'The ghost of Thucydides' is hovering over the U.S. and China!

It seems that the "new cold war" between the U.S. and China will lead to serious breaks in the global power balances of the 21st century. According to the Americans, who do not want to lose their hegemony over the global system, China will displace t... more

The new 'China Scare' takes hold in America

Until the 1970s, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China represented the "bad guys" for the United States and its allies in the West. It was more or less the same thing in Moscow and Beijing. Wanting to tighten the noose around the Soviet... more

Is America ditching its 'One China' policy?

U.S. President Richard Nixon made a surprise visit to Beijing during the middle of the Cold War in 1972, where he met and shook hands with Mao Zedong, the leader of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese leader, Zedong, stipulated that the Unite... more

The new status quo in the Taiwan Strait...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan deepened tensions between Washington and Beijing. As the Biden Administration argues that the United States adheres to the "One China" policy, Beijing believes that this principle h... more

US House Speaker Pelosi is playing with fire!

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Saturday conducted a live-fire exercise near Pingtan Island, about 125 kilometers from Taiwan. Chinese media outlets posted videos showing a Chinese warship firing live ammunition in the South China Sea.B... more

Is America's microchip bill aimed at China?

U.S. President Joe Biden held a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday, lasting about two hours and 17 minutes. The main issues the two presidents discussed during the call were the trade wars between the United States and Chi... more

So will Nancy Pelosi go to Taiwan after all?

Taiwan is the flashpoint of the “new cold war” that is driving the great power rivalry between the U.S. and China. And thus as soon as news broke out that the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is planning a visit to Taiwan in ... more

Biden ruffles feathers of anti-China hawks with Mid-East comment

U.S. President Joe Biden announced during his speech at the Jeddah Summit in Saudi Arabia that the United States will not withdraw from the Middle East.In fact, these statements contradict the basic idea associated with Biden's decision to withdraw t... more

America never changes its stripes...

The most striking image of U.S. President Joe Biden's Middle East trip was his fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. It was such an adorable sight. Biden, who seemed so far removed from the "I will make Saudi Arabia a pariah" mood, w... more

Have Western attitudes toward Russia-Ukraine war shifted?

The Russian-Ukrainian war will soon be five months old, and it doesn’t seem like it will end any time soon.The United States expected the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to fall into the hands of Russian forces quickly. The administration of U.S. President... more

America grapples with gun control amid rise of White Supremacist terror

Innocent people are paying the price for the mostly failed attempts to enforce gun control laws at the U.S. Congress. So much so that mass shootings have become almost commonplace in America. During the 4th of July celebration ceremony held in Highla... more

Will America's long-simmering civil war come to a boil?

The Supreme Court overturned women's constitutional right to an abortion in the United States, and it issued a ruling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which pleased Republicans and angered Democrats. These two rulings will be among the m... more

Biden has just been dealt another blow by the Supreme Court

The rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court deeply impact the balance between Republicans and Democrats. The court, which is dominated 6 to 3  by Conservatives judges, removed the constitutional basis of abortion with its ruling on June 24. Befor... more