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Taliban Regime Post-US Withdrawal: Legitimacy Is Being Recognized By...
In August 2021, the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan precipitated the collapse of the previous Afghan government, resulting in the Taliban's resurgence and subsequent control over...
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Weapons From Libyan Stockpiles Flow To Terror Groups In Nigeria – Analysis
Terrorists that plague northern Nigeria are arming themselves with weapons that originated in Libya, according to Nigerian defense officials. Weapons traffickers in Nigeria are benefitting from...
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Robert Reich: There Was No Mandate For Trump, There Was No Red Shift — There...
Trump is saying the election gave him a “very big mandate.” Rubbish. It wasn’t a mandate at all. It wasn’t even a “red shift” to Trump and the Republicans. It was a blue abandonment. We now know...
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There Are No ‘Easy Wars’ Left To Fight, But Do Not Mistake The Longing For...
Israelis, as a whole, are exhibiting a rosy assurance that they can harness Trump, if not to the full annexation of the Occupied Territories (Trump in his first term did not support such annexation),...
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‘NAFTA Fever’ And The Myth Of Government-Created Free Markets – OpEd
By David Brady, Jr. Left or right, the enemy is the free market. Every problem is the fault of the free market. On the left, the supposed radical deregulation of the 1980s paved the way for the...
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Medicare Advantage Is Saving Taxpayers Money – OpEd
A new study finds that the migration of people from traditional Medicare to the Medicare Advantage program over the last decade has saved the federal government $144 billion. The study arrives at a...
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Has Anyone Noticed What BRICS+ Is Telling Us About A New World Order? – opEd
By Jean-Daniel Ruch In the beginning, there were four: Brazil, China, India and Russia. Following their first summit in 2009, they expanded to become BRICS with the accession of South Africa in 2011...
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Viewing A Fragmented America Through The Lens Of Economic Data – Analysis
By Muren Jin In recent times, U.S. economic data has become a target of criticism, with the degree of division caused by it being no less intense than the polarization between the two major parties...
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South Korea Best Off Balancing Deterrence And Diplomacy With The North –...
By Rachel Minyoung Lee Unification is a perennial topic of interest among Korea watchers, but it has been particularly popular — and confusing — in recent months, with North and South Korea each...
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Moscow Prescribes Own Terms For Talks With Trump On Ukraine – Analysis
By Vladimir Socor Moscow is in no hurry to hold talks with US President-elect Donald Trump on halting Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Kremlin expects its forces to continue, slowly but steadily, seizing...
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Mobile Home Residents Should Be Able To Buy Their Parks – OpEd
Even in a barrelful of rotten apples, you might think there’d still be a few good ones. But don’t get your hopes up looking into barrels labeled “private equity investors.” These esoteric,...
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What Donald Trump’s Administrative Picks Mean For US Foreign Policy And...
By Majda Ruge On 20 January 2025, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47thpresident of the United States. In Europe, uncertainty looms regarding Trump’s future approach to foreign policy and...
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Monetary Policy: Donald Trump Versus Jerome Powell? – OpEd
President-elect Trump has, in the past, been at odds with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on monetary policy. Trump will likely favor lower interest rates and an easier monetary policy than...
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US Congressional Leadership Remains United In Devotion To Israel After...
Some things changed in politics in Washington, DC when on Wednesday Republican United States senators via a secret ballot vote selected Sen John Thune (R-SD) to become Senate Republican leader,...
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Trump’s Multiethnic Winning Coalition – OpEd
Go on, admit it. Don’t be shy. Did you feel the joy in the late evening and early hours of 5–6 November? How about the vibe? Democrats failed to feel either as the garbage deplorables took out the...
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The EU’s Dual Approach: Green Subsidies And Tariffs On China EVs – OpEd
On October 29, 2024, the European Commission unveiled new countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports, effective the following day. This move is framed as part of a broader...
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Wealth Redistribution Is A Hidden Property Right Infringement – OpEd
In The Theory of Political Spectrum, I presented three critical factors that influence the polarization of political ideologies: attitudes toward private property rights, the state of consciousness,...
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Is America Turning Fascist? – OpEd
By Vincent Cook On October 25, ABC News published the results of a survey of 2,392 registered voters where 44 percent of the respondents said that Donald Trump is a fascist, while 23 percent said that...
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US’ Stake In Philippine Mid-Term Elections – Analysis
Donald Trump’s comeback to the White House after winning the US Presidential election in November 2024 may simply sustain the long-standing US-Philippine relations, the longest in Southeast Asia since...
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The Indian Navy: A Resident Power In Indian Ocean And Rising Leader In...
The Indian Navy stands at the crossroads of a transformative era, where global power dynamics and maritime security imperatives converge in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and the Indo-Pacific. As a...
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