by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2025 Real World News Why does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regard the conquest of Taiwan as essential to its quest for global dominance? That the regime sees the island nation and democracy as an existential threat is poorly understood outside of the mainland and China-focused think tanks, an analyst […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 25, 2025 Real World News Arnold I. Palacios, governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a U.S. territory near Guam, died suddenly late Wednesday night after reports that a “medical incident” led him to collapse in his office in Saipan. Palacios, 69, was evacuated by military helicopter to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 17, 2025 President Donald Trump has had it with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Gone are the days where it appeared that the Russians were ready for a negotiated “deal” or “ceasefire’ in the bloody Ukraine war. Now Donald Trump has openly said that “Putin has been bull**ing him” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 13, 2025 Tis’ that time of the year when the BRICS economic Summit comes round to state the obvious; “We are the Rest of the World,” and powerful members of the global developing economies too. So, when the 17th BRICS Summit launched in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, […]
FPI / July 11, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China seeks space superiority in all realms, Low Earth Orbit, on the Moon and Mars. Factored into this strategy is the arena of political warfare in space. China is well on its way to the Moon by 2030, is a leading satellite power, Low Earth Orbit […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2025 Real World News When the Biden Administration abandoned U.S. assertiveness in the Middle East, it opened the door for China to rapidly increase its influence. Seizing on Biden-era weakness, the communist regime of Xi Jinping “sought to transform Iran into a critical proxy for its grand strategy” in the […]
FPI / July 10, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The idea of a joint China-Russia threat is not new; During his first term, President Trump’s December 2017 National Security Strategy stated: “China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity.” In its October 2022 National Security Strategy, the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 10, 2025 Real World News In his first major appearance on the world stage, South Korea’s newly elected leftist President Lee Jae-Myung failed to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit in Canada last month. Not meeting with Trump has already undermined Lee’s standing at home. “The South […]
FPI / July 3, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Iran had been a key cog in the emerging anti-American axis in the Middle East led by China and including Russia. Then Israel quickly dismantled Iran’s warfighting structure via a series of targeted strikes known as Operation Rising Lion. The United States followed by bombing Iran’s nuclear strongholds at […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2025 Real World News The FBI interfered with an investigation into Chinese meddling in the 2020 election by suppressing evidence in an effort to cover for then-Director Christopher Wray, according to new documents released by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The interference occurred after Wray had testified before Congress that he […]
