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Indonesia Chooses a Side
Trump’s new defense deal with Jakarta, pillar of the Non-Aligned Movement, is big news. It's also part of a larger strategy to tighten American control…
Apr 16
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War Update: Trump Blockades Hormuz - What Happens Now?
Rod D. Martin and Chris Beers discuss the effects of Trump's new Hormuz blockade, the collapse of the Iran talks, why Iran must not have nuclear…
Apr 13
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Trump’s Hormuz Trap Snaps Shut
Iran thought it could extort the world. Instead, Trump is turning a closed Strait into leverage, rising U.S. energy exports, and a global reordering.
Apr 13
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War Update: Trump's Iran Ceasefire - Deal or Trap?
Rod D. Martin and Stefania Cox discuss the two-week ceasefire, the power struggle inside Iran, and why three U.S. carrier groups arriving at once may be…
Apr 11
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War Update: Talks, Drones, & Marines to the Gulf
Rod D. Martin and Don Ma discuss the latest in the Iran War, what Trump's negotiations might (and won't) achieve, and why 8,000 Marines and Airborne…
Mar 28
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What If Trump Is In No Hurry to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
The real insurer of global trade is the U.S. Navy. The world is about to figure that out to its (and Lloyd’s) dismay.
Mar 20
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The New China-U.S. Nuclear Arms Race
The New START Treaty has expired, & the last limits on U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons are gone. But China has never submitted to any limit. And now…
Feb 12
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UPDATE: Trump's India Trade Triumph
They told you Trump had alienated India, and Narendra Modi was Xi Jinping's new best friend. Instead, India will now pay 18%, the U.S. will pay zero…
Feb 4
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Around the World in Just 4 Minutes: Rod on Fox Business
Martin Capital founder and CEO Rod Martin discusses the purge in China and what it may mean for war with Taiwan, Trump's Davos dominance, plus big moves…
Jan 28
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Niall Ferguson: How Trump Won Davos
I have never before seen a single individual so completely dominate this vast bazaar of the powerful, the wealthy, the famous, and the self-important.
Jan 24
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Trump at Davos: Greenland, the Chagos, & China - Rod on NTD Good Morning
Martin Capital's Rod D. Martin discusses the President's Davos triumph: the Greenland deal, how the Chagos deal and Diego Garcia drove it, and how Trump…
Jan 23
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A Buyer’s Guide to Greenland
Greenland wants but can't afford its independence. But despite lip service to the contrary, Denmark sees no zero strategic logic in enabling Greenlandic…
Jan 22
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