Michael O. Billington

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Russian Scholar Lukyanov Considers ‘International Relations Enter the Era of Russian Roulette’

By Michael O. Billington · Mar 3, 2026

Strategic War Danger ·Paid

Pentagon Prepares AI Spying on Chinese Infrastructure

The Pentagon is readying cooperation with tech companies to prepare AI operations to spy on Chinese power facilities and other “sensitive” networks.

By Michael O. Billington · Mar 3, 2026

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Wang Yi Spoke with Foreign Ministers of Iran, Israel, France, and Oman

By Michael O. Billington · Mar 3, 2026

New World Paradigm

Pope Rejects Offer To Join Trump for July 4 Bash, Prefers Greeting Migrants in Lampedusa

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV on behalf of the Trump Administration to

By Michael O. Billington · Feb 25, 2026

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Taiwan Agreed to $500 Billion Investments in the U.S. after Tariff Threats; Now Reconsiders

One of Trump’s brilliant “deals” he bragged about in his State of the Union Address on Feb. 24, which he said

By Michael O. Billington · Feb 25, 2026

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Xi Jinping Greets Merz and German Delegation

China’s President Xi Jinping greeted the visiting German delegation with Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Feb. 25, Wednesday morning. “The more turbulent

By Michael O. Billington · Feb 25, 2026

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Panama Forcefully Seized the Ports on the Panama Canal; China Responds

The Panamanian government on Monday Feb. 23 issued a decree ordering the occupation of two ports at the entrances of the Panama

By Michael O. Billington · Feb 25, 2026