The Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs has used his first official visit to Australia to call for democracies around the world to align against authoritarian regimes. Speaking at a joint press conference on Aug. 8 with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Rinkēvičs said the current Latvian government believes democracies are being challenged by authoritarian regimes. “We…
Democracies Must Align Against Authoritarian Challenge: Latvian Foreign Minister
Four Ambassadors to China Died in the Past Year
Beijing releases a major policy document on Taiwan—the first of its kind in two decades. China wraps up its live military drill surrounding Taiwan, but officials say it’s not the end of Chinese action there. The United States and Canada are sending warships to sail through the Taiwan Strait. They say it’s set to…
Taiwan Defense Needs ‘Proper Leadership’ From US: John Mills; His New Book on the Deep State
I spoke with former Army Colonel John Mills, who is publishing a new book on his experience being caught right in the midst of Russiagate and Spygate. He is the former director of cybersecurity policy, strategy, and international affairs at the Department of Defense, and he is also a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy….
Capitol Report (Aug. 10): Trump Pleads the Fifth at Deposition; Iranian Charged in Plot to Murder Bolton
President Donald Trump is deposed in New York, where he pleads the Fifth Amendment, in the wake of the FBI raid at the former president’s palm beach estate. We get Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s reaction to the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago. Inflation shows signs of cooling, but has it really peaked? We’ll hear from an…
Chinese Regime Vows to ‘Normalize’ Taiwan Patrols as Military Drills Conclude
China’s military announced that it completed a number of undefined tasks around Taiwan on Aug. 10, signaling that it would be scaling down ongoing joint exercises in the region. However, the Eastern Theater Command, which oversees China’s military in the region nearest Taiwan, also said it would be normalizing its harassing sorties of fighter jets…
Chinese Regime Says Will ‘Normalize’ Taiwan Patrols as Military Drills Conclude
China’s military announced that it completed a number of undefined tasks around Taiwan on Aug. 10, signaling that it would be scaling down ongoing joint exercises in the region. However, the Eastern Theater Command, which oversees China’s military in the region nearest Taiwan, also said it would be normalizing its harassing sorties of fighter jets…
China ‘Will Not Renounce the Use of Force’ Against Taiwan: CCP White Paper
China withdrew a promise to not send troops or communist administrators to Taiwan if it took control of the island, according to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) white paper released on Aug. 10. The move appears to signal a decision by CCP leader Xi Jinping to grant Taiwan less autonomy than previously promised should the…
China Caused This Crisis—the US Must Win It
Commentary U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit came and went, but the crisis created by China in the Taiwan Strait continues to develop. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is celebrating the great success of turning the crisis into an unprecedented opportunity to advance its coercive policies to bring Taiwan under its control. In the…
Pelosi: ‘We Will Not Allow China to Isolate Taiwan’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that the United States would not allow the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to isolate Taiwan from the world and that the CCP is attempting to unilaterally change the status quo regarding the island government. “We will not allow China to isolate Taiwan,” Pelosi said during a press conference on…
Twitter Founder Calls for the End of Chinese Regime
A $280 billion spending bill is signed into law. It aims to boost the American semiconductor industry and reduce dependency on China. Another bill also gets introduced. If passed, it would block the Chinese Communist Party from buying farmland in America. The continued practice has been called a national security issue. Twitter’s co-founder is calling…
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