Trump’s Opportunity To Reset US-Iran Relations – Analysis
Donald Trump is back and so is the “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran to “drastically throttle” Iran's oil sales to kill Tehran’s nuclear program and its ability to fund regional proxies. But...
View ArticleUS Court Indictment Of Indian Billionaire Adani And Impact On Indo-US Ties –...
Gautam Adani had allegedly used US investors' money for bribing Indian officials to get big contracts in the solar energy sector Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, who rules over a multinational...
View ArticlePentagon Confirms Russia Launched New IRBM Missile At Dnipro, US Provides...
By C. Todd Lopez The Russians launched Thursday a new kind of missile at Ukraine, what the Defense Department is calling an "intermediate-range ballistic missile," or IRBM, said the deputy Pentagon...
View ArticleKhamenei’s Legacy For Iran: Poverty, Repression, And A Failing Economy – OpEd
Over the past half-century, Iran has experienced a devastating economy that has destroyed the homes and livelihoods of many of its people. Amid this, the crisis-inducing and perpetuating policies of...
View ArticleWealth And Income Inequality Are Essential For Social Cooperation – OpEd
By Michael Njoku It is popularly deemed a sign of moral superiority and a mark of the “progressive” mind to heavily criticize the existence of inequalities of wealth and income within the social order...
View ArticleHermes 2 Construction Permits Approved By US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has voted to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant. The permits will authorise Kairos to build a facility with two 35 MWt...
View ArticleRussian Orthodox Church Viewed As Tool To Spread Kremlin Influence
The Russian Orthodox Church is quietly winning allegiance from priests and parishes from the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Egypt with offers of humanitarian aid, vaccines, infrastructure, schools,...
View ArticleIndonesia: Prabowo Announces $600B Economic Growth Plan Despite Environmental...
By Ami Afriatni Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is betting big on downstream industries to fuel his country’s economic future. Prabowo, who took office a month ago, has announced a bold target:...
View ArticleUkraine’s ‘IT Army’ Has Lessons For Taiwan – Analysis
Today Ukraine stands at the forefront of the world’s struggle for democracy and freedom, but tomorrow the front could be Taiwan. Preparations for war with China are currently underway, and Taiwan has...
View ArticleWho Is Bo Guagua And Why Do China Watchers Care About His Wedding? – Analysis
He has not been heard from for over 10 years, but the news of his engagement this month has made a splash from Taipei to (probably) Tiananmen. Bo Guagua, a once high-profile son of the Chinese...
View ArticleCentral Asian Countries Sending Migrant Workers To Asia Over Russia – Analysis
Since the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack in Moscow in March 2024, hostility among Russians toward Central Asian immigrants has increased dramatically (see EDM, March 26, 28). Despite the Kremlin’s...
View ArticleTrump, AUKUS And Australia’s Dim Servitors – OpEd
There is something enormously satisfying about seeing those in the war racket worry that their assumptions on conflict have been upended. There they were, happily funding, planning and preparing to...
View ArticleRussia: Pentecostal Pastor, Buddhist In Pre-Trial Detention For Anti-War Remarks
By Victoria Arnold A Pentecostal pastor has become the first person to be accused of publicly calling for actions "against state security" for speaking out against Russia's war in Ukraine from a...
View ArticleBrazil: Bolsonaro Indicted By Federal Police For Coup Attempt
By Alex Rodrigues Brazil’s Federal Police have concluded their investigation into a criminal organization allegedly working to prevent President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and vice...
View ArticleUS Weapons Delays Costly For Ukraine Yet Again – Analysis
By Luke Coffey US President Joe Biden last week finally allowed Ukraine to use American-made long-range missiles against targets inside the Russian Federation. In addition, the administration...
View ArticleMyanmar: Rebels Capture Town On Main Road To Chinese-Built Port
Insurgents in western Myanmar have captured a town on a road junction leading to a Chinese-funded deep sea port, which is bound to raise new concern about the fate of an extensive development that...
View ArticlePutin Warns Of More Combat Tests For New Missile After Ukraine Strike
(RFE/RL) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country's new intermediate-range ballistic missile, a nuclear-capable weapon, will continue to be tested, including in combat conditions, as...
View ArticleThe Operational And Strategic Genius Of The Kursk Offensive – Analysis
By Dan Cox (FPRI) -- Current analysis of the recent offensive conducted by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of Russia is incomplete at best and misguided at worst. Most of the pundits are focused...
View ArticleWhat Kennedy Must Do To Defeat Regulatory Capture – OpEd
President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services is cause for celebration for anyone who cares about the pharmaceutical...
View ArticlePutin’s Order To Promote Patriotism Repeats Stalin’s ‘Almost Word For Word’ –...
Vladimir Putin’s May 2024 directive to use history lessons in the schools to boost patriotism and a willingness to sacrifice one’s life for Russia repeats Stalin’s May 1934 order to do the same thing...
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