There are many reasons why a strong navy is crucial for a country with geopolitical interest. A navy gives a country power, protection, and economic security in ways that land forces alone cannot. Most global trade moves by sea. A navy keeps shipping lanes safe from piracy, blockades, or hostile nations. Without this, a country’s…
Is Venezuela prepared for a US attack, as Washington ramps up forces? Venezuela this week announced what it called a major nationwide military deployment in response to the presence of growing U.S. naval forces off its coast. The US also unveiled an operation, called Southern Spear, which it said was intended to target narco-terrorists in…
It was not a good evening for the republicans with clear election losses in Virginia, California, New Jersey and New York City. Zohran Mamdani easily wins the election in New York NYC as voters hand power to Democrats’ far-left flank. The 34-year-old assemblyman’s primary upset over former Gov Andrew Cuomo exposed a deep Democratic Party…
China unveils sweeping rare earth export controls to protect national security with the intension to tighten access to China-sourced rare earths and technologies. Under the new commerce ministry rules, foreign companies will need Beijing’s approval to export magnets that contain even trace amounts of China-sourced rare earth materials, or that were produced using the country’s…
Presidents Trump and Xi met in South Korea this week to try to agree on a number of issues, primarily trade. Not surprisingly, Trump said the meeting with Xi was a big success and claimed that the meeting was a 12 on a scale 1-10. Trump said he had agreed with Xi Jinping to trim…
