Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 19, 2024 Showdowns loom in the new year as New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has been nominated to serve as United Nations Ambassador by President-elect Donald Trump. Should she be approved by the Senate, Rep. Stefanik who has served in the U.S. Congress for a decade […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, Novemer 10, 2024 Democrat Party candidate Kamala Harris called for an election that would “Turn the Page” on the past decade of division and discord. The vice president won that challenge; American voters overwhelmingly turned the page on the Kamala Harris candidacy and ended it with a decisive […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 1, 2024 Vladimir Putin put on a good show. The 16th annual BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia set the stage for the gathering of what’s essentially the “Alternative economic club” to the established Western groups such as the G-7 and the IMF. Thirty-five 35 delegations including 24 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 25, 2024 The rumors were true. The apparent dispatch of elite North Korean military units to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine appears at first surprising but actually is quite logical given the historic and comradely ties between Pyongyang and Moscow. After all, North Korea’ s isolated […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 18, 2024 The UN General Assembly held its annual elections to the Human Rights Council. The elections, or should we say selections, to the Geneva-based Council had all the drama of a preordained contest where approved slates representing regional groups were rubber-stamped in the 193-member Assembly. Yet, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 7, 2024 On October 7th, 2023, the world changed yet again. The powerful but seemingly contained Hamas terrorist group carried out coordinated rocket and ground attacks from Gaza on Israel in a stunning surprise attack. As with the Al Qaida terrorist attacks on America September 11th, 2001, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 29, 2024 Powerful thunderclaps from the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan rumbled as a dire greeting to the opening UN General Assembly session in New York. Winds from ongoing but unresolved humanitarian crises the world over from Sudan to Syria and Somalia swirled. And a nervous atmosphere […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 19, 2024 Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings and potentates are converging in New York for the 79th annual General Assembly of the United Nations. As the 193 member states meet amid the pomp, splendor and promise of a renewed challenge to settle conflicts and solve humanitarian crises, which […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 13, 2024 The world is entering a new more dangerous security phase; the winds of war which have been lashing parts of the planet for the past few years could well go to gale force and bring us to the verge of a global conflict. Though both […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 8, 2024 The three-day visit of U.S. National Security advisor Jake Sullivan to Beijing had a clear message; “Don’t Rock the Boat.” Chinese/American relations remain very sensitive over trade tariffs, strategic issues, and Beijing’s continuing military threats to democratic Taiwan and the Philippines. The mutual political mistrust […]
