Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore Politico Europe, a publication marinated in green politics, has named Russian President Vladimir Putin as one of its “power players of the year” — for, in the publication’s words, “advancing Europe’s green agenda.” “By invading Ukraine and manipulating energy supplies to undermine European support for Kyiv, Putin has achieved […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 8, 2022 In what many observers are calling the worst trade in history, Team Biden has swapped notorious Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, known as the “Merchant of Death,” for an America-hating WNBA star in Brittney Griner who just happens to check all the right boxes. Joe Biden signed the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 22, 2022 The Associated Press has reportedly fired the journalist of a retracted story which claimed that Russia last week had fired missiles that hit NATO member Poland, which led to speculation of a possible World War III scenario. The AP reporter, James LaPorta, had written that an unnamed “senior U.S. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 17, 2022 Joe Biden is calling on Congress to approve another $37.7 billion in aid to Ukraine for the war effort against Russia. Biden’s proposed new round of aid to Ukraine reportedly includes $21.7 billion for military, intelligence and other defense support; $14.5 billion to help keep the Ukrainian government functioning, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 6, 2022 An anti-Russia “bot army” of fake automated Twitter accounts flooded the Internet with pro-Ukraine propaganda at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a mostly unreported study by a team of researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia. Up to 80 percent of tweets pushing the pro-Ukraine […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 24, 2022 The U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, deployed to Europe for the first time since World War II, has been carrying out live-round tank and artillery exercises at a forward operating site on NATO’s eastern flank and not far from the Ukraine border, U.S. military officials said. The U.S. forces […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2022 Ukraine lost one of its MiG-29 fighter jets after it shot down an Iranian-made drone being used by Russia in the ongoing war. A Ukrainian MiG-29 reportedly costs between $5 million and $12 million. The drone, an Iranian Shahed-136 Kamikaze (re-christened as Geran-2 by Russia), costs between $20,000 and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, October 12, 2022 The following by WorldTribune.com columnist Don Kirk, originally appeared in The Hill. How can President Biden talk about “Armageddon” in Ukraine after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin boasts of Russia’s nuclear strength without also mentioning North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s threats to use nuclear weapons? That question does not seem to have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 6, 2022 The Washington, D.C.-based think tank Brookings Institution is essentially recommending that Team Biden refrain from issuing a firm commitment to defend Taiwan. “Credible nuclear threats on behalf of allies and partners, or extended deterrence, will be hard to achieve in a world where China’s nuclear weapons pose an increasingly […]
FPI / October 5, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct For all the talk of possible impending nuclear war over the U.S.-Russia showdown on Ukraine, the new face of global conflict may instead turn out to be attacks on critical infrastructure. Asked at a Sept. 30 news conference what the United States was doing to ease Europe’s energy crisis […]