On May 21, 2014, just months after the Russian invasion of Crimea China and Russia signed a natural gas deal worth over $400 billion. This heralded a pivot east for Russian business amid ongoing tensions with the West over Ukraine. Though few details of the deal were made public the 30-year gas-export contract was seen... Continue Reading →
The Empire Strikes Back
Russia and its empire, the Soviet Union, was once the greatest and most formidable power on earth. It was rivaled only by that of the United States, but even the US was outmatched in many ways and forms by the Soviet empire. The Soviet Union produced social and technological achievements and innovations such as putting... Continue Reading →
Why a Rising China is Good for the World
No other government is simultaneously detaining millions of an ethnic minority for forced indoctrination as the China Communist Party (CCP). And while other governments commit serious human rights violations, no other government flexes its political muscles with such vigour and determination to undermine the international human rights standards and institutions that could hold it to... Continue Reading →
There is Still Hope for the West
The Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union was a battle within the Western family. The rising tensions between the US and China is a battle with a different civilization and a different ideology, something the West hasn’t experienced this before.[1] Let's first establish that the US is the greatest upholder of liberty... Continue Reading →

