by Gordon G. Chang November 29, 2022 at 5:00 am The CCP, as the Chinese Communist Party is informally known, has now lost hearts across the country. China throughout the Communist period has witnessed demonstrations, but most of them are, as Burton noted, "highly localized" and … [Read more...]
“The Kafirs [Unbelievers] Should Be Killed, All of Them”: The Persecution of Christians, October 2022
by Raymond Ibrahim November 27, 2022 at 5:00 am "I heard them. They were shouting in Arabic and Swahili, saying that the kafirs [unbelievers] should be killed, all of them, and make Congo an Islamic state. Shoot all of them. Kill all of them, and burn their houses, these notorious … [Read more...]
A NATO intervention in Ukraine would prevent nuclear disaster: Opinion
Article by: Hans Petter Midttun If the USA and Europe genuinely want to guarantee that a nuclear catastrophe does not happen – irrespectively whether another “Chernobyl” or the potential use of nuclear weapons – they must ensure that Russia knows beyond any shred of doubt that this will trigger … [Read more...]
Iranian Official Abbas Haji Najjari: The Arrogant Western Powers Are Behind The Riots In Iran; We Can Target Israel’s Sensitive Facilities, Including The Dimona Reactor; U.S. Withdrew From Afghanistan, Iraq In Fear Of Iran
Abbas Haji Najjari, who serves as an advisor to the cultural deputy of the Iranian Chief-of-Staff, said in a November 14, 2022 interview on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that the Western "powers of arrogance" are behind the riots in Iran. He said that "the enemy" wants to cause an internal war in Iran by … [Read more...]
Weird Sentencings: Is Elizabeth Holmes’s 11-Year Sentence Excessive?
by Alan M. Dershowitz November 24, 2022 at 5:00 am It was a strange mixed verdict because those she was acquitted of defrauding needed more protection from the law than those she was convicted of defrauding. This is not to deny that even these financial gamblers are entitled to legal … [Read more...]
Biden Administration’s Inaction Legitimizes Iran’s Brutality
by Majid Rafizadeh November 19, 2022 at 5:00 am Reports from the Oslo-based non-governmental organization Iran Human Rights state that in recent anti-regime protests, 326 people have died and 15,000 have been arrested. Executions have already begun. The least the Biden administration can … [Read more...]
COVID-19: Impact on the Global Workforce
Since spreading worldwide in the early months of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected the global workforce. During the first wave, amid the lockdowns and other containment measures, many employees in the affected countries were required to work from home. Those with jobs that were … [Read more...]
CROSSING THE STRAIT China’s Military Prepares for War with Taiwan
Edited by Joel Wuthnow Derek Grossman Phillip C. Saunders Andrew Scobell Andrew N.D. Yang … [Read more...]
Firewall Insulating Putin From Criticism Breaks Down After Fall Of Kherson; Regime Loyalists Scramble To Reimpose It
On November 9, 2022, Russia's supreme commander in Ukraine Sergei Surovikin appeared in a joint broadcast with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to explain the rationale for withdrawing from Kherson City. Surovikin explained that Russia could not defend the city and it was advisable to extricate the … [Read more...]
The spectre of the FSB haunts Moldova, next target of Russia’s hybrid war
Article by: Zarina Zabrisky Bussed-in babushkas may be the core of the persistent paid protests against the western-leaning government of Maia Sandu, but FSB infiltration, energy blackmail, and a human resources crisis present challenges steeper than communist-era pensioners. Our dipatch from … [Read more...]