Vaccine race, Trump UFOs

Trump is right to want to rush a vaccine, but he is likely to struggle against China’s communist model. Beijing, after all, will do whatever it can to defeat America in this great race.

Why Trump’s UFO comments are interesting. The president just said that the UFOs captured on Navy gun cameras - and other platforms - might or might not be real.

Newcastle owners, Justin Amash

Forget Newcastle, the Premier League owner class is already a cesspool. The Saudi bid to buy Tyneside’s finest isn’t exactly a shock horror cause for concern.

Justin Amash’s platitude centric foreign policy. The presidential hopeful doesn’t seem to recognize that you ultimately have to take a definitive stand on important issues.

China's PR strategy

Across the world, China’s PR strategy is detonating. The regime doesn’t quite understand the niceties of diplomacy amid a crisis of one’s own making.

Saudi reforms, Navy UFOs, Homeland finale

Why Saudi Arabia is ending flogging.

The regime is determined, rightly so, to achieve a transition to modernity. We should hope it succeeds.

Why the Navy should, but won’t, tell us more about UFOs.

They have some legitimate excuses, but not enough to justify such silence.

Homeland finale: From Russia, with ludicrousness.

The final episode was a disaster in theme and style.

Kim Jong Un, American order

Don't put too much stock in the Kim Jong Un rumors. There is no credible reporting or evidence to suggest that he is dead or critically ill.

American leadership remains indispensable, even amid coronavirus. Don't believe those who say the American era has passed.

Fauda, CE5

Fauda is worth your binge watch. The Israeli TV show is truly superb.

Review: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind. The documentary isn’t so much of a documentary as it is a weird waltz into Steven Greer’s mind.

Iran Navy

Why Trump needed to issue his Navy order on Iran. The particular challenge posed by Iranian tactics, and their political context, matter here.

Iran satellite, Harvard China, Coronavirus tests

Iran’s Nur satellite test is a de facto ballistic missile test. The IRGC is using satellites as a cover to advance its ballistic missile program.

Harvard should ask its Communist China friend to offset the federal grants. Harvard has made a great effort to form close relations with Beijing.

Made in China. Once again, China sells faulty coronavirus tests to Spain. To replace tests that were faulty in the first place.

Kim's replacement?, Spying on Putin, Iran oil escalations

Who might succeed Kim Jong-un? Contrary to reporting he seems to be okay, but were Kim to die, the battle would likely be between his dynasty and the hardliner old guard.

Spying on Putin: why 15 pages of the Senate report are totally redacted. The U.S. doesn’t want to give the Russian leader clues as to where and how it is spying on him.

Iran will lash out over oil price collapse. The Iranian elite need either sanctions relief or oil price inflation. They will take risks to drive up their prospects in either regard.

Russians in Mediterranean, Netanyahu wins, China crackdown in Hong Kong, Homeland

Send up fighters to confront Russian aggression over the Mediterranean Sea. The Russians are endangering American aircrews in international airspace.

Benjamin Netanyahu gazumps Gantz. The prime minister scores agreement on an emergency coalition deal. It’s not a balanced agreement.

China is using coronavirus as a cover to crackdown on Hong Kong. Beijing is hoping the world is distracted. And it wants to stamp out this dangerous-to-the-party democratic movement.

Homeland goes haywire. The Showtime TV series seems to have forgotten that it succeeds where it has some attachment to reality.