Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 31, 2023 Looking into the snow globe, it’s that time of year to predict and prognosticate what awaits this tired world in the New Year. There’s a certain trepidation in the air as we view the current and emerging crises, especially during a highly contested election year […]
FPI / December 17, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During the Cold War, high profile defections from the Soviet bloc to the West were a constant source of assurance of the desirability, if not the superiority of the democracies over the empire of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. For example, such assurance was […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2023 A Chinese state-owned company originally founded by Blackwater’s Erik Prince is apparently offering VIP executive protection services with special operations capabilities in Taiwan, a report said. Frontier Services Group is now advertising on LinkedIn for an “Executive Protection Agent” for Taipei, Wendell Minnick wrote in a Nov. 12 Substack.com […]
FPI / September 27, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct As China expands its reserves with low-cost oil from Russia, the Biden administration has allowed U.S. stocks in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to hit their lowest levels in decades. The communist regime in Beijing is seen intent on stockpiling large amounts of crude oil in anticipation of a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 8, 2023 It’s been two years since the fall of Afghanistan. The tragic collapse of Kabul to the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban signaled the last sordid chapter in the Biden Administration’s appalling and shambolic “withdrawal” from America’s longest military commitment. But beyond the perceived American weakness and strategic […]
FPI / August 16, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Aug. 12 and 13 Taiwan’s Vice President Lai Ching-te (William) visited New York City, departing for Paraguay on the evening of the 13th, and guess what, the world did not end. Vice President William Lai is also the nominee of Taiwan’s governing Democratic Progressive Party […]
FPI / July 20, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct After outlining the financial signals of the Chinese Communist Party’s preparations for war, an analyst said the key to prevent the invasion of Taiwan is for the U.S. government to prepare severe financial sanctions against the communist regime in Beijing. “I think it’s highly likely he (Chinese leader Xi […]
FPI / July 12, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct When it comes to standing against China in the European Union, Lithuania is leading the way. As it prepares to host the NATO leaders’ summit, the Lithuanian government of Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has released a document detailing a new strategy on the Indo-Pacific which defies the communist regime […]
FPI / May 10, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct Berkshire Hathaway recently divested 86 percent of its more than $4 billion in the Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC. Berkshire chairman and CEO Warren Buffeft told company shareholders the reason was ongoing geopolitical tensions over Taiwan. TSMC “is a marvelous company,” Buffett said during Berkshire’s annual meeting, but “I would feel […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 2, 2023 Official pronouncements from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) give no real explanation of what the implications will be for the people of Taiwan should China invade and take over the island nation. “Historic precedent, however, suggests the possibility of a murderous CCP reign of terror, while terrorizing Taiwan’s new […]
