Tag: Geopolitics

China Boycotts Western Companies Over Uyghurs
By April 8, 2021 Read More →

China Boycotts Western Companies Over Uyghurs

The Chinese government is boycotting Western clothing retailers for expressing concerns about forced labor in Xinjiang, China’s biggest region.

Posted in: China, Geopolitics
China’s Threat to Free Speech in Europe
By March 31, 2021 Read More →

China’s Threat to Free Speech in Europe

The current standoff is, in essence, about the future of free speech in Europe. If notoriously feckless European officials fail to stand firm in the face of mounting Chinese pressure, Europeans who dare publicly to criticize the CCP in the future can expect to pay an increasingly high personal cost for doing so.

The Win-Win Infuriating Iran
By March 1, 2021 Read More →

The Win-Win Infuriating Iran

Morocco recently established full diplomatic relations with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords, an effort by the United States to forge normalization agreements between Israel and Arab states to build a united front against Iran.

Posted in: Geopolitics, Middle East
EU-China Investment Deal: “It Spits in the Face of Human Rights”
By January 8, 2021 Read More →

EU-China Investment Deal: “It Spits in the Face of Human Rights”

The European Union has negotiated a controversial trade deal with China. The pact has been widely criticized because European leaders, in their apparent rush to reach an agreement, have sacrificed their professed concern for human rights on the altar of financial gain.

Posted in: China, Geopolitics
Israel, Lebanon Talk Maritime Borders
By January 1, 2021 Read More →

Israel, Lebanon Talk Maritime Borders

Israel and Lebanon recently initiated groundbreaking negotiations to resolve a long-standing maritime border dispute in the eastern Mediterranean. Resolution of the dispute could lead to developing the potentially lucrative natural gas fields that would benefit both sides.

Posted in: Geopolitics, Middle East
Erdogan’s Move Toward an Islamic Caliphate
By November 1, 2020 Read More →

Erdogan’s Move Toward an Islamic Caliphate

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently declared that his decision to convert the Church of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s massive sixth-century Byzantine cathedral, into a mosque foreshadows a future pan-Islamic reconquest of Jerusalem.

Posted in: Geopolitics, Middle East
Report Tells Israel, ‘Beware of China’
By September 1, 2020 Read More →

Report Tells Israel, ‘Beware of China’

A recent report by the American think tank RAND warned that China has close ties with Iran, and that “the Chinese government might require Chinese companies doing business in Israel to share insights with the Iranian government in order to win friends and influence in Tehran.”

Posted in: Geopolitics, Middle East
Germany: U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell’s Legacy of Success
By May 28, 2020 Read More →

Germany: U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell’s Legacy of Success

On a wide range of geopolitical issues — from relations with China, Iran and Russia to anti-Semitism, climate change, defense spending (NATO), energy dependence (Nord Stream), globalism, Hezbollah, Huawei and mass migration — U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell embarrassed German leaders by showing that their words and actions do not match.

Coronavirus: European Leaders Cower in the Face of China
By May 7, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: European Leaders Cower in the Face of China

In Europe, where the pandemic has killed more than 100,000 people and caused economic devastation on a scale not seen since the Second World War, political leaders have been deafeningly silent on demanding accountability from China.

Posted in: Coronavirus, Europe
Germany’s Ban of Hezbollah: A Half-Measure
By May 2, 2020 Read More →

Germany’s Ban of Hezbollah: A Half-Measure

Germany’s ban on Hezbollah is a compromise measure between German lawmakers who want to take a harder line against Iran and those who do not. The ban appears aimed at providing the German government with political cover that allows Germany to claim that it has fully banned the group even if it has not.

Posted in: Germany, Islam in Europe
Coronavirus: China’s Global Intimidation Campaign
By April 28, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: China’s Global Intimidation Campaign

Chinese diplomats around the world are waging an aggressive disinformation campaign aimed at controlling the narrative about the origins of the coronavirus.

Posted in: Coronavirus, Europe
Coronavirus: China Continues to Flood the World with Defective Medical Supplies
By April 25, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: China Continues to Flood the World with Defective Medical Supplies

More than a dozen countries on four continents have disclosed problems with Chinese-made coronavirus tests and personal protective equipment.

Posted in: Coronavirus