geopolitics

US Navy Thwarts Iranian Attempt To Seize 2 Oil Tankers, Shots Fired

from ZeroHedge: The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet has announced that early Wednesday Iranian naval vessels attempted to seize two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, which included firing shots at one of them. The US Navy said it responded and prevented the seizures. “The Iranian navy did make attempts to seize commercial tankers lawfully […]

Ukraine ‘Preparing For Nuclear Explosion’ As Russia Reduces Zaporizhzhia Plant Presence

from ZeroHedge: Ukraine’s President Zelensky has once again been warning the public and the West that Russia is planning to stage some kind of disastrous nuclear fallout event centered on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest. The claims from Ukrainian top officials have been persisting for weeks at this point, but have grown louder in the last […]

The Inevitable Convergence of Taiwan with the Mainland

Despite US efforts, reciprocity between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will not decrease. On June 16, the traditional 15th Strait Forum opened in the Chinese city of Xiamen, opposite Taiwan. The event has no particular focus and is geared more toward encouraging contact and demonstrating that Chinese people are not so different on […]

World Peace, or World War

by Harley Schlanger, LaRouche Organization: I am posting today the opening segment of the Saturday, July 1 Manhattan Project event, on the deepening fight between the corrupt and desperate corporate oligarchs and their global order, versus an emerging majority committed to a new security and development architecture. We have been in the middle of this […]

US policy in the Middle East has not met Israel’s expectations

For a “new” model for the peace process, Israel will have to turn to China. In 2020, it seemed that Israel, with US support, was able to take a step towards the Arabs after the signing of the Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain. Despite this, the changing geopolitical landscape and the emergence of […]
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New complications in relations between South Korea and China

Recently, while outlining the deterioration in relations between Beijing and Seoul, the present author commented on a new scandal that further inflamed tensions. It has to do with highly critical comments made by Xing Haiming, China’s ambassador to Seoul, concerning South Korea’s foreign policy. The problems began on June 8, 2023, when South Korean opposition […]

Reports: Top Russian General with Ties to Wagner Mutiny Leader Disappears

by Frances Martel, Breitbart: The Moscow Times, among several other outlets, reported on Wednesday that top Russian General Sergei Surovikin has apparently been missing since Saturday – and may have been arrested in the aftermath of the aborted Wagner Group mutiny against the Defense Ministry this weekend. Surovikin is reportedly close to the head of […]