Louis T. March Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. mercatornet.com China is in big
Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. cfact.org According
Yesterday saw a very interesting spectacle, the Government launching a new climate infrastructure fund, introduced by the crown solicitor in Auckland, Meredith Connell, and in partnership with BlackRock. One of the world’s largest investment companies has committed $2 billion to a fund focused on making New Zealand the first
Don Ritter Don Ritter holds a Science Doctorate from MIT and served fourteen years on the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce and Science and Technology Committees. He was a National Academy of Sciences Fellow in the USSR, speaks fluent Russian, and was Ranking Member on the Congressional Helsinki Commission
The major political parties agree on the importance of allocating funding to fixing substandard roads and developing new roading infrastructure. In 2017 the Ardern Government signed a “memorandum of arrangement” to develop a work plan for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) within 18 months; and in 2023 the
I’ve always suspected that Luxon was a Sinophile, just like his pal John Key. Yesterday he proved it without a shadow of a doubt by enthusiastically saying he’d take CCP cash to fund roads. National Party leader Christopher Luxon has said the party would “absolutely” accept Chinese money
William Schryver ronpaulinstitute.org I have long asserted, and I continue to be convinced, that the US could NOT establish air superiority against Russia, China, nor even Iran — not in a week; not in a year. Never. It simply could not be done. American air power would prove substantially inferior
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com I love the United States. I travelled across the US by car when I was a 19-year-old, and lived in Washington, DC, for five years. On returning to New Zealand, I was the chief executive of an investment bank, partly owned by Wells Fargo
Australia’s elite class really learned nothing from the pandemic years – least of all about China. Whether or not China engineered the virus, and whether or not it was deliberately released or leaked, the fact that China’s months of lies and cover-ups meant that the pandemic was far
Peter Burrows PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com There was an article in the Guardian last April that typifies the reporting, or rather non-reporting, about China’s use of coal: “China-ramps-up-coal-power-despite-carbon-neutral-pledges – local governments approved more coal power in the first three
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Prime Minister Chippy Hipkins arrived in China early this morning to a less than warm welcome. Chinese Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu was all smiles when he welcomed the “ginga from the Hutt”, but did not present the visiting prime minister with anything resembling a sausage roll.
Dave Patterson National Security Correspondent at LibertyNation.Com. Dave is a retired U.S. 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
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
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
