US debt moving toward $50 trillion isn’t whole story
WASHINGTON – The most disturbing thing about forecasts that the US national debt will hit $50 trillion by 2034 is that the true figure surely will be much bigger.
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US reputation on the line at Second Thomas Shoal
Taiwan, Ukraine and Gaza get most of the attention these days. But the United States’ reputation as a reliable ally is nowhere more at stake than in the Philippines. And that reputation is on the verge of going down the drain.
What’s the real size of China’s economy?
(Big time) I’m on my way, I’m making it (Big time)
AfD’s Maximilian Krah on Europe’s political quake
Germany must find its place in a multipolar world, argues German conservative leader
Chinese EV firms can absorb EU tariffs: expert
The European Union’s new tariffs imposed on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) will not greatly impact imports from China, according to the view of a former general counsel of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
Wider European war on the horizon
The danger of the Ukraine war spilling over to Europe is rising. The risk of a European war has never been so high.
US plans ‘Hellscape’ drone swarm in a Taiwan war
The US plans to turn the Taiwan Strait into a “Hellscape” of drone swarms against a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, buying time for US and allied intervention to assist the beleaguered self-governing island in a war scenario.
Populists could give Germany Trumpian foreign policy
Recent political developments in Germany, highlighted by the boycott of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s speech to the Bundestag by lawmakers from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) parties, underscore significant geopolitical ramifications for Europe.