geopolitical
PLA military calls Taiwan president a "parasite" & blasts Hegseth's Japan visit...
"I see he’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal. And if he does that, he’s got some problems. Big, big problems."
Ukraine's leadership would rather destroy the entire country and the Russians with it than accept defeat, he claims...
Shock verdict shows "power is shifting to the judges" in the latest attack on democracy in the EU...
Trump said he has refused to take "military force off the table"...
"Sabar, Omar, Nassim, Abdelkader, Salah, Salah, Younes, Karim, Jamil, Amir, Ali, Oussama, Hassan... I can go on. Do you notice any patterns? Do you notice anything?"
Chinese regime’s ambition to annex Taiwan by 2027 is a “realistic potential,”

Showdown escalates...
China’s lead in fusion has far-reaching implications beyond economics and energy security, presenting serious national defense risks...
Sunday witnesses the eighth Houthi ballistic missile attack on Israel since March 18...
Warns Europe that US will leave "threat from Moscow largely attended by European allies."
...too many ongoing operations are unwinding, too many tensions are breaking..
...would consider secondary tariffs on Iran as well...
This is NY Times essentially admitting the Kremlin has been right all along...
Welcome to the 'new state'...
"We are not surprised by the potential delay due to rising geopolitical implications..."
Zelensky: "Russia is making a mockery of peacekeeping efforts around the world. It is dragging out the war..."
After authoritarian forces in Romania banned presidential frontrunner Călin Georgescu from the election and subsequently arrested him, such a move could be repeated elsewhere...
India must nowadays walk a fine line between China and the “Squad” in the context of Trump prioritizing the US’ “Pivot (back) to Asia”...
Putin pledged that China and Russia would create a “multipolar world order” to replace the “rules” of the current U.S.-led international order...