Both the Post and NYT had recent pieces articles on how China is encouraging families to have more babies in order to counter an alleged demographic crisis. The basic story, which has been repeated many times in the U.S., is that China will be seeing a decline in the ratio …
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Russia’s Size And Economic Model Mean It Will Collapse In A Generation Unless Depopulation Slows – OpEd
Russia is the largest country in the world, has few people in many of its regions, and has adopted an extensive approach to economic development, Oleg Apolikhin says. As a result, if it is unable to slow or stop the current trend toward depopulation, it will face collapse in 20 …
Read More »Canadian Secession: Then And Now – OpEd
In November 1837, rebellion stirred in the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada (modern-day Ontario and Quebec). In Lower Canada, the rebel group the Patriotes had just won the Battle of Saint-Denis against British forces and, with the news of rebel success, William Lyon Mackenzie called on rural Upper …
Read More »American man charged with attempting to join Islamic State in Egypt
Members of Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams’ mosque in the US city of Seattle alerted federal agents to his activities. An American man has been charged with attempting to join the Islamic State (IS) in Egypt. Elvin Hunter Bgorn Williams of Seattle was arrested on Friday before a flight to Amsterdam …
Read More »Russia expands Syrian air base to boost regional presence
Russia is working on expanding the Khmeimim air base in Syria to accommodate all types of aircraft. The Russian Ministry of Defense is currently working on expanding the capacities of Syria’s Khmeimim air base in Latakia countryside as part of Russia’s plans to entrench its presence in the eastern Mediterranean …
Read More »Sudan puts Russia naval base deal under review
A top military officer denied the review was connected to increased ties with the United States. Sudan’s interim government is having second thoughts about a deal that would allow Russia to establish a naval base on the Red Sea. The deal is now under review to ensure it “serve[s] Sudan’s …
Read More »Turkish mobster’s revelations extend to arms shipments to Syria
Turkish crime boss Sedat Peker speaks out about arms shipment to radical rebels in Syria in his latest barrage of allegations against figures close to the government. Fresh allegations by a fugitive Turkish mobster have rekindled controversy in Turkey over arms shipments to Syria and murky cross-border trade, allegedly involving …
Read More »Israel’s new president brings spirit of compromise
Jewish Agency head Isaac Herzog was chosen Israel’s new president only hours before Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced the composition of a new government. At the height of one of the most tense and uncertain days in the history of Israel’s Knesset, Isaac Herzog was chosen yesterday as the …
Read More »Netanyahu changed the way Americans view Israel for better and worse
“For decades, Israel wisely cultivated relations with both Democrats and Republicans…Bibi broke that tradition and threw his lot in with the Republicans” In 2001, when he was out of office and in what he thought was a private setting, Benjamin Netanyahu boasted, “I know what America is. America is a …
Read More »PM holds first working meeting with new Mossad chief Barnea
Barnea, 56, is the replacement for former Mossad director Yossi Cohen. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held his first working meeting with new Mossad Director David Barnea on Thursday. In December, Netanyahu put Barnea, who is 56, married and has four kids, forth as his nominee to replace Yossi Cohen, but …
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