In Georgia, the Atlanta prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump has asked local judges to clear their calendars, in what could be a hint of a potential indictment. The Pentagon says it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine, and the accounting error may have freed up $3 billion of additional…

G7 Leaders gather in Japan to discuss Russia and China.  And the Chinese Communist Party holds a summit of its own for Asian countries. What does it mean for US-China relations? We speak with an expert. Is the FBI engaging in retaliation against whistle-blowers? That was the topic of a House hearing on May 18 where…

G7 Leaders gather in Japan to discuss Russia and China.  And the Chinese Communist Party holds a summit of its own for Asian countries. What does it mean for US-China relations? We speak with an expert. Is the FBI engaging in retaliation against whistle-blowers? That was the topic of a House hearing on May 18 where…

G7 Leaders gathered in Japan to discuss Russia and China, while the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a summit of its own for Asian countries. What does it mean for U.S.-China relations? We speak with an expert. Is the FBI engaging in retaliation against whistleblowers? That was the topic of a House hearing on May…

The Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders recently pledged to increase global supply chain diversification, with an expert describing the move as “de-Chinaization”. The G7 Finance Ministers’ meeting in Niigata, Japan, ended on May 13, laying the groundwork for the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima from May 19 to 21. According to a Reuters report,…

No more taxpayer funds for Wuhan’s infamous lab. That seems to be the message after the National Institute of Health (NIH) quietly removed the lab from its list of foreign research facilities that qualify for support. The Wuhan Virology Institute is among the suspected sources of COVID-19. The United States has sent grants to the…

President Joe Biden will shorten his upcoming overseas trip amid the debt limit fight, the White House announced on May 16. Biden is scheduled to depart for Hiroshima, Japan, on May 17 for the annual G7 summit and return to the United States on May 21. The G7 includes the United States, Canada, the United…

Commentary Europe’s position on China has long been soft, which is a problem for U.S. foreign policy since channeling Beijing away from territorial aggression and human rights abuse requires coordinated action against China’s economy by as many as possible of the world’s largest economies. Recent moves by Germany, France, and Italy show progress in this…

“Global health governance is not fit for purpose, and it doesn’t represent a vast majority of global needs and wants and desires, and people on the ground and what’s going to affect them. It gets captured.” Today I sit down with Garrett Brown, professor of global health policy at the University of Leeds. Brown has…

“Global health governance is not fit for purpose, and it doesn’t represent a vast majority of global needs and wants and desires, and people on the ground and what’s going to affect them. It gets captured.” Today I sit down with Garrett Brown, professor of global health policy at the University of Leeds. Brown has…