FPI / August 2, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In 1950 it was former Soviet leader Josef Stalin who engineered the first “Axis of Evil,” when in January that year he approved of North Korean Workers Party leader Kim Il-Sung’s plan to invade South Korea. This fateful action then convinced newly victorious Chinese Communist Party […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, July 28, 2023 The Russians are acting more and more like Soviets. Their brutal war in Ukraine underscores the point that Moscow’s military ambitions have counter-humanitarian consequences. And now the Kremlin’s shutdown of the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain initiative signals that Vladimir Putin is willing to block food […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News July 12, 2023 Since launching its new counteroffensive on June 4, the Ukrainian army has lost over 26,000 men and 1,244 tanks and armored vehicles, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu as NATO members were meeting in Lithuania. Since the start of the Ukrainian counter-offensive on Kharkiv […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 30, 2023 The State Visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington illustrated both style and substance of the evolving relationship between the world’s two largest democracies. President Joe Biden described the India/American relationship as, “A partnership that is among the most consequential in the world, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2023 At the outset of Episode 7 Of his Tucker on Twitter series, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson asks: “Why exactly are we at war with Russia.” Of the billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars sent from Team Biden to Ukraine, Carlson asks: “What’s the point? Are we really doing […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 25, 2023 The so-called coup in Russia lasted for less than 24 hours. The leader of the uprising, Evgeny Prigozhin, announced that his Wagner fighter columns that were reportedly descending on Moscow would turn around and go back to their bases. Was it a psychological operation? U.S. intelligence officials confirmed they […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 17, 2023 In one of the more predictable rites of Spring at the United Nations, the General Assembly has elected, or actually selected, five new non-permanent members to serve on the powerful fifteen member Security Council. While this year’s contest lacked the drama, debate and deliberation of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, June 8, 2023 The world seems to have forgotten about Syria. You could excuse this after a dozen years of bloody conflict, humanitarian catastrophes and a jarring earthquake in February. Equally there’s a global crisis overload from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and looming in East Asia. […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 7, 2023 In his first broadcast on Twitter, Tucker Carlson dissected large chunks of the Russia-Ukraine narrative pushed by Team Biden and its major media allies which brook no opposition. He concluded by noting: “We’re told there are no gatekeepers here.” We shall see. Racking up 71.6 million views in […]
FPI / June 4, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct The growing nuclear threat posed by China is “potentially catastrophic” and the United States needs to bolster its deterrence to deal with it, a group of senior specialists have warned. Biden administration plans and policies are not sufficient to handle China’s rapid large-scale buildup of nuclear missiles, submarines, bombers, […]