by WorldTribune Staff, December 19, 2017 U.S. major media gave secondary play to President Donald Trump’s national security strategy address Monday, but certain world leaders were all ears. Russia said the U.S. strategic plan has an “imperial character,” while China decried what it called a “Cold War mentality.” Trump’s strategy, which he unveiled in a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2017 Three of Russia’s wealthiest oligarchs have filed a libel lawsuit against Fusion GPS, claiming they were defamed by Fusion’s Trump dossier written by ex-British spy Christopher Steele. The lawsuit filed by Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan, the three primary investors in Russia’s Alfa Bank, describes the three billionaires as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Moscow has welcomed a new U.S. offer of talks with North Korea, with senior Russian officials calling it constructive and the “only correct approach” to tension over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program. The Russian remarks on December 13 came after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The Olympic Games should be entirely about sport, sportsmanship and solidarity. Yet they rarely are. Every four years the athletes of the world, or at least most of them, meet in an exotic locale plagued by political controversy, cost overruns, corruption, and doping concerns. The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Syria, declaring victory and ordering the Russian military to start withdrawing a “significant portion” of its forces from the war-ravaged Middle Eastern nation. “I order the defense minister and the head of the general staff to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Turkey is rapidly developing into a threat to peace and stability in the Middle East. The regime of President [formerly Prime Minister] Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP Justice and Development Party are increasingly authoritarian. Their effort to obtain nuclear power with its military offshoots would make it […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 8, 2017 The founder of the Blackwater private security firm told Congress in testimony last week that he was the subject of illegal surveillance by Obama administration operatives as confirmed by an article in The Washington Post. The combination, he charged, amounted to a hit job and “political abuse of the […]
Special to WorldTribune , December 6, 2017 By Miles Maochun Yu, Hoover Institution Last week marks the 63rd anniversary of the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China. The historic mutual defense treaty, signed on Dec. 2, 1954 in Washington, provided an ironclad guarantee to […]
Special to WorldTribune, December 4, 2017 By Joseph Churba The following excerpt is from ‘The Washington Compromise‘ by the late Dr. Joseph Churba, University Press, 1995. The Republican National Convention was held in Detroit on July 14-17, 1980. With Reagan’s candidacy assured, the only remaining question befell the choice of running mate. Henry Kissinger, hoping […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Zimbabwe’s long-time dictator Robert Mugabe was overthrown by his own defense chief who had close ties with Beijing’s leadership. Just a few days before he staged the coup, Gen. Constantino Chiwenga paid a hush-hush visit to Beijing and met with China’s Gen. Chang Wanquan, Minister of National Defense. Robert Mugabe […]
