|
John J. MetzlerThe Japan Times |
John J. Metzler Presidents, prime kinisters, kings and potentates are converging in New York for the 79th annual General Assembly of the United...
John J. Metzler Who remembers Libya? Who recalls how we became embroiled in this civil war only then to quickly lose interest? But sadly Americans...
John J. Metzler The collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban three years ago, on Aug. 15, signaled an inflection point on the geopolitical scene. While...
A buoy is seen during a surfing training session in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on Tuesday, ahead of the 2024 Paris...
As Ukraine’s war enters its third summer of fighting, there’s a morbid cadence to the conflict. The Russian invaders continue a bloody slugfest...
There’s said to be a Chinese curse that suggests, “May you live in interesting times.” On the one hand, it appears like a gesture of good...
New Caledonia, a remote French overseas territory in the South Pacific, is not often in the news. It’s even less common when you see the truly...
New Caledonia, a remote French overseas territory in the South Pacific, is not often in the news. It’s even less common when you see the truly...
The vote during the Tenth Emergency Special Session on Palestine presented a classic piece of political theater where a whopping majority of 143...
After months of hesitation, political infighting and rancorous debate, the U.S. Congress passed a massive Ukraine funding bill with a bipartisan...
John J. Metzler Myanmar is no stranger to conflict or endemic ethnic clashes. Tragically, the isolated Southeast Asian state has been in the...
In a classic under-the-political radar ploy, Russia has vetoed a U.N. Committee investigating North Korean nuclear, missile and banking sanctions...
As waves of gang violence engulf an already poor and destitute land through a reckless orgy of shootings and looting, the Caribbean nation of Haiti...
John J. Metzler Iran’s regime has been firmly condemned by a U.N. fact-finding mission investigating the unprovoked killing of Masha Amina two years...
LONDON — A stormy geopolitical weather front is converging on Western Europe as the Ukrainian war in the East has entered its third year with no end...
By John J. Metzler LONDON — A stormy geopolitical weather front is converging on Western Europe as the Ukrainian war in the East has entered...
By John J. Metzler John Metzler In a powerful vote of confidence for Ukraine's sovereignty and continuing independence, both the U.N. Security...
By John J. Metzler John J. Metzler Two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, some 74 percent of Americans view the war in...
By John J. Metzler Pakistan is politically on the brink again in the aftermath of fractious but inconclusive national parliamentary elections,...
By John J. Metzler While the world economy performed better than expected during 2023, tough times loom in the upcoming year. That’s...
By John J. Metzler While the world economy performed better than expected during 2023, tough times loom in the upcoming year. That’s...
By John J. Metzler Islamic Iran is pulling the strings and its local stooges are jumping to them threatening global commerce. But beyond Hamas...
By John J. Metzler Looking into the snow globe, it’s that time of year to predict and prognosticate what awaits this tired world in the New Year....
By John J. Metzler There they go again! North Korea’s reclusive communist regime ended the year with a provocative intercontinental ballistic...
By John J. Metzler There they go again! North Korea’s reclusive communist regime ended the year with a provocative intercontinental ballistic...
By John J. Metzler We are approaching Ukraine’s second Christmas at war with Russia. Gone are the heady days and David and Goliath moments of...
By John J. Metzler John J. Metzler Venezuela’s ruling Marxists are using some time-honored tricks to give their economically battered regime...