Xi Jinping Is Done With the Established World Order
The world’s most powerful leaders gathered in New Delhi for the year’s premier diplomatic event—the G20 summit—but China’s Xi Jinping deemed it
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Ex-US intelligence officer for North Korea points to growing concern on nuclear threat toward South
The founder of North Korea’s ruling dynasty, an isolationist totalitarian leader named Kim Il Sung, was still building some of the country’s
America Cannot Dismiss China’s 10-Dash Map
Last week, China released a new map called the 10-Dash map as a successor to Dash-9. This map represents an escalation by
This Is the Worst Place to Be If There’s a Nuclear Attack on America
This January, as global tensions rose worldwide, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock — which symbolizes how close they
The big problem with the any-minute rapture
Like many of you, I long for the Lord’s appearance, and my greatest dream is that He will return in my lifetime.
North Korea’s Message to the World: Hundreds of Nuclear Weapons, Coming Soon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been giving the world a rare glimpse of his secretive country’s growing missile capabilities. Over
DEFCON Warning System – Update 9/1/23
This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Friday, September 1st, 2023. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5.
2023 USSTRATCOM Deterrence Symposium
The 2023 U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium was held Aug. 16-17 in downtown Omaha, Neb.
DEFCON Warning System Digest – Unpacking Medvedev’s Nuclear Threats
A deeper dive into Russia’s nuclear threats and how serious they should be taken.
Preparations begin for Fukushima water discharge
At the Fukushima Daiichi site, contaminated water – in part used to cool melted nuclear fuel – is treated by the Advanced
Moving to ‘deterrence’ to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran
Washington’s fixation on the war in Ukraine is understandable given the horrors of Russian violence and atrocities. Unfortunately, while Washington is focused
Why Some Koreans Want Nuclear Weapons
This year, an American nuclear submarine docked at a Korean port for the second time. This results from the Washington Declaration, an