IstheFiveEyes,anAnglo-SaxoncliqueofintelligencesharingandWWIIrelic,openinguptomoremembers?USpoliticianshavebeenhypingitupfromtimetotime.AmostrecentproposalcamefromRepublicanCongressmanRubenGallego,chairmanoftheHouseArmedServicessubcommitteeonspecialoperationsandintelligence,whoar...

RussianForeignMinisterSergeyLavrovsaidinaninterviewwithRussianstateTVrecentlythatWashingtonisseekingtodeploymilitarybasesinneighboringcountriesofAfghanistan.HesuggestedthattheUShasbeentryingtopersuadeIndiatoprovideopportunitiesonitsterritoryfortheUSmilitary.ButIndiasstanceremains...

TheUSmediahaverecentlyfrequentlyhighlightedtheweaknessesofTaiwansdefense.TheyarguethattheUScannotwinawarintheTaiwanStraits.Forinstance,theWashingtonPostquotedareportfromtheWashington-basedthinktanktheCenterforaNewAmericanSecurity,claimingtheUShasfewcredibleoptionstorespondifChina...

UStechgiantFacebook,nowrenamedMeta,recentlyranintotrouble.FrancesHaugen,aformerFacebookdatascientist,testifiedbeforetheUSCongressthatFacebooksproducts,harmchildren,stokedivisionandweakenourdemocracy.USmediaNationalPublicRadioreportsthattherearefourkeypointsinHaugenstestimony.Firs...

The historic resolution adopted at the sixth plenum of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) demands careful study and serious reflection. Alas, most Western commentary will instead overwhelmingly interpret it in terms of the president's growing power. ...