Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler “If we do not feed people, we feed conflict,” warned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressing an urgent Summit on Food security in the wake of the ongoing Ukraine war. “Global hunger levels are at a new high. In just two years, the number of severely food insecure […]
FPI / May 25, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com A new drone torpedo capable of destroying entire cities or ports will be deployed by Russia this year, according to the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The drone torpedo, dubbed the Poseidon by Russia, is armed with a megaton-class nuclear warhead and will be carried on a massive new […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Our world is beset by unthinkable tragedy; brash military aggression, widening instability and grinding humanitarian suffering. We know the places ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, yet governments and relief agencies face overwhelming crisis fatigue as we lurch from Kabul to Kyiv in less than six months. Cause, effect, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler It’s often said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a brilliant chess player. Various geopolitical analysts and Think Tank acolytes somberly assert this “truism” with requisite well stocked bookcases behind them. Yet has Putin’s war against Ukraine, started during the Winter, proved a stroke of genius by the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Many people ask, “What’s the UN been doing to stop the Ukraine war?” That’s a fair question given that the conflict has been raging more than two months creating Europe’s most costly conflict and humanitarian crisis since WWII. So where is the UN or more specifically Secretary General […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was largely predictable but it also brought some surprises. It was quite expected that the current U.S. administration would try to draw Russia into the “Ukrainian swamp” in order to weaken and isolate it as much as possible. It was expected that the inexperienced and […]
FPI / April 29, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) insists that its military forces are self-sufficient and do not rely on foreign training. The use of Russian flight instructors is considered a Chinese military secret although it is to be expected considering that China’s pilots are training on aircraft designed by Moscow. That […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Bennington, VT — Some will smirkingly label the policy showdown as the Mouse that Roared. But in a small but significant step to condemn the ongoing war in Ukraine, the state of Vermont has taken steps, which in the words of Gov. Phil Scott, respond to what he […]
FPI / April 28, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com Russia’s war with Ukraine, which is into its third devastating month, has yielded lessons China could apply to any future war against the nation of Taiwan — and that the Taiwanese can exploit for their defense and survival, an analyst said. “For China, the most important lesson of Russia’s […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2022 Who really is running U.S. foreign policy these days? The same Obama administration operatives responsible for the Benghazi disaster and who targeted Syria with one of the most expensive covert wars in history are now directing Joe Biden’s multi-billion dollar proxy war with Russia, this time in Ukraine. […]
