by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2017 China’s air force on Sept. 5 carried out exercises to simulate its defense capabilities in case of a “surprise attack” coming over the sea, Chinese media reported. An anti-aircraft defense battalion held the exercises near the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea that separates China from […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2017 The United States has circulated a proposal at the United Nations to stop oil shipments to North Korea and freeze the assets of Kim Jong-Un. The draft resolution, circulated to all 15 members of the UN Security Council, would also ban Pyongyang’s exports of textiles and prohibit employment of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin Sept. 6, 2017, began taking the initiative to control the “crisis” over North Korean strategic weapons, because Russia had more at stake in resolving the issue than perhaps any other nation-state. There was strong evidence that President Putin was working to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 3, 2017 In the wake of North Korea’s test of a 100-kiloton hydrogen bomb, U.S. President Donald Trump had harsh words for the Kim Jong-Un regime in Pyongyang, but also came down hard on South Korea for what he said was Seoul’s policy of “appeasement.” “South Korea is finding, as I […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2017 Globalists may not have the grip on the White House that many observers foresaw after the departure of Steve Bannon, a report said. Details have emerged of a small Oval Office meeting in which President Donald Trump slammed senior staff as they pushed back “against his hawkish trade war […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 14, 2017 India’s sale to Vietnam of a short-range, supersonic anti-ship missile has opened a new conflict in an already tense situation with China, an analyst said. Vietnam will receive the BrahMos which is considered one of the most effective and lethal anti-ship missiles in the world, with speeds reaching Mach […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 13, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Aug. 12 and reached an agreement that North Korea “must stop its provocative and escalatory behavior,” the White House said in a statement. Trump and Xi “also reiterated their mutual commitment to the denuclearization of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct, June 14, 2017 Targets of a nuclear North Korea should not assume the Kim Jong-Un regime would adhere to the rules of war that constrain Russia and the United States, analysts say. Pyongyang would likely ignore the Outer Space Treaty prohibiting the deployment or use of nuclear weapons in orbit […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump’s diplomatic team has been operating in overdrive as it tries to ensure new UN sanctions against North Korea will be enforced while confronting Russia over allegations of its meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The U.S. on Aug. 7 moved quickly to ensure new UN […]
The Belt and Road Initiative is the vanguard for Beijing’s reach for global power. It may not work, given all the imponderables of a project on this scale, not to mention conflicting interests with nations along its route. But at least the Chinese are showing the kind of social energy necessary to achieve great things. […]
