North Korea launches second suspected ballistic missile in a week

posted in: Far East, News

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea’s military said Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing what it said was a hypersonic missile. The early-morning launch came as the United … Read More

All is not well in the transatlantic relationship

posted in: United States

Bruce Stokes is a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. January 20 marks the end of the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, an administration that promised to respect and rebuild the transatlantic alliance after … Read More

Opinion: Putin gets his way as West scrambles

posted in: News, Russia

Russia’s President Putin is set to bask in the global limelight as a series of high-profile conferences on security in Europe kicks off this week. What could be better for an autocratic ruler, says DW’s Bernd Riegert. Vladimir Putin must … Read More

Tucker Carlson: COVID internment camps, coming soon to a country near you

They’re a fixture of Canadian life, so could they come across our northern border? What if your next-door neighbor suddenly went dangerously insane and started holding people hostage in his house? Would you consider that threatening? Would you even notice? … Read More

The German Military Needs a Serious Revamp

posted in: Germany, News

Indeed, Germany’s military, while armed with some of the world’s most deadly weapons, faces some tremendous challenges. Here’s What You Need To Remember: If a high priority NATO tasked unit was short over 14,000 pieces of equipment, it calls into … Read More

Long Live the Queen: UK set to honor Queen’s 70 years on throne

The United Kingdom is gearing up to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign with a military parade, neighborhood parties and a competition to create a new dessert alongside pomp, pageantry and puddings forming the centerpiece of celebrations … Read More

Chile starts fourth vaccine dose as coronavirus cases rise

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Chile is implementing a fourth vaccination dose for some citizens as the number of daily coronavirus infections rises. SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile is implementing a fourth vaccination dose for some citizens as the number of daily coronavirus infections rises. President … Read More

In Tapachula, Thousands of Haitian Migrants Wait to Be Resettled

Migrants caught in limbo in southern Mexico must contend with dismal living conditions, precarious status, and a void of official information surrounding their fate. “Don’t abandon us here,” a man says angrily as his voice breaks. He is surrounded by … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 7 January 2022

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, A brief illustration, if you don’t mind.  If you ever attended a live taping of Johnny Carson, you know that the audience was whipped up ahead of the show.  They’d see which part of the room could … Read More

Sweden creates Psychological Defense Agency to counter disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran

On 1 January, Sweden launched its Psychological Defense Agency, which will work to identify, analyze and respond to inappropriate information influences and other information directed against Sweden or Swedish interests. It is part of the Swedish concept of “Total Defense.” … Read More

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