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A Brief History of Antifa: Part I
By June 12, 2020 Read More →

A Brief History of Antifa: Part I

Antifa is a transnational insurgency movement that endeavors, often with extreme violence, to subvert liberal democracy, with the aim of replacing global capitalism with communism.

Posted in: United States
EU: Trade with China Trumps Freedom for Hong Kong
By June 2, 2020 Read More →

EU: Trade with China Trumps Freedom for Hong Kong

Europe’s continued appeasement of China indicates that the EU will be a weak link in efforts by Western democracies to confront the leadership in Beijing.

Posted in: China, Geopolitics
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.

Germany Takes Back its Sovereignty from the European Union
By May 18, 2020 Read More →

Germany Takes Back its Sovereignty from the European Union

An obscure ruling by Germany’s Constitutional Court, which seeks to reassert national sovereignty over bond purchases by the European Central Bank, has called into question the legitimacy of the EU’s supranational legal and political order.

Coronavirus: Lockdown for Europeans, Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants
By May 12, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: Lockdown for Europeans, Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants

European governments are using the coronavirus pandemic to grant mass amnesties to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Posted in: Coronavirus, Europe
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
Coronavirus: WHO Director Has a Long History of Cover-Ups
By April 18, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: WHO Director Has a Long History of Cover-Ups

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is facing increased scrutiny over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Posted in: Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Europe’s Elderly are Being Left to Die
By April 11, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: Europe’s Elderly are Being Left to Die

A growing number of regional medical authorities have begun issuing guidelines and protocols that call for hospitals to prioritize younger patients over those who are older.

Posted in: Coronavirus
Coronavirus: The Looming Collapse of Europe’s Single Currency
By April 7, 2020 Read More →

Coronavirus: The Looming Collapse of Europe’s Single Currency

As the coronavirus unleashes economic shockwaves across Europe, the European single currency, the most visible symbol of European unification, is facing collapse.

Posted in: Coronavirus