When Russia Invades and When China Invades

2022 has already seen Russia invade Ukraine and China may follow suit and invade Taiwan. Both invasions come at the invitation of American weakness watched by the world when the Taliban took Afghanistan. The fall of Afghanistan and American bug out demonstrated incompetence as well as cowardice over commitment. Russia and China know they can …

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Thoughts on Ukraine Part 11: New Equilibrium

Thoughts on Ukraine Part 11: New Equilibrium Figure New Equilibrium Issues The figure above starts as a section of the New Equilibrium portion of the Conceptual Framework developed in Part 1. I have added elements based on developments over the last week. As the central question mark shows, there is still a great deal of …

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Thoughts on Ukraine, Part 7: The Joint Corporatist Scenario

Part 7 looks at the Joint Russia-China corporatist scenario. At what point would the differences rupture cooperation? In the event of a rupture, would one turn on the other? Could China buy up Russian companies and co-opt the interests of the kleptocrats or are their cultures and motives too dissimilar?
One thing is clear, there are stresses in the mix. Lukoil shines a spotlight on them.
Is Putin losing his grip if LukOil feels like they can criticize his strategy and call for an end to it?

Interview With Chinese Tennis Star Who ‘Disappeared’ After Accusing CCP Official of Sexual Assault More Like Hostage Video

  In a Nov. 2 social media post, Chinese tennis star Peng Shaui wrote that she had been sexually assaulted by China’s ex-deputy premier Zhang Gaoli. Twenty minutes later, the post was removed by government censors and Peng vanished without a trace for nearly three weeks. Although Peng was well-known in China, the story of …

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Peter Schweizer’s Stunning New Book Shows Tech Titans Are Starstruck by Xi Jinping

  Peter Schweizer, conservative author and president of the Government Accountability Institute, joined Fox News’ Mark Levin on Sunday night to discuss his new book, “Redhanded: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win,” which will be released on Tuesday. Schweizer’s team spent over a year conducting research for this book and what they uncovered …

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A Most Undemocratic Moment at the White House Summit for Democracy

Last week, President Joe Biden hosted a two-day virtual democracy summit at the White House. Representatives from over 100 countries were connected to the event. “Sources familiar with the matter” who wished to remain anonymous told Reuters that, during a slide presentation by Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang, the video feed was abruptly cut “and …

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Turley Makes an Interesting Observation About the WHO’s Name for the New Variant

Just as the pandemic that has wreaked havoc throughout the world was starting to recede, a new variant of COVID-19 has emerged. The legacy media dutifully responded to the call and their breathless reporting has thrust us right back into panic mode. In what seemed like a nanosecond, the stock market plunged and renewed calls …

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