China reeducates Europe

China reminds Europe that obedience is the cost of profit. The visit of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez to Beijing has given Xi a chance to reeducation the European Union on his expectations.

Saudis-China, Evan Gershkovich, Putin mobilization

The grave stupidity of abandoning Saudi Arabia to China. U.S. interests clearly stand in favor of maintaining this long-term alliance.

Forget Russia's spy fiction, here's why Evan Gershkovich was likely arrested. Putin clearly senses it is in his interest to escalate.

Conscripting 147,000 more soldiers, Putin readies for Ukraine's counteroffensive. The Russian force disposition is not encouraging for Moscow.

Biden-Russia drones, Israel Mossad, Taiwan presidential visit

Biden's stunning weakness in face of Russia's drone aggression. The president has ordered U.S. drones to fly further south, sending a message of unhelpful hesitation to Moscow.

Israel's government might be flailing, but the Mossad is flourishing. Israel's foreign intelligence service scored another win this week.

China fumes over Taiwan president's visit to the U.S. Beijing is sending signals to Washington that it expects any events to be kept as low profile as possible.

2024 and Europeans in Beijing, DC police shooting

GOP presidential hopefuls should pay close heed to European visits to Beijing. The Europeans cannot be allowed to eat their Chinese cake and have America's easy tolerance for their betrayal.

A tragic police shooting appears to have been justified. Driving off with a police officer in the back of a stolen car poses a threat to life. That appears to have been the case in a recent Washington, DC incident.

Netanyahu the hostage, China on Belarus nukes

Attempting to cool protests, Benjamin Netanyahu makes himself a hostage of far-right elements in his own government. The Israeli prime minister is increasingly beholden to those who have very little in common with many of their fellow citizens.

China sidesteps Putin's Belarussian nuclear move, proving its false red line. Beijing likes to pretend it influences Putin against escalation, but its response here proves otherwise.

The dragon and the bear, Russian subs

Why China props up Putin. Or why the dragon finds value in the bear's cave.

Russian submarines excel where Russian army flails. The Russian submarine force is growing in strength and scale, and threatens to exacerbate already significant strains on the U.S. submarine force.

TikTok

TikTok witness implodes in front of Congress. The fundamental issue driving Congressional concern is China's access to and control over U.S. related data and coding.

Macron pension reforms

Emmanuel Macron's courage on pension reform offers a lesson to Biden and Congress. The French president is breaking the third rail of Fifth Republic politics for a simple reason. He must do so.

Putin's red carpet, China ambassador to Netherlands

How Putin's rare pageantry and promptness show his immense value in Xi. The Russian president figuratively and literally threw out the red carpet.

China's ambassador to the Netherlands has a meltdown over Chip ban. Interviewed by a Dutch newspaper, Tan Jian entered full on "Wolf Warrior" mode.

Putin-Xi, TikTok lobbying

Endorsing Putin's re-election, Xi underlines his own greatest fear. The Chinese president views unquestioned leadership as his preeminent principle.

Why TikTok's DC lobbying campaign is likely pointless. Unless it is sold to a U.S. owner, the social media company won't persuade Congress of its security reliability.