As fighting rages, what is Azerbaijan’s goal?
Written by Joshua Kucera The Azerbaijani offensive against Armenian forces is its most ambitious since the war between the two sides formally ended in 1994. But what, precisely, is the aim of the operation? Azerbaijani officials haven’t said precisely what their strategic goal is in…
Huawei Suddenly Strikes At Google With New ‘Fight’ To Beat Android
Written by Zak Doffman “The world has been suffering for a long time,” rotating Huawei chairman Guo Ping told employees during a pep talk this week, referring to the lock Google has on the Android ecosystem. And so ended the executive silence on President Trump’s…
Protest-riven Belarus needs heroic diplomacy. Can Asia supply it?
Written by Irvin Studin Belarus needs an out. And Asia – of all the continents – is best placed to engineer and negotiate that out. But can it? Does it know how? Does it have the strategic vision, diplomatic confidence and sense of tactical opportunity…
Four takeaways from the final night of the Democratic National Convention
Written by Aaron Blake Democrats wrapped up their 2020 national convention on Thursday, with Joe Biden officially accepting the party’s nomination. Below, some takeaways. 1. Biden’s concerted coronavirus pitch If there was any doubt about what the chief strategy moving forward would be for the…
The liberal order has collapsed, and the pandemic is revealing why the West needs to speed away from this not-so-golden era.
Written by Tom Mctague “If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian…
‘The Saker’ Asks: Will Hillary & The Dems Get The Civil War They Are Trying To Provoke?
Written by Tyler Durden The direct implications of that is that the Dems should re-take the White House by any and all means and under any and all circumstances. That is also a direct appeal to sabotage the US democracy which, as flawed as it…
U.S. imposes sanctions, visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Xinjiang human rights abuses
Written by Ivan Smith Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Thursday the U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on three senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials over the continued human rights abuses targeting minority groups in China’s Xinjiang province. “The United States is…
China threatens to ‘strike back’ at UK over 5G and Hong Kong
Written by Sam Darck Thanks to communist China’s increasingly belligerent actions worldwide, Great Britain has finally woken up to the serious Chinese threat and is increasingly standing up to China. In recent weeks, the UK has reversed itself on allowing Huawei into its 5G telecom…
Here’s the list of countries that supported/opposed China’s Hong Kong security bill
Written by Michael Ford Following a vote on Tuesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the communist government in China declared victory in its enactment of a new security law which essentially ends Hong Kong’s autonomy and basic freedoms for its citizens….
Iran’s economy implodes; U.S. insists arms embargo stay in place
Written by James Murphy The combination of crippling U.S. sanctions and the devastating coronavirus outbreak have caused Iran’s economy to crash, reports say. U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s energy industry have taken the heaviest toll. Iran currently sells less than 200,000 barrels of crude…