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Thwarting China's Threat to Taiwan
Rod D. Martin and Cary Dunst discuss China's fast-growing submarine fleet, prospects for an invasion, subversion of Taiwan's political system, and the…
Jun 16
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Taiwan Just Rehearsed Killing China’s Invasion Force
Trump is arming Taiwan with HIMARS, ATACMS, howitzers, and the new Precision Strike Missiles, or PrSMs — turning China’s landing fleet into a target…
Jun 13
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China’s Economy Is Cracking. The "Experts" Still Don’t See Why.
Wall Street missed Beijing’s ugly April data because it still doesn’t understand China's Great Reversal: tariffs, energy, dollar power, and the map…
May 20
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Quick Thoughts: Summit Wins, Xi’s Thucydides Trap, and China's Great Reversal
The Enemedia heard a threat. But in fact, Xi may be realizing China’s best hope is détente: the map is closing in, America is awake, and the old bluff…
May 16
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Summit Update: What Do Trump & Xi Want?
Rod D. Martin, David Zhang & Cary Dunst discuss Trump's plan for trade reciprocity, human rights, oil and rare earths, and America’s new global security…
May 14
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The Trump-Xi Summit: Oil, Iran, and America's New Global Security Architecture
My discussion with Pastor Jeff Schreve on AFR about discerning the times: a conservative Christian lens on global events.
May 13
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The Map Is Closing Around China
Australia’s purchase of Japanese frigates reveals Trump’s emerging Indo-Pacific security architecture. The trap is already snapping shut, just as Trump…
May 13
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Trump's Iran Strategy & a New Middle East Order
Rod D. Martin and Kevin Freeman discuss why Iran was an imminent threat, Trump's endgame, the prospects for a free Iran and its effect on the broader…
Apr 21
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Trade Over Aid: Trump’s Next Foreign Policy Reset
First Trump blew up the Deep State's foreign-aid racket. Now he’s replacing permanent aid dependency with a doctrine built on growth, trade, and…
Apr 21
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Trump Ends Foreign "Forever Aid"
Rod D. Martin & Chris Beers discuss Trump's radical makeover of U.S. foreign assistance, an initiative called "Trade Over Aid" to end dependency and…
Apr 20
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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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Alaska Eyes Another Epic Pipeline
With as much as 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas untapped, a new pipeline across Alaska could be transformative for America's Asian allies...and…
Apr 8
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