by Dave Patterson | Jan 28, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg plans to visit South Korea during a four-day Indo-Pacific trip from January 29 to February 1, including a stop in Japan. The diplomatic outreach mission follows the participation of the two Pacific nations in the January...
by Andrew Moran | Jul 22, 2022 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
The global economy is laughing at President Joe Biden. Why else would so many of the nation’s adversaries take advantage of the current situation by employing measures that poke Uncle Sam’s shoulder and leave the United States more vulnerable and less powerful on the...
by Mark Angelides | Jul 8, 2022 | Articles, International, Opinion
While giving a speech in Nara, near Osaka, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed by a lone gunman. Early reports on Abe’s condition were muddled, but it has now been officially announced that he succumbed to his injury. According to local...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 23, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Across the globe, governments have issued trillions of dollars in bonds to cushion the pandemic-related economic blows and survive the COVID-19 public health crisis. Today, these debt instruments have flooded financial markets. But not all bonds are created equal,...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 17, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads, Opinion
A nationwide power crunch and sky-high prices have prompted China to reinvest heavily into coal, much to the chagrin of the green-focus economies worldwide. Despite promises of slashing its emissions and investing in renewable energy sources, Beijing has been placing...