Major Iran-France South Pars deal watched closely by skeptics near and far
By Dr. Jack Caravelli The French energy giant Total has agreed to finance the next phase of a major energy deal with Iran, becoming the first Western energy company (more…)
Trump’s strategy: ‘Drain D.C. swamp’, demote ‘militant Islam’, revive nuclear triad, unleash U.S. energy, control immigration
President-elect Donald Trump is quickly building his team so the 45th president’s administration can hit the ground running on Jan. 20, 2017. According to the greatagain.gov transition site, Trump (more…)
Leaders of Japan and South Korea race with time to congratulate Trump; Where’s Xi?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and President Park Geun-Hye of South Korea both spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on the phone in the immediate aftermath of the landmark (more…)
Trump campaign sent special envoy to Taiwan to shore up support
Presidential candidate Donald Trump sent a special envoy to Taiwan in October to establish rapport with Taiwan’s new president, Tsai Ing-wen. The news was confirmed by David Lee, Taiwan’s (more…)
With U.S. drawdown a possibility, Japan and India form new security alliance
“The Indian-Japanese relationship is a special strategic and global partnership,” said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the eve of his historic trip to Japan to further firm up (more…)
NATO on edge as Russia sends task force to Mediterranean, conducts multiple exercises
Russia’s deployment of its sole aircraft carrier and several ships from its northern naval fleet to the Mediterranean has renewed speculation over a new cold war. The flotilla of (more…)
U.S. steps up THAAD deployment as political crisis deepens in South Korea
The top U.S. military commander in South Korea has announced that the deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense or THAAD anti-missile system will be completed in the coming (more…)
IRGC commander, in Farsi-only broadcast, says elite fighters will secretly enter U.S., Europe
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has directed the country’s elite military force to infiltrate the United States and Europe, according to a Farsi-language report that Iran avoided distributing in (more…)
Surrounded by 30 Chinese fishing vessels, 5 South Korea patrol ships opened fire
Five South Korean maritime police patrol ships fired machine guns at Chinese fishing vessels operating illegally inside ROK’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The incident occurred around 6:45 p.m. on Nov. (more…)