Despite hopes by some that with Joe Biden a new US foreign policy will follow - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reaffirmed Washington's committment to seeking conflict in the South China Sea under the guise of "standing with Southeast Asian claimants." Reuters in their article, "US stands with SE Asian countries against China pressure, Blinken says...

CNN would report in its article, "Iran executes dissident journalist Rouhollah Zam," Iran's swift and severe punishment for what the American media company suggested was "alleged attempts to overthrow" the Iranian government. CNN glosses over Iran's claims that Zam and his media operation helped incite deadly violence during protests targeting...

The recent assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been framed by an almost gleeful Western media as an attempt to ensure incoming US President Joe Biden does not return to the so-called "Iran Nuclear Deal" signed while he was Vice President in 2015. The story goes that Biden had hoped to return the US back to a prominent leadership...

While many around the globe are hopeful that a change at the White House means a change for US foreign policy - many of the most contentious and disruptive aspects of US foreign policy carried out over the last 4 years were simply a continuation of policy that had already been in motion for years beforehand - and are policies that are unlikely to change...

Taiwan has found itself increasingly in the middle of the growing power struggle between a waning US and a rising China. Taiwan is recognized by both the UN and the vast majority of the world's nations including (officially the United States under the One China policy - but Taiwan's pro-independence circles have nonetheless enjoyed large amounts of financial and political...

US President Donald Trump famously took a hardline approach against Iran - withdrawing the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA - or the "Nuclear Deal" - and opting instead for a policy of "maximum pressure" against Iran diplomatically and economically. But there is a major misconception that the previous administration of former...

The EU has leveled sanctions against Russia for - among other things - "meddling" in Libya's ongoing civil war. AFP in its article, "EU sanctions senior Putin aides over Navalny, Libya," would claim: The EU said Wagner had committed "multiple and repeated breaches" of a UN arms embargo on Libya, where Russia has backed warlord Khalifa Haftar in his...

Recent attacks on Syrian positions from terrorists of the self-proclaimed "Islamic State" (ISIS and the release of thousands of prisoners in US-occupied eastern Syria illustrate how Washington is demonstratably prolonging instability in Syria as part of its promise to transform the nation into a "quagmire" for Russia and Iran. Newsweek itself, in an article titled, "US Syria...

There is a significant reason why political unrest fueled by US interference is flaring up across Southeast Asia - an attempt at derailing Beijing's ambitious One Belt, One Road (OBOR initiative. When completed, it will cement not only China's regional rise, but permanently replace the United States as Asia's largest and most influential power...

Ongoing protests in Thailand appearing very similar to those recently seen in Hong Kong are no coincidence. They are part of an admitted "Pan-Asian Alliance" that - while claiming to be "pro-democracy" are in reality created by the US government and aimed directly at Beijing. Thailand has tilted too close to Beijing for Washington's liking and as a response...

A recent altercation between Russian forces and US occupiers in northeastern Syria helped highlight the increasingly tenuous position Washington holds not only in Syria but across the entire Middle East. After attempting to block Russian military vehicles, US forces found themselves being literally plowed out of the way with overwhelming Russian airpower hovering overhead...

For years now Western media and governments have maintained an almost ceaseless barrage against China over what they claim are networks of "internment camps" built and used in China's western Xinjiang region to persecute the Uyghur ethnic minority. These claims are a mix of half-truths, truths taken out of context, and outright fabrications and lies. Yet...