Gravitas: Floods inundate China’s southern provinces
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As Kim Jong Un prepares for nuclear test, Biden approach to North Korea is failing, experts warn
North Korea is preparing for its seventh nuclear test, as Kim and China move closer. SEOUL, South Korea – Ever since President Biden took office, North Korea has been escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula by testing its ballistic missile programs including its intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Experts in the region believe the Biden policy…
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U.S., South Korea, Japan envoys meet on North Korea nuclear tension
SEOUL, June 3 (Reuters) – Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Friday for talks on North Korea amid signs the isolated country is preparing to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since 2017. U.S. Special Representative Sung Kim met his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, Kim…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 27 May 2022
Greetings from Tyler, You can’t escape the news of the school shooting in Uvalde, TX. But the story has taken several surprising twists. Apparently there are protocols for this kind of thing. Police don’t just storm in and take control of the situation. Despite the fact that the shooter was inside the school, killing children,…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 20 May 2022
Greetings from Tyler, Amid the scare that the pretend administration is trying to turn American sovereignty over to a faceless UN body known as the WHO, is the reality of “emergency powers.” Isn’t that convenient? Congress doesn’t have to pass laws. A pint-sized twerp in a lab coat can be trotted out to make a…
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As Biden makes his first presidential trip to Asia, war in Europe looms large
The four-day journey to South Korea and Japan, intended to counter Chinese influence, will now highlight concerns connected to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. SEOUL — President Joe Biden on Friday begins his first trip to Asia since he took office amid some of his lowest domestic approval numbers as he looks to make strides in…
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China’s top military body may find itself in crosshairs of Japan counterstrike capability
Speculation is growing in Japanese security circles as to whether targets of a proposed “counterstrike capability” would include China’s Central Military Commission, its armed forces’ highest decision-making body headed by leader Xi Jinping. The speculation came to light in a parliamentary meeting last week when the Defense Ministry did not answer directly a question from…
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Ukraine war realigns positions between China, Middle East
When the political skies clear, it could easily be Beijing, and not Washington, that gains ground in the region As the war in Ukraine enters its third month, more convergence has emerged between China and key states in the Middle East. Motivated by a shared frustration with the United States, China and its Middle East…
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Russia’s attempt to strong-arm EU on gas could backfire
Europe Letter: Hardball Kremlin tactics could again serve to unify western countries. The timing of Moscow’s move to cut gas to Bulgaria and Poland was telling. It came just as the European Union approached a breakthrough on sanctioning Russian oil imports. Just hours earlier the Polish and German governments had jointly announced a deal to…
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France could be next to leave EU in secret ‘Frexit’ plan if Le Pen wins, warns Macron
Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen wants to make France the next country to leave the EU in a secret plan, according to French president Emmanuel Macron. The French president made the claims as he faces a harder-than-expected fight to stay in power against Ms. Le Pen, in part because the economic impact of the war…
