Not mentioned at Davos: Taiwan and its tutorial to the West on how to run an election

Not mentioned at Davos: Taiwan and its tutorial to the West on how to run an election

by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2024 For the 2024 World Economic Forum (WEF) summit, Davos, Switzerland is “once again covered in Ukrainian flags in the name of freedom and democracy,” Human Events editor Jack Posobiec noted. “But here’s one word you won’t hear spoken once at Davos: Taiwan.” Of course most in attendance would be […]

Bad news for CCP: Same day election results in Taiwan did not rely on computerized voting

Bad news for CCP: Same day election results in Taiwan did not rely on computerized voting

by WorldTribune Staff, January 14, 2024 Lai Ching-te, the least preferred candidate of communist China, was victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday. Lai, who was vice president with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), claimed 40% of the vote in a three-way race, beating out second-place finisher Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang (KMT), or […]

2024 in preview: Flashpoints, elections, humanitarian crises

2024 in preview: Flashpoints, elections, humanitarian crises

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 31, 2023 Looking into the snow globe, it’s that time of year to predict and prognosticate what awaits this tired world in the New Year. There’s a certain trepidation in the air as we view the current and emerging crises, especially during a highly contested election year […]

Cold War theater: China sought to engineer at-sea Taiwan helicopter defection

Cold War theater: China sought to engineer at-sea Taiwan helicopter defection

FPI / December 17, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During the Cold War, high profile defections from the Soviet bloc to the West were a constant source of assurance of the desirability, if not the superiority of the democracies over the empire of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. For example, such assurance was […]

Blackwater update: Why is Erik Prince’s CCP-owned security agency operating in Taiwan?

Blackwater update: Why is Erik Prince’s CCP-owned security agency operating in Taiwan?

by WorldTribune Staff, November 13, 2023 A Chinese state-owned company originally founded by Blackwater’s Erik Prince is apparently offering VIP executive protection services with special operations capabilities in Taiwan, a report said. Frontier Services Group is now advertising on LinkedIn for an “Executive Protection Agent” for Taipei, Wendell Minnick wrote in a Nov. 12 Substack.com […]

Biden policies on U.S. strategic oil reserve shock strategists

Biden policies on U.S. strategic oil reserve shock strategists

FPI / September 27, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct As China expands its reserves with low-cost oil from Russia, the Biden administration has allowed U.S. stocks in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to hit their lowest levels in decades. The communist regime in Beijing is seen intent on stockpiling large amounts of crude oil in anticipation of a […]

After Afghanistan: Global conflicts widen, endure and spread

After Afghanistan: Global conflicts widen, endure and spread

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 8, 2023 It’s been two years since the fall of Afghanistan. The tragic collapse of Kabul to the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban signaled the last sordid chapter in the Biden Administration’s appalling and shambolic “withdrawal” from America’s longest military commitment. But beyond the perceived American weakness and strategic […]

As Taiwan’s Lai visits U.S., the USS Reagan monitors PLA’s response

As Taiwan’s Lai visits U.S., the USS Reagan monitors PLA’s response

FPI / August 16, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Aug. 12 and 13 Taiwan’s Vice President Lai Ching-te (William) visited New York City, departing for Paraguay on the evening of the 13th, and guess what, the world did not end. Vice President William Lai is also the nominee of Taiwan’s governing Democratic Progressive Party […]

Analyst: Key signs of coming China war are financial

Analyst: Key signs of coming China war are financial

FPI / July 20, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct After outlining the financial signals of the Chinese Communist Party’s preparations for war, an analyst said the key to prevent the invasion of Taiwan is for the U.S. government to prepare severe financial sanctions against the communist regime in Beijing. “I think it’s highly likely he (Chinese leader Xi […]

Lithuania hosts NATO summit, defies Beijing with strategic Taiwan ties

Lithuania hosts NATO summit, defies Beijing with strategic Taiwan ties

FPI / July 12, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct When it comes to standing against China in the European Union, Lithuania is leading the way. As it prepares to host the NATO leaders’ summit, the Lithuanian government of Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has released a document detailing a new strategy on the Indo-Pacific which defies the communist regime […]

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