Meanwhile in Uzbekistan: Xi clarifies that China-Russia, in that order, now rules world

Meanwhile in Uzbekistan: Xi clarifies that China-Russia, in that order, now rules world

by WorldTribune Staff, September 16, 2022 Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday insisted the foreign policy “tandem” of Russia and China is a force for good on the global stage. “We jointly speak out for the formation of a fair, democratic and multipolar world order, based on international law and the central role of the […]

Putin’s progress: Women who have 10 or more children will get $16,645

Putin’s progress: Women who have 10 or more children will get $16,645

by WorldTribune Staff, August 18, 2022 The global depopulation movement will not be happy with this. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has revived a Soviet-era program which rewards women who have 10 or more children. In a decree signed by Putin this week, the Russian government announced it is bringing back the honorary title of “Mother […]

Cost of ignoring Trump: Clock ticks down to Europe’s July 22 ‘doomsday’

Cost of ignoring Trump: Clock ticks down to Europe’s July 22 ‘doomsday’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2022 In 2018, President Donald Trump warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Germany would regret becoming overly reliant on Russian energy. Merkel and most of the rest of the European Union scoffed at Trump’s warning and instead turned over energy policy to “a petulant Scandinavian teenager and a bunch of […]

Russia consolidates gains in eastern Ukraine, controls Luhansk

Russia consolidates gains in eastern Ukraine, controls Luhansk

by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2022 The entire eastern region of Ukraine effectively came under Russian control over the weekend, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. Russian forces captured Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian stronghold in the Luhansk region, the ministry said. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Russian forces, […]

Moscow took the bait: Strategic lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War

Moscow took the bait: Strategic lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War

Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, with input from Kyiv correspondent The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war — even as part of a much larger strategic conflict — has already begun to yield significant lessons for statecraft and military operations. The conflict was far from resolved during April 2022. But regardless of the completion […]

From post-Trump exhilaration to panic: Ukraine War changes Europe’s views on defense

From post-Trump exhilaration to panic: Ukraine War changes Europe’s views on defense

by WorldTribune Staff, April 15, 2022 During the previous U.S. administration, Western European countries resisted President Donald Trump’s appeals to increase their defense budgets. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Romania, Poland, Norway, Sweden and Finland have all announced they would indeed increase their defense spending, David Isaac noted in an April […]

Biden’s Feb. 11 Indo-Pacific Strategy nullified by Ukraine invasion; Analyst lays out emergency Taiwan plan

Biden’s Feb. 11 Indo-Pacific Strategy nullified by Ukraine invasion; Analyst lays out emergency Taiwan plan

by WorldTribune Staff, April 1, 2022 On Feb. 11, Team Biden released its Indo-Pacific Strategy. Less than two weeks later it had been overtaken by events, an analyst noted. “Russian dictator Vladimir Putin made this strategy obsolete by demonstrating the failure of American and European deterrence with his invasion of Ukraine,” Rick Fisher, a Geostrategy-Direct.com […]

Flashback: The Clintons and the Russian Uranium One deal

Flashback: The Clintons and the Russian Uranium One deal

by WorldTribune Staff, March 27, 2022 Sen. John Barrasso, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation last week to prohibit U.S. imports of uranium from Russia. The Wyoming Republican argued that the U.S. purchase of Russia uranium is helping to fuel Vladimir Putin’s war machine in Ukraine. “We in […]

March 13-18, 2022: The week geopolitics changed forever

March 13-18, 2022: The week geopolitics changed forever

FPI / March 23, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher The week began on March 13 with the Biden Administration revealing intelligence to major newspapers that Russia had requested significant military and economic assistance from China. The week ended with a high-drama 1 hour, 50-minute March 18 video call between President Joe Biden and Chinese Communist […]

In case of ‘existential threat’: Kremlin details Russia’s doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons

In case of ‘existential threat’: Kremlin details Russia’s doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons

by WorldTribune Staff, March 23, 2022 Vladimir Putin is not ruling out a nuclear strike if Russia faces an “existential threat,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. Peskov, in a CNN interview, referenced Russian military doctrine that allows the use of nuclear weapons under certain circumstances, even in conventional arms conflicts. “We have a […]