What Is China Up to in the Taiwan Strait?

For more than a decade, naval and air forces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have exerted a strong presence in Taiwan’s immediate neighborhood.  One U.S. expert calculated that Taiwan recorded an average of about 10 Chinese military flights a day in 2025, and...

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Will Washington Betray the Kurds Yet Again?

The Trump administration has enlisted the support of Kurdish activists in Syria, Iraq, and Iran to join the U.S.-led war to unseat Iran’s clerical regime.  CNN reports that the Central Intelligence Agency is already arming Iranian Kurds. CNN and other outlets also...

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Iran: A Bogus or Genuine Rebellion?

Angry demonstrations against Iran’s clerical government engulfed the capital, Tehran, and other cities in December and early January.  Although the turmoil has receded since then, it appears that more than 6,800 people have perished in the violence as of February 3,...

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