Speech control in the age of the internet
LAST WEEK, the Global
Times printed an article called “Top accounting firms urged to fire pro-riot
staff.”
The article discussed
Chinese efforts to pressure certain firms to...
Trade war continues…and there’s no going back
THE US-China trade war continues, but even if it were to
end tomorrow things would never be the same. US-China trade will never be what
it...
Kashmir’s changing demographics
EARLIER this week, RT News printed an article entitled
“Operation Kashmir: Has Modi checkmated Pakistan?” The article discussed Indian
Prime Minister Modi’s recent move to put...
Low Intensity Conflict
LAST WEEK, Hong Kong’s protesters were attacked by a
group of masked men in white shirts.
The attackers were allegedly members of the local triad,
quite...
A little hyperbolic
ONE OF THE most notable (and most controversial) features
of President Duterte’s 2019 SONA was his stance on China.
Unlike his typically belligerent attitude towards...
The de-Westernization of Hong Kong
IN A RECENT newsletter, entitled: “A Return to Tiananmen,
Part II: The Ending of Hong Kong,” geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan had this
to say about the...
Shaking hands with a dictator
A FEW days ago, US President Donald
Trump became the first US President to enter North Korea, a major milestone in
the Trump Administration’s attempts at...
Does the US even need to be in the Middle East?
ONE OF THE most important rules of geopolitics
is self-interest. When a nation does something – anything – it’s because it is
pursuing its self-interest (or...
Hong Kong’s futile struggle
CHINA was recently shaken up by the 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests. The protests centered on a Hong Kong bill that would allow...
More or less energy
AS ILOILO continues to watch the ongoing legal battles between More Electric and Power Corp., and Panay Electric Co., we should put the issue...