South China Morning Post: How will China turn economic, social fortunes around if youth ‘let it rot’?
Many younger Chinese are beleaguered by high expectations, extreme academic competition and bleak work and lifestyle prospects.
Emerging Risks
Newsweek: Putin Friend Predicts Nuclear Strike 'Most Likely' Coming
Viktor Medvedchuk said, "If the collective West continues to assert its right to global dominance, Ukraine's human capital will not be enough in any case."
Putin’s nuclear warnings: heightened risk or revolving door?
Observers have put forward varying explanations suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes, through nuclear threats, to achieve some current or future tactical edge in his face-off with Ukraine and NATO. But none of that reasoning erases a dangerous reality: Any Russian use of tactical nuclear weapons would create unprecedented conditions that could easily lead not to Russia's advantage, but to a wider nuclear war that would decimate Russia—and its leadership.
On Russia's War Perspectives – Putin Has No Fear Of A Massive Nuclear War
If Russia succeeds in a new round of mobilization, its advance becomes imminent, and the Western direct involvement will be considered almost as an attack on Russian territory. Putin, I would insist, has no fear of a massive nuclear war since his close friends (most probably Mikhail Kovalchuk, who is himself a physicist and since 2005 has been Director of the Russian National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute") presented him with a series of research findings against the so-called theory of a "nuclear winter,"[25] which was shaped in the 1970s by both U.S. and Soviet academics, who tried to convince their governments that nuclear war cannot be won, as it inevitably destroys the entire human environment causing a reduction in the share of solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface. Russian scholars told Putin that the theory was discounted immediately after the Cold War ended and reportedly argued that the use of nuclear warheads causing explosions equaling less than 200 to 300 megatons[26] will not provoke such terrible outcomes,[27] since the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883, which has been estimated at around the same magnitude did not significantly change the global climate.[28] Taking into account that these days the most powerful warheads in both Russia and the U.S. do not exceed two megatons each, it means that hundreds of nuclear exchanges could be made without causing the final destruction of the Earth – and so one should seriously consider Putin's words about Russia "having a certain advantage in several cutting-edge weapons [and] in this context, there should be no doubt for anyone that any potential aggressor will face defeat and ominous consequences should it directly attack our country."[29]
War looms for Europe, warns Poland’s Donald Tusk
“I don’t want to scare anyone, but war is no longer a concept from the past,” said Polish prime minister.
Putin's offensive capability will be gone 'within a decade' | Peter Zeihan
"Russia is going to cease to have the ability to carry out an offensive military operation within the decade."Putin is running out of time and allies as the ...
Jordan: On the Edge? | The National Interest
Popular unrest against ties with Israel and an uneasy economy makes the country vulnerable to Iran’s and ISIS’ malign activity.
Majority of Americans Believe Another World War is Likely in the Next Five to Ten Years, Just SIX PERCENT of Americans Say They Would Enlist | The Gateway Pundit | by Cassandra MacDonald
According to a newly released survey from YouGov, 61 percent of Americans believe it is either “very likely” or “somewhat likely” that World War III will kick off within the next decade.
When looking at the results by political party, the pollsters found one-third of Republicans think it’s very likely that there will be another world war in the next decade; while 20 percent of Independents and 16 percent of Democrats agree.
American Strategy on the Brink
The Eurasian rimland is nigh-ablaze. The Middle East sits on the brink of large-scale war, which will not end absent a fundamental regional reorganization, and an enormous amount of human suffering inflicted upon Jew, Arab, and Persian alike. On the burning edge of the European continent, the Ukrainian armed forces hold off the Russian onslaught. In Asia, China menaces Taiwan, a legitimately representative democracy of 23 million with only the desire to determine their own fate and live unharassed.
The Coming Conflict with Hezbollah
Although the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has captured the world’s attention, there is a serious risk of war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a new assessment by CSIS.
China on Track to Be Ready for Taiwan Invasion by 2027, US Says - Blo…
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Newsweek: China Is in Distress—and Xi Jinping May Be on His Way Out
Since the official GDP announcement in January, there has been growing skepticism of Beijing's reports of a robust expansion.
Media: China Signals Willingness to Intervene Militarily in Support of Russia Against US or NATO Actions
In a recent statement that has raised eyebrows across the international community, a representative from China's Ministry of Defense reportedly declared Beijing's readiness to intervene militarily should the United States or NATO launch an attack on Russia.
Mario Nawfal on Twitter / X
🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian Media: “This is what a Russian nuclear attack on the United States would look like.’Still think Putin is bluffing? pic.twitter.com/VfXhLWUGmY— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 17, 2024
Newsweek: Putin Ally Remarks on 'Inevitable' Use of Nuclear Weapons
The Kremlin responded to the White House's rebuke of Putin's latest nuclear rhetoric.
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War | Official Trailer | Netflix
From Luminant Media and director Brian Knappenberger, comes the definitive documentary on the Cold War and its aftermath post the collapse of the Soviet Unio...
Reuters: Putin warns the West: Russia is ready for nuclear war
President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the conflict.
The Biden Plan to Ditch Israel’s Netanyahu
The “come to Jesus moment” is already here, according to Israeli and U.S. sources.
Israel’s Escalation with Hezbollah: Possible Scenarios | Geopolitical Monitor
There’s a risk of cascading conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, along with the possibility of Iran’s full armed support. Even the potential use of chemical and biological weapons cannot be ruled out in light of reports that Hezbollah has already been transporting chemical weapons from Syria.
China Is Actively Preparing For War With The United States
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It is Not Just Ukraine and Gaza: Joe Biden’s Wars are Just Beginning | The National Interest
Uncertainty about American leadership has encouraged dictators to believe war works.
'Not an exaggeration': Fears rise of Israeli incursion into Lebanon to push back Hezbollah - Breaking Defense
Of a larger conflict, retired Lebanese Brig. Gen. Naji Mlaeb told Breaking Defense, "Hezbollah is ready but it doesn't want it, while Israel wants [it] but is not ready" to fight on two fronts. That may soon change.
How China is flooding America with fentanyl on purpose to undermine our society
China already is waging war with the US, but not with guns — with poison.
Exclusive: Iran forging ahead toward nuclear bomb, officials warn
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Iran Has Put Middle East Into 'Convergence of Crises,' CENTCOM Commander Tells Senate - USNI News
Iran has thrown the Middle East into “a convergence of crises” with its military support of Hamas in Gaza and the Houthis in Yemen, Army Gen. Michael Kurilla told the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday. Calling it “the most volatile situation in 50 years,” Central Command’s top commander said Tehran has “every proxy operationalized” to include militias in Syria and Iraq, who have launched missile and drone attacks killing three American service members, and Hezbollah in Lebanon engaged in cross-border shelling with Israel. In the Middle East, to help finance these militia operations, ran is selling 90 percent of its
Hamas Spokesman: Oct 7 attack launched to stop the red heifers
The Hamas spokesman gave a rare speech on the 100 day anniversary of the war against Israel. In his speech, he cited the arrival of the red heifers in Israel as one of the motives for the massacre of Jews on October 7.
Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report — February 2024 | Institute for Science and International Security
ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution providing public knowledge of nuclear proliferation and international security.
New York Post : Why Putin's going big with nuke threats — and why we need to be ready
Russian President Vladimir Putin lies. With abandon, ecstatically. “There are no Russian troops in Crimea!” he said as spetsnaz units were occupying the peninsula in March...
Fox News: Iran primed to test nukes by end of 2024, ex-National Security Council official warns
Robert Greenway, a top Heritage Foundation adviser and former National Security Council director under Donald Trump, warned of Iran's capabilities.
Niall Ferguson on Twitter / X
"The entire Western world has been living in a fool’s paradise, imagining that the post-Cold War era would never end. We have been living in the age of butter not guns, ploughshares not swords." https://t.co/oFraPxYz86— Niall Ferguson (@nfergus) March 2, 2024