The sidelining of Europe: Allies brawl over ending the Ukraine war

The sidelining of Europe: Allies brawl over ending the Ukraine war

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 20, 2025 Three years into Russia’s war against Ukraine, there seems to be a chance for peace. But this political intermezzo may be as fleeting as the approaching Spring weather to soon sweep the steppes yet at the same time remains a worthwhile window of opportunity for […]

Strategic Panama: Two vast oceans, China, Taiwan and the Darien Gap

Strategic Panama: Two vast oceans, China, Taiwan and the Darien Gap

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 13, 2025 The Panama Canal is back in the headlines after President Donald Trump raised political and security concerns over the future of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The heart of the President’s argument is that the Canal, built and paid for by […]

Once again, Burma is in ‘free fall’ no thanks to Bejing

Once again, Burma is in ‘free fall’ no thanks to Bejing

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, February 7, 2025 Four years following a Beijing-backed military coup which turned the clock back from an elected, if flawed, democratic government to an authoritarian and corrupt military regime, the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar/aka Burma has sunk into new socio/economic depths. Significantly, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres […]

Are India-U.S. ties being enhanced in Trump 2.0?

Are India-U.S. ties being enhanced in Trump 2.0?

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 31, 2025 Already close and cordial India/U.S. political ties surged in the early hours of the new Trump Administration. India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was honored with rare front row seating at the Inauguration of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the Washington […]

Day one: Donald Trump’s compromised foreign policy inheritance

Day one: Donald Trump’s compromised foreign policy inheritance

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 20, 2025 A series of widening wars, growing humanitarian crises and simmering foreign conflicts are among the list of foreign policy/security woes confronting President Donald Trump. From day one of his administration the president must assess and prioritize U.S. policy interests in key regions both on the […]

Art of the Greenland deal: America’s northern rampart?

Art of the Greenland deal: America’s northern rampart?

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 9, 2025 Everybody, it seems, is suddenly interested in Greenland. Not just the United States, but Canada, Russia, China all are vying for a foothold on the Arctic island. A fantastically beautiful but often foreboding place locked in ice and isolation, Greenland’s remoteness has been both its […]

Flashback: America has paid dearly for its emperor with no clothes

Flashback: America has paid dearly for its emperor with no clothes

Special to WorldTribune.com Has this column, penned two-and-a-half years ago, stood the test of time? Was Joe Biden’s legacy already in focus back then? Following are excerpts of the original: By John McNabb June 13, 2022 Today we have a president, Joe Biden, who is both a multimillionaire, a guy who can’t lead the country […]

Unreported: How Soros machine pushed long-time asset Kamala Harris to the top

Unreported: How Soros machine pushed long-time asset Kamala Harris to the top

Special to WorldTribune.com, August 4, 2024 Corporate WATCH Commentary by Joe Schaeffer  @Schaeff55 Full documentation of Kamala Harris’s fealty to notorious progressive globalist billionaire George Soros and his nation-destroying agenda is far too extensive to list in just one article. Perhaps the best way to understand the Soros-Harris relationship is by observing the workings of […]

Remember fallen heroes who sacrificed all for our freedoms that ‘are on the line today’

Remember fallen heroes who sacrificed all for our freedoms that ‘are on the line today’

By John McNabb, May 26, 2024 [Editor’s Note: Columnist John McNabb is a 2024 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award and was awarded the Press Freedom Prize in 2023 by Free Press Foundation. Following are excerpts from his Memorial Day tribute on May 28, 2023.] Last year on Memorial Day I warned that our nation […]

The GOP’s war on conservatives: Focus on Massachusetts

The GOP’s war on conservatives: Focus on Massachusetts

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner, March 4, 2024 [Editor’s Note: Columnist Jeffrey Kuhner is in the crosshairs of the Massachussetts Republican Party. Kuhner, who serves on the Advisory Board of the Free Press Foundation, charged on the air that GOP Chair Amy Carnevale with her letter to the FCC sought to “have me fired […]