Written by Carla Babb President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says a presidential tweet last week that all U.S. troops should be home from Afghanistan by December 25 was a “desire” rather than a military order, and he reaffirmed a plan to decrease U.S. numbers…

Written by Lin Yang The United States has imposed a broad immigration ban on members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), blocking them from becoming U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. Experts said the move further raised tensions between the two countries but might not…

Written by John Smith China rebuked the UN experts who raised serious objections over the draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong which undermined the city’s autonomy. China rebuked the United Nations experts who raised serious objections over the draconian national security law imposed…

Written by Jennifer Agiesta Six in 10 debate watchers said former Vice President Joe Biden did the best job in Tuesday’s debate, and just 28% say President Donald Trump did, according a CNN Poll of debate watchers conducted by SSRS. In interviews with the same…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…