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This compilation began with the outrage of what happened at the Kabul, Afghanistan airport in August 2021 and ended with a discussion following the retirement in 2023 of one the principal figures in the ill-fated pullout, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley.

Internal strife and its need for more crude oil pushes China to devise a scheme to cover its invasion of Tajikistan where a new oil field has been discovered. Using Iran's need for enriched uranium and the need for North Korea's new leader to appear capable of guiding his unstable government and the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, China's leaders embark on their misadventure. A Russian oil executive, Skurt Ancre, who's previous deeds have earned him the ire of the governments of both Iran and Russia finds himself and his secret organization thrust into the middle of events when ...

"THE SILENT MESSAGE BY ROBERT DE CASARES IS DEFINITELY A THRILLING READ" (OnlineBookClub official review). “The Message will spread stealthily and silently; the effect will be deafening and devastating” (The Althofen Club). A dozen super rich oligarchs the US, China, Russia and Europe form a club. Between themselves, they control a good deal of the world’s wealth. One thing leads to another: now they wish to control the world itself. To achieve this, they need to re-format it, make it work to their rules. They sponsor civil unrest, rioting, dissent, hatred, terrorism and wars ...

No sooner had the aerial reconnaissance photographs of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea been analyzed than the evidence of China's island-building activities was forwarded to the Pentagon and the White House. Those satellite images revealed that the Chinese military was turning reefs and atolls into solid ground supporting airfields, ports, helipads and barracks. The discovery of new Chinese military staging areas adjacent to the earth's busiest shipping lanes for oil and natural gas was followed within weeks by China's announcement that they would purchase all of Russia's surplus...

Immerse yourself in the intricate world of geopolitical hotspots with the riveting new eBook - 'Unstable Borders'. This insightful guide studies intricate dynamics on a global scale, unearthing layers of political, cultural, and social complexities that define today's world order. Dive into the pulsating heart of global conflicts, past and present, and trace the outlines of today's geopolitical landscapes from the Middle East to Eastern Europe, Africa to Asia. You'll navigate startlingly complex narratives like the longstanding struggle in Israel-Palestine, the emerging battlefield of South...

The future of the environment ...plays out on a remote stage.As Jake Maguire, a young FBI special agent, sets out to investigate the murder of a celebrity environmentalist in far-off Mongolia, he finds himself in a race against time. With mining interests and a desperate killer hot on his tail, Jake must use all of his skills and training to unravel the mystery and prevent a lovely and intrepid investigative journalist from walking into danger. With nonstop action and edge-of-your-seat suspense, Murder in Mongolia is a thrilling tale of crime and international intrigue that will keep you ...

A gripping spy memoir that unravels a world of power, corruption, and high-stakes diplomacy. Set against the backdrop of the Vatican, the Kremlin, and a master chess player with a hidden agenda, this riveting narrative explores the intersection of centuries-old conflicts and modern-day geopolitics. As the story weaves through diplomatic maneuvers and oil pipeline rivalries—from Africa and the Middle East to Xinjiang, China—it exposes the dark underbelly of international lobbying in Washington and London. At the heart of this saga is a retired ambassador, who is now working for one of ...

The modern world has been marked by a series of immense social revolutions that have transformed the states where they happened. In 1979, American sociologist Theda Skocpol published States and Social Revolutions and examined three of these uprisings: in France at the end of the 18th century, then in Russia and in China in the first half of the 20th century. She pinpointed a number of common factors that affected each of these countries at the time revolution happened.

From New York Times bestselling author Liliana Hart comes an out-of-print book that has been revised and updated, with never before read scenes. “Hart has taken world building to a glorious new level...Rena Drake is a great character." (Booked and Loaded) Since the Banishment, Rena has become the Drakan Enforcer, cleaning up the messes her dragon brethren make in order to keep their presence in the human world hidden. When a group of rogue Drakan begins killing dragons who refuse to join the army of the Destroyer—the dragon they believe will become their true king—Rena has no choice ...

The author, who was raised on a Southern farm, avoided danger and death many times on his way to adulthood. He faced danger and death four times from potential snake bites. As he got older, a sudden light helped save his life from a flying log in the deep woods of Georgia. He survived a hard farm life, even plowing behind a mule in a cotton field, to finally become an officer in the United States Air Force, and retiring at the young age of thirty-nine. Many visible and invisible lights along the way guided his path and his movements; even that great final light at the end. In this book, he ...

Looking into the "suicide" of his lover's ex-husband sounds like a hairball to a private investigator. But he never imagined it could get him killed! Alton Rhode travels to San Francisco to investigate an alleged suicide and winds up ensnared in a web of cryptocurrency-fueled murder and international intrigue! The private eye knows a lot about murder and almost nothing about bitcoins. But he soon gets educated about the latter with the help of an unorthodox but brilliant young woman. And his own expertise comes in very handy when he runs into a bunch of Russians and Chinese whose motives ...

Is Donald Trump The Destroyer? As the whole world is aware, Donald Trump is under attack by every means conceivable from Democrats and other Leftists to destroy his power and influence, and to prevent him from occupying the important position of President of the United States of America. It’s the overwhelming passion by those Leftists to remove him totally from any leadership or influence in our great nation. It seems their power lust is so great to destroy our beloved nation, many have even named this man a ‘destroyer.’ Many have given him this description. It’s amazing that those ...

Russia, China, and Australia all have competing interests that differ but are related, and this book discusses why. The Australia and New Zealand that we know today will leave the Commonwealth by 2050, and the government will be taken over democratically by the Han Chinese and resemble something similar to Singapore's "People's Action Party", which is a communistic entity that markets itself democratically. The reality is that Chinese immigrants are great because they are educated, come with money, and don't commit crimes; they are also supported by the largest economy and ethnic group in ...

Henry Kissinger is among the most controversial figures in American life. He has been lauded as a diplomatic Superman and cursed as a war criminal, credited with turning the tide of the Cold War and accused of causing genocide. At various times, he has inspired both admiration and deep suspicion among the American public.

The Ukraine has been a safety plug for Europe for three decades, and if NATO wanted it as part of the alliance, it would have already let it in. President Putin has come to play, and he and the rest of Russia have nothing to lose. The major winner in all of this will be China as they will rebuild the entire region, profit heavily off the borrowing, and can use the war to deflect the COVID19 debacle that they created. At least now, we know the true intent behind releasing COVID19, and we should expect similar military actions in East Asia soon. Most Westerners don't care about what is ...

A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future: St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai. Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world “instant cities” like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban newcomers confront a modern world cobbled together from fragments of a West they have never seen. Do these fantastical boomtowns, where blueprints spring to life overnight on virgin land, represent the dawning of a brave new world? Or is their vaunted newness a mirage?

Is geography really destiny? Our maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the centre of the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration. Or that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbours. In his punchy and authoritative book, Paul Richardson challenges recent popular accounts of geographical determinism and shows that how we see the world represented often isn't how it really is - that the map is not the territory.

Many books complain about the symptoms of contemporary Western irrationality, but only Sanity offers the root cause diagnosis and cure.What about objectivity when the separation between the observer and the observed is an illusion? This paradox holds the key to common sense—and its scarcity in today’s public discourse. In Sanity, you will: See how modern humanism creates the very problems it aims to solve Untangle the dualistic illusion causing Western moral absolutism Learn why logic and intuition are natural allies, not opponents Discover how nondual awareness boosts both sanity and ...

The world changed dramatically as the Berlin Wall fell and protest turned to massacre in Tiananmen Square. Now, with deft analysis and a wealth of newly declassified archival sources, historian Kristina Spohr offers a bold and novel interpretation of the revolutionary upheaval of 1989 and, how in its aftermath, a new world order was forged without major conflict. The Post-Wall world, Spohr argues, was brought about in significant measure through the determined diplomacy of a small cohort of international leaders.

In the middle of the space race between China and India, a spy gets hold of the Chang'e mission lunar module plans to sell them to the highest bidder, but the spy is intercepted in Burma. About to unleash a war between the two great nuclear powers of Asia, a European diplomat will accidentally come across a network to recover the plans at all costs and try to avoid the start of a third world war.