The Growing Tehran-Beijing Axis
Communist China’s ravenous energy appetite has fueled its growing political and economic ties with Iran’s revolutionary government. On July 21, Iran’s Pars Oil...
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Afghan Narcotics Efforts Called Into Question
Thomas Schweich, recently retired principal deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics...
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Chile’s Social Security Success
Think of the United States as a latter-day Titanic. Super-modern. Super-rich. And heading for...
Kasparov Analyzes the Games of Mugabe, Putin, and Medvedev
Western political leaders and media pundits expressed outrage at the friendly reception accorded Zimbabwe’s...
Mugabe Maintains Stranglehold on Zimbabwe
On June 22, Zimbabwean opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from his race to unseat...
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Russian “Merchant of Death” Still Held in Thailand
For more than a decade and a half, Viktor Bout has been fueling the...
Bringing the KGB’s Top Afghani “Islamist” Back to Power
U.S. troops in Afghanistan may soon find themselves squeezed in a new political power...
China Loosens One-child Policy Due to Earthquake Toll
Chinese officials announced on May 26 that owing to the massive devastation caused by...
Mexican Police Fleeing Drug Cartel Assassins
The escalating violence by Mexico’s various drug cartels has taken a heavy toll on...
Iran Drops the Dollar, Begins Selling Its Oil in Euros
On the last day of April, according to a CNN report, Iran’s government confirmed...
Ongoing Conflict in Tibet
On April 18, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang...
Ian Smith and the Fall of Rhodesia
Ian Smith's passing at age 88 on November 20 merited a few mentions in...
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Who’s Who in Terrorism
The following article surveys the "Islamist" terror groups PLO/al-Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah, and their...
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Behind Islamic Terror
Syria and Iran are scorned in much of the Western world for supporting terrorism,...
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The Real Terror Paymasters
The KGB has long sponsored the Muslim fundamentalist groups that have now become a...
Putin’s Russia
"KGB influence 'soars under Putin,'" blared the headline of a BBC online article for...
Putin, Poison, and Murder
The recent murder-by-poison of Russian KGB/FSB defector Alexander Litvinenko is a potent warning about...
Prodi’s Retinue
Many of these Italian politicians have had close relations with the Soviet Union and...
Has China Really Gone Capitalist?
America's academic, business, and government elites insist that China is changing, but evidence shows...
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Poisoned KGB Defector Exposed Russia’s Backing of al-Qaeda
One of poisoned Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko's most important accusations is his charge that...