Violence in the United States has been increasing. The country is now seeing a return to the violence-ridden landscapes of the ’90s. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2020 violent crimes data revealed that homicide rates are skyrocketing and are at the highest rate in more than 25 years, increasing by at least 20 to 25…
What Is the Role of Internet and Violent Video Games in a Generation of Aggressive and Violent Youths
On July 4th, 2022, a man in Illinois took to the rooftop and fired rounds of bullets on the Independence Day parade participants, killing 5 people with 2 more dying later from their wounds and injuring even more. The man, soon identified by the police, is Robert Crimo III, aged 21. Robert Crimo III poses…
When Overt Signals of Aggression Become Noise: China’s Warnings of Its Belligerence Must Be Heeded
Commentary Aggressive statements from the Chinese regime are not new but have become more vocal since President Joe Biden took office. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s address on June 11 at the 19th annual Shangri-La Dialogue defense summit in Singapore and the later meeting on June 13 between national security adviser Jake Sullivan and top Chinese…
Good Guys Resist Aggression
Commentary The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows the lengths that some people go to make things gray. And without good guys, there is no reason for action against Russian, or likely Chinese, aggression. One of the revealing parts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the lengths that some intellectuals go in defending inaction….
Link Between Adolescent Screen Time, Aggression and Emotional Problems: Study
Canadian researchers have found “weak but significant” associations between screen time and behavioural problems such as aggression, as well as emotional and mood disturbances in children after analysing 87 studies published from 1960 to 2021. The team analysed 87 eligible studies from 595 articles, totalling over 159,000 participants aged 12 or younger and found that there…
Right Here, Right Now: Necessary Measures to Deter China
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a long history of aggression. Since coming to power in 1949, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has invaded Tibet and South Korea in 1950, aggressed against India in 1962, clashed with the Soviet Union in 1969, seized the Paracel Islands in 1974 from South Vietnam, invaded Vietnam…
Russian Aggression Against Ukraine Should Lead to EU Sanctions: Merkel
BERLIN—The European Union must be prepared to enact more sanctions against Russia if the situation in and around eastern Ukraine or on the Belarus-Poland border escalates, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. Speaking at a joint news conference in Berlin with her Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki, the outgoing Chancellor said the EU had to…
China Enters Taiwan Air Defense Zone a Day After Military Budget Boost
TAIPEI—Taiwan’s air force scrambled on Friday to warn away 10 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, the day after the island announced a $9 billion boost to military spending to counter the threat from China. Chinese-claimed Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by the…
US, Japan Express Concern Over China’s ‘Coercion and Aggression’ on First Asia Trip
TOKYO—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China on Tuesday against using “coercion and aggression” as he sought to use his first trip abroad to shore up Asian alliances in the face of growing assertiveness by Beijing. China’s extensive territorial claims in the East and South China Seas have become a priority issue in an…
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