Andy Corbley

The US will work alongside South Korea to develop a strategic nuclear policy and frequently station nuclear weapon-armed submarines on the peninsula, according to an agreement announced by the White House marking the first visit of the new South Korean president to the US. Released on Wednesday, before the East Room was festooned with guests … Continue reading “US and South Korea Agree to Co-Design Nuclear Weapons Policy 5 Years After Panmunjom Declaration”

In an interview with Newsmax, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has painted a grim picture of the war as it recently-passed its 100th day. 60-100 of his soldiers are becoming casualties every day, while a separate interview saw him say that Russian forces control 20% of the country’s east and south. These figures clash from the narrative … Continue reading “For Months a Narrative that Russia Can’t Win/Already Lost Was Unanimous, Now Quietly Erodes”

Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative from the People’s Power Party has won the South Korean Presidency by the narrowest edge in the country’s history. In an election marred by several spectacular scandals, extreme voter apathy, and young voters representing the decisive margin, the outcome has given the U.S. a new hawkish partner in the region. The … Continue reading “North Korea Hawk To Take Power in Seoul”

Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday that Kremlin and White House officials have scheduled arms control talks in Geneva for the 28th of July. Putin and Biden agreed to discuss the nuclear buildup going on across the world during their first summit together last month, which by all accounts, public and private, was an amicable … Continue reading “Russia and US Schedule Arms Control Talks in the Nick of Time as Missiles Continue To Be Deployed”

An unofficial ceasefire in Iraq has just been called off between powerful and established Shi’ite militias. Their renewed violence will be leveraged against the remaining 5,000 United States troops in the country. In a statement on Saturday from a group calling themselves the Iraq Resistance Coordinating Commission (IRCC), the militia leaders slammed the executive branch … Continue reading “America’s Iraqi Allies from 2004 to 2007, Shi’ite Militias Agree To Kill Americans Until We Leave”

In a letter sent to Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel (D-NY) described his incredulity at President Trump’s decision to withhold over $100 million dollars in foreign aid to both the World Health Organization (WHO), and its partner the Pan American Health Organization, (PAHO). President Trump has … Continue reading “US Sanctions Foster Venezuela’s Need for Aid To Fight COVID-19”

The U.S. House of Representatives, after several months of hearing testimony on the potential abuse of executive power within the Trump administration, voted along party lines, with the Democratic majority succeeding in impeaching the President of the United States for just the 3rd time in the nation’s history. Taking charge after Barack Obama, analysts wobbled … Continue reading “How Would a Pence Oval Office Look on the World Stage?”

The Merriam-Webster definition for genocide is "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a race, political or cultural group". The inheritors of the once-Ottoman now-Turkish state responsible for the Armenian Genocide still dispute the genocidal charges even 100 years after the events. Genocide can be a culturally defining event. The Gallic peoples of France, after suffering … Continue reading “How Does the War on Terror Stack Up to Some of History’s Most Infamous Genocides?”