On 8 April, Moon Jae-in said the ruling party’s defeat was a “rebuke from the people” and pledged to discharge his duties “with an even greater sense of responsibility, focusing on meeting the desperate demands of the people”. As presidential spokesman Kang Min-seok said, “The president has pledged to spare no effort to realize the people’s desperate demands…
Politics
Eastern Asia - South Korea
20.04.2021
US Seeks South China Sea Conflict
Despite hopes by some that with Joe Biden a new US foreign policy will follow – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed Washington’s committment to seeking conflict in the South China Sea under the guise of “standing with Southeast Asian claimants.” Reuters in their article, “US stands with SE Asian countries against China pressure, Blinken says…
Eastern Asia - China
20.04.2021
On Sergey Lavrov’s Trip to India and Pakistan
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s trip to India and Pakistan during his most recent overseas tour is rather noteworthy for several important reasons. The first and probably the most important, is that the very fact of this tour, as well as the visit of Lavrov to China three weeks earlier, is another strong indication of the general shift of the focus of global political…
Russia in the World
20.04.2021
Bright Prospects of the the Northern Sea Route and Washington's Gloomy Nightmares
After the infamous blockage of the Suez Canal by the container ship Ever Given that occurred in late March, the Northern Sea Route stretching along Russia’s northern coastline became one of the most attractive options for the delivery of goods from Asia to Europe. In this context…
Russia in the World
19.04.2021
Biden’s Uncertain Policies Pose Some Serious Questions
Two United States announcements this week have raised some interesting points and are worthy of further examination. The first was an announcement by United States president Joe Biden on Wednesday, 13 April that United States troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the 11th of September this year. The choice of that date is significant…
USA in the World
19.04.2021
A Way Out of the Afghan Stalemate?
For decades, Afghanistan has been one of the hottest spots on the planet. Twenty years of presence of American and NATO troops on its territory has unfortunately never solved the main problem of the peace settlement. Recall that under the Doha agreement, signed in 2020 by the Donald Trump administration and the radical Taliban (banned in Russia), all foreign troops must…
Central Asia - Afghanistan
18.04.2021
Fukushima Daiichi Radioactive Dumping and the Summer Olympics in Japan In Question
The Japanese Cabinet of Ministers has reached an official decision on the discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi emergency nuclear power plant into a significant body of water that has already accumulated on the territory of the nuclear power plant. The entire Fukushima Daiichi site is currently lined with these tanks containing more than…
Eastern Asia - Japan
Economics
19.04.2021
How China Aims to Navigate the Complex Middle East
While China has already made its mark in the Middle East and is already outsmarting the US, the recently signed China-Iran pact is perhaps the biggest economic venture China has made in the Middle East so far. However, while China does have big ambitions with respects to its economic engagement with countries in West Asia, Middle East remains…
Middle East - Saudi Arabia
16.04.2021
Egypt and Israel are Contemplating Alternatives to the Suez Canal
The now infamous blockage of the Suez Canal, along with the incident that nearly led to its repetition that occurred in early April, as well as a series of terrorist attacks committed by Israel against Iranian ships, has forced the international community to actively look for a possible alternative to this vital maritime transport artery. Against…
Middle East - Egypt
14.04.2021
There's No Disputing the Strategic Importance of the Suez Canal and Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
The transport collapse that was triggered by the recent grounding of a giant container ship called Ever Given along with the strategies that can prevent such collapses from reoccurring remain hot topics in the media these days. About 12% of all trade passes through the Suez Canal…
Middle East
05.04.2021
What are the Consequences of the Suez Crisis?
For an entire week, the giant container ship Ever Given blocked one of the most important waterways in world trade between the East and West: the Suez Canal. This incident not only caused a serious disruption along the transport route, where about 400 ships backed up due to the accident, but also caused serious financial losses to many, which could amount to hundreds of…
Middle East
01.04.2021
How China is Going to Reshape Asia
With China and Iran signing a multi-billion dollar deal for the next 25 years, there remains little gainsaying that the former is going to increase its footprint in West Asia/Middle East in a way that once was thought to be unimaginable for reasons that included China’s own economic policies and West Asia’s too close ties with the West to allow for any players. Forces of…
Middle East
26.03.2021
Will a China Real Estate Collapse Trigger the Global Meltdown?
Prevailing financial sector “wisdom” holds that while the bond and stock markets of the US and EU are dangerously inflated following huge COVID borrowings and unprecedented central bank measures, that China is the one example of a market suitable for investment as it has managed to get beyond COVID and…
Eastern Asia - China
22.03.2021
Yet Another Failure of Seoul
In July 2020, the Republic of Korea made an ambitious attempt to put its man — Yoo Myung-hee, director of the Trade Policy Department of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy — in charge of the World Trade Organization. Speaking at a general meeting of the WTO, Yoo Myung-hee said almost immediately that the organization should become “the supreme court of international trade,” and the reasons…
Eastern Asia - South Korea
Society
20.04.2021
Georgia’s Political “False Flags” – Never Missing an Opportunity for Russian Bashing
In the wake of COVID and the current economic crisis you would think a country that has staked so much on tourism would not bite the hand that could [potentially] feed it. But conventional wisdom does not work when political parties will stoop to any level to spin the visit of a foreign journalist for political gain. This was definitely the case…
Caucasus - Georgia
19.04.2021
The US: If the Coronavirus Doesn’t Kill You, a Shootout Will
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases world-wide has exceeded 130 million people, more than 2.8 million have died, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). The most confirmed cases were registered in the United States, with over 30 million. American media emphasizes that the death toll of Americans…
USA in the World
15.04.2021
The Nasty Truth About America’s Love Affair with Narcissism and Self Pity
There is a saying, “the crazy people have taken over the asylum.” They did that in the United States in 2016, a nation ruled by grifters, petty criminals and the delusional. The sane and decent became the “silent majority” as the not just America but the world learned that the darkness of the American soul depicted so often by Hollywood…
USA in the World
13.04.2021
Trump Plans to Use Political Power to Fight Prosecutions
Ex-President Donald Trump has been keeping a low profile at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida with a wet finger in the air trying to decipher how the winds are blowing on his legal and political fortunes. In New York, US Attorney Cy Vance’s office is moving quickly toward what legal watchers expect to be a series of bank and tax fraud charges. Legal teams are digging through…
USA in the World
12.04.2021
Sweden Axes Gates Mad Global Warming Scheme
For more than a decade Bill Gates has funneled millions of dollars into a scientifically mad scheme allegedly to study the possibility of “manmade global cooling.” The project, led by a Harvard physicist, proposes to send satellites into the atmosphere in order to drop tons of chemicals in an attempt to block the sun. Now a strong resistance within Sweden has forced Gates…
Europe
07.04.2021
The Great Power Democracy Con: Promising the Moon to Destroy Humanity
The United Kingdom is rightly proud of its National Health Service. When London hosted the Olympics in 2012, the opening ceremony included a little tableaux about the NHS, which was presented as one of the finest achievements of the host nation. However for over 40 years, whenever some public figure says “NHS” the next word is…
Europe
06.04.2021
The Great Coronavirus Lesson: Many Leaders Have Failed the People
It’s coming down to this. Whose side will you be on when the coronavirus pandemic finally destroys nations, businesses, and innocent families unable to protect themselves? Will you side with the greedy politicians and corporate elites manipulating the situation? Or, will the stacked bodies and boarded-up shops finally make you realize what this situation…
Europe
