I appreciated from the representative of Taipei. It reminds us that you can have a democracy with Chinese characteristics. Taipei and Japan both demonstrate that democracy is not just a Western concept. The urge for self-determination is a universal and fundamental...
In the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. It might surprise many readers to learn that the U.S. has put, for the first time, sanctions on North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for his regime's brutality toward his own people. Ten other high officials were also put on the...
In Kaliningrad. Here's a look at how the geography and tangled history of the Baltic region make everyone nervous as a more aggressive Russia probes NATO defenses in the region. Kaliningrad, a key Russian naval hub and leftover from World War II, is at the epicenter...
China has strongly criticized Japan over a scramble of military aircraft from the two countries amid a dispute over islands in the East China Sea. Japan is in an old dispute with China over ownership of a group of islands northeast of Taiwan, known as the Senkakus...
In the wake of the British vote to leave the European Union, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are prepared to push back against the efforts of Germany for more integration of EU. member states. The push-backers are worried about being marginalized...
China is saber-rattling this week in the South China Sea in advance of an international legal ruling that might put into even more doubt China's claims to much of the sea. The government of President Xi Jinping has sent extra naval vessels into the waters. The...
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on July 1 that Russia might move its troops closer to the Finnish-Russian border if Finland joins NATO. Finland, Poland and the Baltic Republics have been subjected to Russian air force and naval incursions and...
