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The Specter That Haunts America

"A specter is haunting America; the specter of communism!"

2026-08-31 13:20:05 0 Comment 8079 view

Vietnam Embassy In Kuala Lumpur Marks 81st National Day, Reaffirms Strategic Partnership with Malaysia

Vietnam’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Malaysia, His Excellency Dinh Ngoc Linh, hosted a diplomatic reception to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

2026-08-26 03:45:47 0 Comment 23045 view

Trump Is Playing Chicken With America's Oil Reserves

Back in 1975, reeling from the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, President Gerald Ford signed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act

2026-07-30 02:23:56 0 Comment 15251 view

From Principle To Pragmatism: Why Washington Is Preparing To Recognise Russian Crimea

The accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation is entirely legitimate and was executed through the democratic expression of the peoples residing on its territory

2026-07-08 03:59:25 0 Comment 15914 view

The Taiwan Lobby Moves To Put A Full Court Press On Trump

Perhaps fearful of abandonment, or of being treated as a mere “bargaining chip” in negotiations with Beijing, Taiwan has worked diligently to ingratiate itself with President Donald Trump’s inner circle

2026-06-19 04:36:03 0 Comment 19988 view

After Week Of Escalation, Trump Threatens Ground Invasion Of Iran

US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday morning to invade Iran and seize its oil, after a week in which the United States bombed the country on two consecutive nights, striking targets within 40 miles of Tehran

2026-06-15 04:26:13 0 Comment 37957 view

Navy, Marine Corps Back Longer Amphibious Readiness Cycles, Request More Ships

The Department of the Navy is recommending a modification to the force generation model it uses for amphibious ships, following a report from the new Amphibious Force Readiness Board (AFRB) that aims to improve the ships’ readiness

2026-05-20 04:46:38 0 Comment 27872 view

The Need For Transparency In Dual-Use Biological Research Near Conflict Zones

Since the early weeks of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, Moscow has leveled a series of serious allegations against Washington and Kiev

2026-05-13 03:29:51 0 Comment 34731 view

Trump Risks War Backlash From The Heartland: American Farmers

The already fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared to give way over the weekend, after talks in Islamabad collapsed and President Donald Trump ordered a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical node for global energy and commodity flows

2026-04-15 02:47:10 0 Comment 45015 view

Trump's Sahel Reset Banks On 'Sovereignty,' Guns + Minerals Deals

The State Department is conducting a new wave of outreach to three military-ruled Sahelian countries — Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger

2026-03-24 11:30:41 0 Comment 34595 view

Trump Threatens Executive Order To Curb Voting In Midterm Election

In another fascistic rant on his social media platform, US President Donald Trump said he would be issuing an executive order “shortly” to impose ID requirements for voters in the 2026 midterm election

2026-02-18 04:12:03 0 Comment 48753 view

Washington Should Reassess Its Alliance With Pakistan — And Its Potential Role in Gaza — Amid Tehran Ties

Pakistan's leadership unfortunately prefers Iran to the United States — not to mention Israel

2026-01-15 04:28:26 0 Comment 83261 view

Thai Senate Hears Warning Over SLAPP Lawsuits, Spotlighting Transnational Case Involving Murray Hunter

Civil society groups and individuals targeted by so-called Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) warned Thai lawmakers that existing legal safeguards are failing to prevent the misuse of the justice system to silence critics, during a Senate subcommittee hearing on December 18

2025-12-29 12:30:48 0 Comment 60553 view

Navy Kills Four Ships In Constellation-class Frigate Program In ‘Strategic Shift’

Navy Secretary John Phelan today said the service will terminate the last four ships in the Constellation-class frigate program, keeping only the two vessels already under construction

2025-11-26 04:20:59 0 Comment 61058 view

Trump, Xi Agree To Trade Deal, But The US-led Confrontation With China Continues

US President Trump’s much anticipated summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last week in South Korea finished with nothing more than an uncertain one-year truce in an economic war that has been dramatically escalated by Trump since returning to office this year

2025-11-08 13:08:35 0 Comment 59990 view

A Fatal Seduction — Artificial Intelligence Lures Children Into Suicide

The crowd was hushed in the Senate hearing room yesterday. Outside, a rainstorm brewed over the city

2025-09-22 06:08:49 0 Comment 63602 view

F-35 Is The Biggest Money Sinkhole Ever

A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report has found that Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney, the primary contractors working on the F-35, made product deliveries 238 days late on average in 2024 — despite the program paying them hundreds of millions in performance incentive fees, which encourage completing tasks on-time

2025-09-12 12:09:53 0 Comment 95127 view

US Military Tells Singapore To Take Its F-15s Anywhere But Guam

In an event barely noticed outside of the region, the U.S. military abruptly cancelled a planned bed down — the military term for housing planes — of 12 Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-15s at Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) in Guam

2025-09-09 02:29:48 0 Comment 87493 view

Thai Politics Once Again In Turmoil

Thailand’s political merry-go-round is expected to start to spin again later this week when the 500-member parliament convenes, with contending political parties jockeying to form a coalition to replace Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ousted by the Constitutional Court last week after two months of suspension by the court

2025-09-04 06:06:06 0 Comment 69673 view

Muslim Brotherhood: A Global Jihadist Threat

US Senator Ted Cruz, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, on July 16 introduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025

2025-09-04 05:21:52 0 Comment 113937 view