 Months After GOP Assured They Were
ITALY, June 14th, 2023. In a report from the Pentagon’s Office of the Inspector General, “thousands of defense items”…
Analysis – Taiwan is at Pains to Determine Defense Policy and Independence
Story at a glance… Many of Taiwan’s key allies likely will not support the island in defending itself against…
US and South Korea Agree to Co-Design Nuclear Weapons Policy 5 Years After Panmunjom Declaration
Story at a glance… The US has announced it will make its South Korean nuclear deterrent more “visible” with…
What do the Discord Leaks Say About US-China Relations?
Story at a glance… Hundreds of classified Pentagon documents were recently leaked, including several related to America’s antagonism toward…
The Non-Aligned Countires Are Fed Up With Sanctions: NATO Isn’t
GENEVA, Switzerland. April 4th, 2023. The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution condemning the use of…
Arizona Senate Passes Law Forbidding Use of National Guard for Warfighting Without Congressional Declaration of War
PHOENIX, Arizona. March 21st, 2023. The Arizona state senate just passed a version of what is now becoming commonly…
Polish-Slovakian Warplanes to Enter Ukrainian War, F-16s Likely to Follow
VARESE, Italy. March 20th, 2023. On Friday, Slovakia’s prime minister, Eduard Heger, said the East European country would join…
Was This Week the Worst in American Foreign Policy This Century?
As the last full week of February draws to a close, it’s possible that looking at the big picture,…
Nikki Haley’s Record in Washington Promises More Embaressment for America
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has announced her candidacy for President today, becoming the first…
Number of Pentagon Bases in the Philippines Increased Under Outcry Against US Push to War
Under a renegotiation of an agreement known as the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), the US has been…
How The Marshall Islands’ Successfully Landed a $4 Billion Bribe from Uncle Sam
At the tail end of January, high-level negotiations saw the Marshall Islands sign a new bilateral treaty to cede…