The front page of yesterday’s Friday’s Wall Street Journal had a picture of a large public TV screen in Beijing showing a satellite image of Taiwan off the coast of mainland China and how the…
A basic rule for one in a position of confrontation, whether adversarial negotiation or open conflict, is to try to anticipate what actions an adversary might do or think.
An Italian colleague used to quote a jibe at is own countrymen’s penchant for long discussions when other things needed doing.
How much does one need to know to predict what the Fed has to do?
No wonder young people are developing nihilistic attitudes. Their own government has created a formidable and all-inclusive mess.
The president of the National Education Association (NEA), an American teachers’ union and the largest union in the country, is demanding the Biden Administration force Israel to agree to a…
Fifty years ago this week, in the middle of the Arab Oil Embargo, I was in Washington trying to convince Congressional representatives, policy makers, and bureaucrats there was no crisis.
The Israel-Gaza War is having strong effects we did not expect and - so far - not having effects we expected.
A wide range of observers who study economic, political, financial, and cultural cycles of the U.S. and the world reached a common conclusion.
Along with everyone else trying to evaluate the effects of the one-day Russian revolution, China is probably re-thinking its partnership with Russia.
After thoroughly antagonizing the Saudis, a longtime ally, President Joe Biden is now trying to renew negotiations with Iran, a long-term Saudi enemy.
As of last March 30, oil had traded as a commodity on open exchanges for 40 years. Most people do not remember a time when “WTI” oil was not quoted as “the oil price” by news sources in the United…
More and more “less-developed” countries are responding favorably to China’s political and financial offers of investment, conflict resolution, an alternative financial non-dollar system, and all-…
The United States has dedicated more than $8 billion to Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal, and the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR) told lawmakers on Wednesday…
The U.N. plans to host a meeting of Afghanistan envoys from around the world at the beginning of May and, according to U.N.’s deputy secretary-general, hopes it will put the international…
What we see in the above news is a pattern of ineffective, incompetent, and irrational leadership by what is known as the West. Fanatics and fringe groups dictate policy. A large part of the world…
A leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, “is the only explanation” for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic that is supported by U.S. intelligence, science, and common sense, former Director of…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi marked the regime’s annual “Army Day” on Tuesday by warning Israel that any hostile move against Iran would lead to the destruction of major population centers and…
U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that the world body has “officially” voiced its concern to the U.S. government about reports indicating that the U.S. has…
During his nostalgia-laced visit to the Republic of Ireland this week, President Biden evidently mixed up the name of one of the world’s leading rugby union teams with a notorious police unit…
Brazil’s leftist president began a visit to China on Thursday by taking a swipe at the U.S. dollar and asking why the group of leading emerging economies known as BRICS could not use a currency…
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moraweicki said on Thursday that European “strategic autonomy” – the concept being championed by French President Emmanuel Macron – amounts to Europe “shooting into…