Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 16, 2025 The darkening rule of the Taliban regime over Afghanistan continues to dim prospects for Women’s rights as well as any chances for the war-torn country to overcome an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. Currently more than 50 percent of the population, some 23 million people in this […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, March 7, 2025 LONDON — A made for TV political smackdown in the White House between two uneasy allies, a flood of recriminations, followed the incendiary face-off during the high stakes meetings between President Donald Trump’s team and the visiting Ukrainian delegation. The fear that the pending Ukrainian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 28, 2025 Another major country has flipped politically to the conservative column. After three years of a drifting center-Left coalition government, voters elected the conservative (small c) Christian Democratic Union CDU in Germany’s parliamentary elections. Yet what was expected to be a massive win for the likely […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 20, 2025 Three years into Russia’s war against Ukraine, there seems to be a chance for peace. But this political intermezzo may be as fleeting as the approaching Spring weather to soon sweep the steppes yet at the same time remains a worthwhile window of opportunity for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 13, 2025 The Panama Canal is back in the headlines after President Donald Trump raised political and security concerns over the future of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The heart of the President’s argument is that the Canal, built and paid for by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 7, 2025 Four years following a Beijing-backed military coup which turned the clock back from an elected, if flawed, democratic government to an authoritarian and corrupt military regime, the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar/aka Burma has sunk into new socio/economic depths. Significantly, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 31, 2025 Already close and cordial India/U.S. political ties surged in the early hours of the new Trump Administration. India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was honored with rare front row seating at the Inauguration of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the Washington […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 20, 2025 A series of widening wars, growing humanitarian crises and simmering foreign conflicts are among the list of foreign policy/security woes confronting President Donald Trump. From day one of his administration the president must assess and prioritize U.S. policy interests in key regions both on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 9, 2025 Everybody, it seems, is suddenly interested in Greenland. Not just the United States, but Canada, Russia, China all are vying for a foothold on the Arctic island. A fantastically beautiful but often foreboding place locked in ice and isolation, Greenland’s remoteness has been both its […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 31, 2024 In the swirling whirligig of world events, the past year 2024 was nearly like no other. Extraordinary but often jarring occurrences mixed in a hodgepodge of hope, joy and despair as crucial elections were won and lost, regional conflicts exploded and humanitarian crises boiled over […]
