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Pentagon Set for a Return to the Philippines’ Subic Bay Military Base in China Ramp-Up
ArchivesForeign Policy

Pentagon Set for a Return to the Philippines’ Subic Bay Military Base in China Ramp-Up

November 25, 2022January 24, 2024

On Thursday, Kyodo News reported that 30 years to the day of the US closing her largest overseas military…

Biden Launches Targeted Policy to Try and Squeeze China Out of Key Global Markets
ArchivesPolitical Economy

Biden Launches Targeted Policy to Try and Squeeze China Out of Key Global Markets

October 13, 2022February 18, 2026

If China and the United States fought a war, it would not be surprising to begin that story at…

Biden Yet Again Says the US Military Would Battle China Over Taiwan
ArchivesForeign Policy

Biden Yet Again Says the US Military Would Battle China Over Taiwan

September 19, 2022August 7, 2024

In a television interview, President Biden yet again claimed the U.S. military is ready to battle the Chinese if…

BREAKING: Fortress Taipei—Senate Committee Passes Largest Reform of Taiwan Policy in 40 Years
ArchivesForeign Policy

BREAKING: Fortress Taipei—Senate Committee Passes Largest Reform of Taiwan Policy in 40 Years

September 15, 2022August 8, 2023

  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee just passed a bill containing the largest restructuring of the U.S.-Taiwan relation since…

U.S. Considering Repeat-Failure Policy of Sanctions-As-Deterrent Against China
ArchivesForeign Policy

U.S. Considering Repeat-Failure Policy of Sanctions-As-Deterrent Against China

September 14, 2022December 31, 2023

Story at a glance… Anonymous sources told Reuters that the U.S. was considering a sanctions package to deter China.…

Why Is Nancy Pelosi’s Potential Visit To Taiwan Such a Big Deal?
ArchivesForeign Policy

Why Is Nancy Pelosi’s Potential Visit To Taiwan Such a Big Deal?

July 29, 2022January 24, 2024

In a two-hour-long phone call between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Xi made it crystal clear that…

China’s Comments on John Bolton Are A Tough but Necessary Pill to Swallow
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China’s Comments on John Bolton Are A Tough but Necessary Pill to Swallow

July 25, 2022

PICTURED: John Bolton and Wang Wenbin. PC: Gage Skidmore. CC 2.0. When John Bolton appeared on CNN in early…

NATO to Octuple Standing Army, Fight Terrorism Across Africa, Middle-East, and “Address” China
Foreign Policy

NATO to Octuple Standing Army, Fight Terrorism Across Africa, Middle-East, and “Address” China

July 1, 2022

PICTURED: Demonstrators take part in an anti-NATO protest ahead of the NATO summit, held on June 28th and June…

Gaffes in Tokyo – Biden Claims US Will Militarily Defend Taiwan – Calls Indo-Pacific “Our Region”
ArchivesForeign Policy

Gaffes in Tokyo – Biden Claims US Will Militarily Defend Taiwan – Calls Indo-Pacific “Our Region”

May 24, 2022July 10, 2025

President Biden has forced his administration yet again to walk back comments he has made about the US commitment…

An Enraged US Threatens to Invade Solomon Islands Over Security Pact with China
ArchivesForeign Policy

An Enraged US Threatens to Invade Solomon Islands Over Security Pact with China

May 6, 2022September 11, 2024

The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare told his nation’s parliament on Wednesday that either Australia, the…

Why After 37 Years Does America Now Strongly Believe in Cooperation with Pacific Islands?
ArchivesForeign Policy

Why After 37 Years Does America Now Strongly Believe in Cooperation with Pacific Islands?

April 20, 2022July 12, 2023

The State Department announced on Monday that Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell, the Biden Administration’s top man for Asian affairs,…

Foreign Policy

Biden Becoming Increasingly Frustrated With Multi-Polar Response to Russia’s War

March 28, 2022

Story at a glance… Recent press conferences see a frustrated Biden trying to push the world into sanctioning Russia.…

Space

China Releases its 5-Year Plan for Space

January 31, 2022

BEIJING, China. January 28th, 2022. The Chinese government released a 5-year plan for the future of its space exploration…

2022 Space Missions: A New Space Station, Moon Mining, A Mars Rover and Webb’s Debut
Space

2022 Space Missions: A New Space Station, Moon Mining, A Mars Rover and Webb’s Debut

January 6, 2022

Exponential growth in the public and private space sectors are increasing the number of launches yearly, and 2022 promises…

2000 Year Old Tomb Confirmed as Belonging to Celebrated Han Emperor
Human Sciences

2000 Year Old Tomb Confirmed as Belonging to Celebrated Han Emperor

December 23, 2021June 28, 2023

PICTURED: Pottery figurines lie on the floor of the mausoleum of Emperor Wen of Han in Xi’an, Shaanxi province.…

World News

Lockheed Martin’s ARRW Hypersonic Weapon Fails Third Consecutive Test

December 20, 2021

PICTURED: A B-52 carried an AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, a now three-times-failed hypersonic weapon. Story at a glance……

From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming
Human Sciences

From Turkey to Korea, People Share a Common Language Invented to Describe Millet Farming

November 16, 2021

PICTURED: A woman harvests millet in a field in Zaozhuang city, East China’s Shandong province, on Sept 7, 2016.…

Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China
ArchivesForeign Policy

Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China

October 28, 2021August 7, 2024

Story at a glance… Calls for Taiwan attendance at the UN increase tensions between the US and China. Despite…

Foreign Policy

Democrats Look to Give Exclusive War Powers on China to Biden After he Promises War Over Taiwan

October 22, 2021

PICTURED: “Between Chinas”: an ISS image of the Taiwan Strait at 110 miles width. PC: Stuart Rankin. CC 3.0.…

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Here’s What We Learned from the Moon Rocks China Recently Brought Back on Chang’e-5

October 19, 2021

PICTURED: The Chang’e-5 return module sits on the snow-covered ground in Inner Mongolia, smoldering from its reentry into Earth’s…

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Central Bank Gold Purchases Continued Through the Yellow Metal’s Worst Month in 18 Years

Andy Corbley July 11, 2026

It’s been the worst performing month for gold since 2008, yet the world’s central banks continue to add tonnes…

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Iran Defeats the Americans: Text of MoU Confirms Tehran’s Total Victory

Andy Corbley June 18, 2026

There could have been fewer clearer signs that the Trump Administration had accepted major concessions in advance of Thursday’s…

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Iran War Reaches Critical Juncture in May

Suzanne Latre April 28, 2026

Nearly two months after the outbreak of war between the United States and Iran, the conflict is entering a…

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