Category Archives: Global balance

Is North Korea China’s Israel?

Helena · 12:10 pm · 01/03/2023 · China, Current Affairs, Global balance, Israeli nuclear, Nuclear realities

Over the New Year’s break, North Korea’s military test-fired some short-range (350-400 kilometer) ballistic missiles, while the country’s news agency reported that it was testing a new 600 mm multiple rocket launcher system capable of carrying nuclear weapons. On Saturday, the often erratic-seeming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed his commitment, “to respond with nuke … Continue reading Is North Korea China’s Israel? →

Thoughts for Armistice Day 2022

Helena · 4:08 pm · 11/06/2022 · Global balance, Role of the West, U.S. history, Ukraine

The Washington Post reports variously today that the U.S. government is either “privately encouraging” or more actively “pushing” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reconsider his stance against negotiating with Russia so long as Vladimir Putin remains President. The more deeply reported of those accounts, the “privately encouraging” one, is sourced to “people close to the … Continue reading Thoughts for Armistice Day 2022 →