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Korean Peninsula: One Small Step in the Right Direction

2026-08-18T05:53:33.488-07:00

“President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea,” Matthew Lee and Ben Finley write for the Associated Press, “does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere.” Trump’s reason for supposedly, and in unspecified ways, downsizing … Continue reading Korean Peninsula: One Small Step in the Right Direction → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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USS Abraham Lincoln Suicide Crisis: Several Sailors Reportedly “Attempted To Go Overboard”

2026-08-17T11:40:18.349-07:00

USS Abraham Lincoln Suicide Crisis: Several Sailors Reportedly “Attempted To Go Overboard” By Uriel Araujo Reports of sailors attempting to go overboard aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln amid the war in Iran have exposed a military crisis. The US also faces... Read More › - Voice of East

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The US Is Implementing The NATO 3.0 Concept In Asia Through AUKUS+

2026-08-16T07:37:48.704-07:00

The US Is Implementing The NATO 3.0 Concept In Asia Through AUKUS+ By Andrew Korybko The US is replicating its anti-Russian regional containment model against China. Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby gave a landmark speech in Manilla during the first... Read More › - Voice of East

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Tax Supporters Falsely Define “Cost” and “Lose”

2026-08-15T03:56:42.601-07:00

Around the US this November, voters will decide a number of tax questions. In California, it’s “wealth tax” on billionaires. In mine, it’s an increase in the “homestead exemption,” the amount of home value excluded from property taxes. In your neck of the woods, it might be a sales tax for road maintenance of emergency … Continue reading Tax Supporters Falsely Define “Cost” and “Lose” → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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US Strategic Oil Reserves Hit A 43-Year Low: How Long Can Washington Sustain The Iran War?

2026-08-14T03:41:33.286-07:00

US Strategic Oil Reserves Hit A 43-Year Low: How Long Can Washington Sustain The Iran War? By Uriel Araujo The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to a 43-year low while the Iran conflict continues to disrupt oil supplies and shipping.... Read More › - Voice of East

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Why Did Russia Once Again Reaffirm Its Commitment To The “Spirit Of Anchorage”?

2026-08-13T02:29:13.991-07:00

Why Did Russia Once Again Reaffirm Its Commitment To The “Spirit Of Anchorage”? By Andrew Korybko Putin favours compromising for peace over continuing to pursue maximum victory at the growing risk of World War III, but it’s up to Trump whether... Read More › - Voice of East

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“Town Hall” Pageants Lose Their Luster for Politicians

2026-08-11T07:55:14.279-07:00

“The congressional town hall is becoming an endangered species,” Kate Santaliz writes at Axios. As the Congress goes into its late summer recess, only 11 of its 535 members show such events on their August schedules. Coming less than three months before all 435 members of the House and 35 members of the Senate are up … Continue reading “Town Hall” Pageants Lose Their Luster for Politicians → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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There’d Likely Be Another Civil War Before Ukraine Meaningfully Turns Away From The West

2026-08-09T16:29:18.813-07:00

There’d Likely Be Another Civil War Before Ukraine Meaningfully Turns Away From The West By Andrew Korybko For as much as the Telegraph fears this scenario and Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service hopes that it’ll happen, it’s unrealistic to expect that the... Read More › - Voice of East

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Attack of the $20 Burrito!

2026-08-09T05:04:52.762-07:00

Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet got people talking with an early August tweet in which he relates a student activist’s take on the “affordability” issue. “A burrito,” the student told him, “shouldn’t cost $20.” On the putative political “right,” responses range between two endpoints. At one end, various “burrito index” projects demonstrate that it’s difficult, … Continue reading Attack of the $20 Burrito! → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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A Five-Step Plan For Implementing The Indonesian-Russian Strategic Partnership

2026-08-08T14:49:40.645-07:00

A Five-Step Plan For Implementing The Indonesian-Russian Strategic Partnership By Andrew Korybko The vision is for Indonesia to follow India’s lead in balancing between China and the US via increased reliance on Russia. Russia and Indonesia agreed to enter into a strategic partnership... Read More › - Voice of East

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For Real “Farm Aid,” Go “Free Trade”

2026-08-06T12:37:30.371-07:00

On August 6, the US Senate’s Agriculture Committee rejected the latest version of the federal government’s quinquennial “farm bill.” I say “quinquennial” because Congress normally passes this legislation every five years, but it’s still operating on the 2018 version and has been arguing on a new version since 2023. The major hang-up this year seems … Continue reading For Real “Farm Aid,” Go “Free Trade” → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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How The Drone Revolution Is Turning Ukraine Into A European “Forever War”

2026-08-05T04:44:32.151-07:00

How The Drone Revolution Is Turning Ukraine Into A European “Forever War” By Andrew Korybko They influenced Western perceptions of the conflict in Ukraine’s favour, it’s now being perpetuated more by Germany than by the US, and it could thus perhaps... Read More › - Voice of East

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Red All Over? It’s Not So Black and White

2026-08-04T05:39:57.471-07:00

In the month celebrating 250 years of red, white and blue, Americans were seeing plenty of red — and not just as part of commemorative trifectas or midterm forecast maps. Red-baiters based in red states (or the financial districts of blue ones) have a wave of actual reds in power to push against. Once, the … Continue reading Red All Over? It’s Not So Black and White → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Saudi Arabia Has Five Points Of Leverage Over The US

2026-08-03T10:03:00.184-07:00

Saudi Arabia Has Five Points Of Leverage Over The US By Andrew Korybko It probably won’t ever muster up the political will to use them, however, but the possibility always remains. Trump recently surprised the Saudis by demanding that they recognize Israel as... Read More › - Voice of East

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France Is Leading the West’s “War of Attrition” Against Russia

2026-08-02T04:07:38.587-07:00

France Is Leading the West’s “War of Attrition” Against Russia By Andrew Korybko Its leadership apparently calculated that the associated risks are worth becoming the US’ top ally in “NATO 3.0”, but its competition with Germany and the UK for this... Read More › - Voice of East

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What’s Behind Iran And Ukraine’s Sudden Mutual De-Escalation?

2026-07-30T12:28:04.583-07:00

What’s Behind Iran And Ukraine’s Sudden Mutual De-Escalation? By Andrew Korybko The US, Iran, and possibly also Russia appear to have calculated that it’s not in their interests, only in Ukraine’s and Israel’s. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi’s latest tweet came as... Read More › - Voice of East

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Fauci Unmasked, Despite the Fifth Amendment

2026-07-30T10:15:33.972-07:00

“On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.” On July 29, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that 111 times in response to questions from members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee. “What day of the week is it today?” “On … Continue reading Fauci Unmasked, Despite the Fifth Amendment → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Eritrea’s Hybrid War On Ethiopia Threatens To Set The Horn Of Africa Aflame

2026-07-27T04:08:55.997-07:00

Eritrea’s Hybrid War On Ethiopia Threatens To Set The Horn Of Africa Aflame By Andrew Korybko Ethiopia is on its own and cannot rely on US diplomatic assistance for resolving the spiralling regional security dilemma that Egypt orchestrated and is weaponizing... Read More › - Voice of East

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New Jersey Highlights the Problems with, and the Evils of, Automatic Voter Registration

2026-07-26T06:55:36.715-07:00

As if long wait times, Byzantine paperwork requirements, and unwelcome taxes and fees weren’t enough, we can add one more offense to state vehicle license bureaus’ tabs: Erroneous voter registration. According to New Jersey governor Mike Sherill, his state’s Motor Vehicle Commission improperly registered about 6,600 noncitizens to vote due to a “software error” in … Continue reading New Jersey Highlights the Problems with, and the Evils of, Automatic Voter Registration → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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How I Found Subversive Innovation in an Unfree World

2026-07-23T13:08:13.593-07:00

“Thousands of people collaborated to build and defend a global monetary network with no CEO, no president, and no master,” Max Borders says of Bitcoin. “Nobody gave them permission, because nobody could. It was developed peacefully in freedom.” Borders uses Bitcoin as an example of what he calls “subversive innovation” — finding ways to lower … Continue reading How I Found Subversive Innovation in an Unfree World → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Reminder: US Tariffs are Taxes on Americans

2026-07-21T05:58:39.230-07:00

On July 20, citing “discriminatory treatment of American products” by the Canadian regime, US president Donald Trump signed three proclamations raising Americans’ taxes. Again. Trump’s latest tax hike comes in the form of a 50% tariff on Americans’ purchases of Canadian imports “ranging from wine to hockey sticks to cement.” Tariff supporters try to sell … Continue reading Reminder: US Tariffs are Taxes on Americans → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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The Ankara Declaration Committed NATO To A Forever War With Russia

2026-07-21T02:03:45.297-07:00

The Ankara Declaration Committed NATO To A Forever War With Russia By Andrew Korybko Its members’ pledge of €140 billion divided between the rest of this year and the next disincentivizes Russia to cease hostilities even once it obtains full control... Read More › - Voice of East

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The Most Damaging Mental Disorder: Gerontocracy is Just a Symptom

2026-07-19T08:57:40.641-07:00

The term “gerontocracy” (rule by the elderly) isn’t new — it’s been in use since the 1830s — but according to Google Trends it’s come into more frequent usage since 2018. And no wonder. The two most recent US presidents have been the oldest ever, senior citizens who frequently lapse into dementia-driven rants in public. … Continue reading The Most Damaging Mental Disorder: Gerontocracy is Just a Symptom → - by Thomas L. Knapp

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Foreign Affairs Is Right: The Old Model Of Nuclear Deterrence Is No More

2026-07-18T07:29:54.310-07:00

Foreign Affairs Is Right: The Old Model Of Nuclear Deterrence Is No More By Andrew Korybko The Ukrainian Conflict, the West Asian Wars, and spring 2025’s Indo-Pak clashes upended the past nearly 80 years’ worth of presumptions about strategic security with... Read More › - Voice of East

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“Interlude”: A Mesmerizing Bouquet of Poetry

2026-07-17T05:14:12.661-07:00

“Interlude”: A Mesmerizing Bouquet of Poetry By Dr Maqsood Jafri Dr Farida Aziz is a professor of Paediatrics and is presently working in a Hospital in Abbottabad. She is from a Kashmiri family. Her parents migrated from Srinagar to Pakistan.... Read More › - Voice of East

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