Nicholas Khoo Nicholas Khoo (PhD, MPhil, Political Science, Columbia University; MA, International Relations, Johns Hopkins University; BA, Economics, University of California, Irvine) is Associate Professor in the Politics Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of Otago in New Zealand. University of Otago theconversation.com It’s not every day that
Dave Patterson National Security Correspondent at LibertyNation.Com. Dave is a retired US Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam. He is the former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller and has served in executive positions in the private sector aerospace and defense industry. In addition
Robyn Klingler-Vidra Associate Dean, Global Engagement | Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability King’s College London A conflict between the US and China over computer chips – or semiconductors – has been escalating in recent months. In particular, the US has taken steps to limit China’s access to advanced chip technology
Rich Noyes Rich Noyes was research director at the Media Research Center from 2003 to 2021. Previously, he directed the MRC’s Free Market Project (1999 to 2003) and served as Director of Media Analysis for the MRC (2001 to 2003). From 1987 to 1999, he was Political Studies Director
Nicholas Khoo Nicholas Khoo is an Associate Professor in the Politics Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of Otago in New Zealand. University of Otago Russia’s war with Ukraine is now at a critical turning point. The relentless missile and drone strikes on the capital Kyiv may look like
The “Lab Leak” is back in the news again, it seems. You know, the “right-wing conspiracy theory with no evidence”? Yes, that one. Even more odd, the “racist conspiracy theory” is now being floated by no less than a high-ranking Chinese official. The top Chinese official who led Beijing’s
libertynation.com While Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao looked for ways to pick America’s financial pockets in a meeting with US counterparts Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited Beijing for collaborative discussions with President Xi Jinping and
It’s fair to say that the Chinese Communist Party has little regard for history. After all, it’s estimated that some three-quarters of China’s vast wealth of cultural heritage was deliberately destroyed during the orgy of mass murder and destruction of the Cultural Revolution. With Mao’s demented
Shocking reports have recently detailed how Chinese ships are systematically looting maritime war graves for steel from sunken WWII ships. It’s also widely-known that a massive, shocking illegal organ-harvesting industry exists in China. Prisoners, even religious and political dissidents and other enemies of the regime are allegedly used as
Antonio Graceffo mercatornet.com Dr. Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China MBA, is a China economist, the author of Beyond the Belt and Road: China’s Global Expansion and The Wrestler’s Dissertation. He is based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2023 Annual Report documented
Geoffrey Miller democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD on
Did you know that the Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand, Wang Xiaolong, has sent a 36 page, 11,300-word letter to numerous New Zealand MPs, railing against the United States? You certainly won’t have heard about it from the New Zealand media, who are strangely silent on the matter
Jose Caballero Senior Economist, IMD World Competitiveness Center International Institute for Management Development (IMD) China’s billions of dollars in global investments and infrastructure projects seem to be paying off politically and economically. Just recently, Honduras signalled it is set to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, having been one of
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com A few weeks ago, the New Zealand media gave some coverage to the spectacle of the US President and the Prime Ministers of Australia and the UK signing an agreement whereby Australia will buy eight nuclear-powered submarines over the next two decades at a cost of
Liberty Nation News libertynation.com During meetings in Moscow, President Xi Jinping of China and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin went to great lengths to impress the rest of the world with their “friendship without limits”. It was obvious Putin was sparing no expense to lavish ceremonial pomp on the
As recently reported for The BFD, former Australian PM Paul Keating was back in the news last week. The very person who coined the phrase “Relevance Deprivation Syndrome” was doing his best to desperately try and claw back some relevance and at the same time earn his spot on the
