The United States is moving fast on climate change—in the wrong direction. The Energy Information Agency forecasts that by 2023, the nation will set a new annual record for oil extraction: 4.6 billion barrels. Plans to build more than 200 new natural gas power plants are in the works. More …
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Geopolitical Update: U.S. Tact To Make Inroads In Asia
The U.S. sought to bolster its support in Asia by reassuring nations they do not need to join a coalition against China, drawing a stark contrast with Beijing’s threats to defend its interests with military force, said Bloomberg. The Bloomberg report — US Makes Asia Inroads by Playing Down Need …
Read More »Nuclear Weapons: World Spent $156,841 In Every Minute Of 2021
The world nuclear weapons spending found a significant increase in 2021, finds the latest International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) report published on Tuesday. In one year, the nine nuclear-armed nations – U.S., China, Russia, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan and the UK — spent a total of …
Read More »Sensing Opportunity, Erdogan Is Back to Playing the Spoiler
When U.S. President Joe Biden decided not to invite Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to last week’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, the Venezuela leader—whose presidency was for years deemed illegitimate by the U.S, the United Kingdom, the European Union and many of Venezuela’s Latin American neighbors, among others—set …
Read More »Turkey Says Taking Necessary Measures to Fight Terrorism
Turkey on Tuesday affirmed it is taking all the necessary security measures within the framework of its cooperation mechanisms in the fight against terrorism. “It is a fact that Turkey is a safe country and continues to fight against terrorism in the most effective way through domestic and cross-border operations. …
Read More »Iraqi Security Forces dismantle an ISIS assassination cell in Diyala
Iraqi Security Forces arrested four members of an ISIS cell tasked with conducting assassinations in the country’s central-eastern Diyala province on Wednesday. The Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with Iraq’s armed forces, stated that security services were able to “arrest four terrorists against whom judicial warrants were issued” …
Read More »Senior ISIS Leader Captured During US-Led Coalition Raid in Syria
A senior leader of the terrorist Islamic State organization was captured in a raid in Syria on Thursday, according to the US-led coalition formed to fight the Islamic State group. The terror leader was not named in the statement issued by the coalition, under the heading of Operation Inherent Resolve, …
Read More »Unthinkable Rhetoric: Nuclear Weapons and the Ukraine War
Protests have erupted around the world against Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons. But any country in possession of nuclear weapons also puts us all in perpetual danger. (Photo: Kwh1050/Creative Commons) At the outset of his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that other countries “will face consequences …
Read More »MBS and Putin: Why Talk to One and Not the Other?
President Biden is confronted with two decisions: The first is whether to go to Saudi Arabia this summer to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to try to persuade him to increase his country’s oil output. The second is whether to speak directly with Vladimir Putin to try …
Read More »Syrian jihadi leader courts Druze community in Idlib
The leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, continues to market himself as a moderate leader. The leader of Hayar Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, continues to promote his image as moderate and close to the public through a series of propaganda …
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