World View: China Clamps Down on Uighurs in Xinjiang Province
Contents: China commands Xinjiang Uighurs to install tracking devices in all cars; China stages massive show of military force in Xinjiang
Contents: China commands Xinjiang Uighurs to install tracking devices in all cars; China stages massive show of military force in Xinjiang
Contents: Pakistan blames Afghanistan after a week of multiple terror attacks; Pakistan army pounds militant hideouts in Afghanistan
Bombing in Somalia kills 50, said to target Somali-American president; US aircraft carrier renews challenge to China in the South China Sea; US-backed Iraqi army launches major new offensive in western Mosul
Contents: China announces it will block imports of North Korea’s coal; Assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother in Malaysia threatens relations with China and North Korea
Contents: Britain’s Tony Blair calls for the people ‘to rise up’ and reverse Brexit; Ireland demands a ‘soft border,’ while Scotland contemplates independence
Contents: Pakistan again in shock as Sufi shrine bombing is fifth terror attack in a week; Monday’s terror attack in Lahore Pakistan kills dozens; Pakistan’s government promises that each drop of blood will be avenged
Contents: Obamacare follows Nixon’s wage-price controls in financial ‘death spiral’; Britain’s National Health Service continues its own death spiral
Contents: Cameroon shuts down internet for English-speakers protesting French-speakers; Brief generational history of Cameroon; English-speaking activists face death penalty for separatist protests
Contents: UN Security Council condemns North Korea missile tests; China’s foreign policy becomes complicated by North Korean test; America’s likely response: More THAAD and Aegis missile defense systems
Contents: Hezbollah keeps on fighting, but says it will honor Syria ceasefire; Tensions grow over the future of Bashar al-Assad
Contents: Iraq: Supporters of al-Sadr and al-Maliki turn again to violence in Baghdad; Iraq’s army poised to begin Battle of Mosul in the west
Contents: Grexit risk: Greece may refuse a new round of austerity; Greece will evacuate 75,000 people in Thessaloniki to defuse WW II bomb
Contents: Kenya’s High Court blocks attempt to close Dadaab refugee camp; Closure of Dadaab demanded after 2015 Garissa University attack in Kenya
Contents: China-Philippines détente unravels over Scarborough Shoal; Mainstream media frets over Steve Bannon, the Fourth Turning, and Donald Trump
Contents: Investigation reveals depraved new atrocities by Syria’s Bashar al-Assad; Epicenter of Syrian conflict moves from Aleppo to Idlib and al-Bab
Contents: China sails warships near Japan’s Senkaku Islands; Tensions rise between China and Trump administration
Contents: Trump will honor Australia refugee deal, despite calling it ‘worst deal ever’; Australian politics in turmoil over refugee deal
Contents: Egypt’s air force accused of bombing rebel targets in South Sudan; Egypt accused of ‘dirty deal’ to sabotage an Ethiopian dam project
Contents: Devastating UN report on Burma shows scale of ghastly atrocities; Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma’s government may have to respond to the report; Generational Dynamics interpretation of Burma (Myanmar) atrocities
Contents: Hundreds of thousands of people protest left-wing corruption in Romania; Massive Romanian protests linked to 1989 ouster of violent dictator
Contents: Israel expels residents of Amona West Bank settlement, testing rule of law in Israel; Israel approves large settlement — first new settlement in West Bank in decades
Contents: New fighting between Ukraine and Russia flares up in eastern Ukraine; Thousands of US troops in Poland conduct joint drills with Polish troops
Contents: Philippines war on drugs in chaos after murder of S. Korean businessman; US will upgrade Philippines military bases, despite Duterte’s threats
Contents: Trying to keep up in a world in a state of hysteria; Leading Muslim government advisor in Myanmar (Burma) is assassinated; Ethnic cleansing of Myanmar’s Rohingyas threatens regional stability
Contents: Furious Turkey threatens migrant deal over Greece’s failure to extradite; Desperate EU officials still try to shut down Mediterranean migration route
Contents: China places missiles on Russia’s border — to gain respect and attack America; Centuries-old Russia-China border dispute could lead to another war
Contents: Russia, Iran, Turkey sign farcical Syria peace agreement; Syria peace conference sees a return to ‘proximity talks’; The aftermath of the destruction of Aleppo
Contents: Trump may permit US military cooperation with Russia in Syria; Russia will build major naval base in Tartus Syria
Contents: Explosive Israeli policy decisions reportedly put on hold at Trump’s request; Israel prepares for the Palestinian ‘Oslo Generation’
Contents: India begins deploying its ‘Cold Start’ military strategy against Pakistan; Unintended consequence: Cold Start strategy may trigger nuclear war; Russia and India declare their love for each other
Contents: Senegal’s troops enter The Gambia to force the ruler to step down; Why you have to say ‘The Gambia’, rather than just ‘Gambia’
Contents: Brexit becomes more real after Theresa May’s speech; European anger versus British self-delusion
Contents: The Gambia’s leader, refusing to step down, declares state of emergency; Burundi’s leader, refusing to step down, withdraws peacekeeping troops fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia
Contents: China threatens to ‘take off the gloves’ with Donald Trump; European leaders shocked and surprised at Trump’s foreign policy comments
Contents: Over 100 migrants drown in Mediterranean after their dinghy sinks; With Libya in chaos, migrant deal with Italy collapses
Contents: Poland welcomes biggest deployment of American tanks and troops in decades; US troop deployment in Poland angers Russia
Contents: Syria says that Israel bombed al-Mazzeh military airport near Damascus; Israel’s motive was probably to prevent weapons from reaching Hezbollah
Contents: Peace conference to reunite Cyprus adjourns without a deal; History of Cyprus suggests that there is little hope for permanent reunification
Contents: Pakistan: Four secular anti-military activists vanish over the weekend; Pakistan’s army accused of dumping over 1,000 bodies in Balochistan
Contents: Taiwan president Tsai Ing-Wen meets with Senator Cruz in Texas; China threatens Trump with ‘revenge’ over one-China policy