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- Recently Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made revealing comments regarding continued US global ambition for domination across economics, monetary policy, energy, and more, calling into question US intentions regarding supposed "diplomacy" it is conducting regarding Ukraine;

- The US is likely planing to use the upcoming Munich Defense Conference to cement in place the fictional US-Europe "split" US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has already publicly revealed would be used to sell a US-European "division of labor" and greater European sacrifice to continue America's proxy war in Ukraine on its behalf;

- US "diplomacy' regarding Iran is likewise a tired distraction from inevitable US-initiated armed conflict. The US has sought regime change in Iran since Iran ousted Washington's puppet regime in the late 1970s;

- Because degrading or destroying Russia and Iran are prerequisites for US ambitions to encircle, contain, and destroy China, all of these conflicts will continue no matter what political rhetoric emerges from Washington, London, or Brussels;

References:

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with TV BRICS international media network, Moscow, February 9, 2026:
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/brics/2078196/
BBC - Trump's world order hangs over Europe on eve of key defence conference (Feb. 10, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrzjv1kykxo
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
Kremlin - Vladimir Putin’s interview with Le Figaro (2017):
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54638
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html

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“Behind the political theater that is the “US-European split,” exists an aggressive campaign of US consolidation over its many proxies - including and perhaps especially over Europe itself.”

References:

DW - EU agrees on complete ban of Russian gas imports by 2027 (Jan. 26, 2026):
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-agrees-on-complete-ban-of-russian-gas-imports-by-2027/a-75660043
US National Defense Industrial Strategy (2023):
https://www.businessdefense.gov/docs/ndis/2023-NDIS.pdf and archived https://web.archive.org/web/20240301230138/https://www.businessdefense.gov/NDIS.html
US Congress - Implementing the National Defense Industrial Strategy: Issues for Congress (Nov. 2024):
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN12459/IN12459.1.pdf
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
US White House - National Security Strategy (Nov. 2025):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf
BBC - Japan to send Patriot missiles to US which may aid Ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67798740
NYT - How a German Manufacturer Is Forging Stronger Ties With the U.S. (Jul. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/business/rheinmetall-germany-fighter-jets.html
Japan Times - Lockheed strikes deal with Pentagon to triple output of Patriot missiles (Jan. 7, 2026):
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/07/companies/lockheed-triple-patriot-missiles/
Stars And Stripes - South Korean shipbuilder secures deal to maintain US Navy dry cargo vessel (Dec. 2025):
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-12-16/navy-ship-maintenance-repair-korea-20108164.html
Reuters - Biden's new Arctic strategy foresees competition with Russia, China (2022):
https://www.reuters.com/world/bidens-new-arctic-strategy-foresees-competition-with-russia-china-2022-10-07/
DW - NATO members agree to 5% defense spending increase (Jun. 22, 2025):
https://www.dw.com/en/nato-members-agree-to-increase-defense-spending-to-5/a-73000676
Defense News - Pacifist Japan moving from exclusive self-defense to military buildup (Dec. 2025):
https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2025/12/31/pacifist-japan-moving-from-exclusive-self-defense-to-military-buildup/




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- The US is preparing to isolate and overthrow the Cuban government just as it has illegally done to Venezuela based on the primary, supposed “threat” that Cuba works with Russia and China;

- This undermines claims that the Trump administration and the US in general no longer considers Russia and China as primary “threats;”

- The US also continues ramping up pressure on Iran ahead of what will be another round of armed aggression against Iran;

- Eliminating Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, and other partners of Russia and China are aimed at further isolating Russia and China themselves;

- At the same time, the US is attacking Russian energy production and exports specifically to cut off Chinese oil imports from Russia ahead of a planned maritime blockade on China itself;

- All of this indicates the US is ramping up - not retreating from - a global war on multipolarism;

References:

White House - ADDRESSING THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA (Jan. 29, 2026):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba/
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
Reuters - Russia, Ukraine halt energy strikes, but differences emerge on moratorium (Jan. 30, 2026):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-says-date-or-location-next-round-us-brokered-peace-talks-could-change-2026-01-30/
WSJ - Trump’s Armada Is Getting in Place. Now He Must Decide What to Do With Iran. (Jan. 30, 2026):
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trumps-armada-is-getting-in-place-now-he-must-decide-what-to-do-with-iran-93007d5a
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting but Strategically Flawed (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) (Feb. 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf

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Years ago the US declared the need to consolidate control over its proxies (and official US government papers have reiterated this necessity under both the Biden and Trump administrations) in order to successfully confront and defeat a rising China.

And that is what it has been and is doing - both in the Americas, across the Atlantic in Europe, and everywhere else - this theater of a US-European or US-Canadian "fallout" is meant to manage public and political perception as it does so.

References:

US Congress - Implementing the National Defense Industrial Strategy: Issues for Congress (Nov. 2024):
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IN/PDF/IN12459/IN12459.1.pdf
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
US White House - National Security Strategy (Nov. 2025):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf
BBC - Japan to send Patriot missiles to US which may aid Ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67798740
NYT - How a German Manufacturer Is Forging Stronger Ties With the U.S. (Jul. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/business/rheinmetall-germany-fighter-jets.html
Japan Times - Lockheed strikes deal with Pentagon to triple output of Patriot missiles (Jan. 7, 2026):
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/07/companies/lockheed-triple-patriot-missiles/
Stars And Stripes - South Korean shipbuilder secures deal to maintain US Navy dry cargo vessel (Dec. 2025):
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-12-16/navy-ship-maintenance-repair-korea-20108164.html
Reuters - Biden's new Arctic strategy foresees competition with Russia, China (2022):
https://www.reuters.com/world/bidens-new-arctic-strategy-foresees-competition-with-russia-china-2022-10-07/


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The targeting of Iran is just one part of a global-spanning US foreign policy objective. Just as the US has eliminated Iranian allies across the region to isolate Iran itself, the US is attacking, degrading, and eliminating Chinese partners around the globe to isolate China.

References:

BBC - 'There wasn't even time for CPR': Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters (Jan. 11, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9rengvnp9o
NYT - Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue (Jan. 10, 2026):
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/us/politics/trump-iran-strikes.html
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (PDF, 2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (Feb. 2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
ABC (Australia) - Rise in violence against Chinese nationals in Pakistan threatens China's 'Silk Road' vision (Oct. 2024):
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-21/rise-in-violence-against-chinese-nationals-in-pakistan/104487244
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html
US State Department - Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/

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Iran, a nation with significant conventional military power, has been undermined and weakened because of its delay in securing its information space and thus political space sufficiently from foreign interference. And while it has acted decisively in recent weeks (and appears to have prepared at least months in advance) only time will tell if it is just in time or still too late.

References:

AP - Trump calls on Tehran to show protesters humanity amid reports of rising death toll in crackdown (Jan. 14, 2026):
https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-trump-80f937dfbb3e04e5322dae30db3ad4b3
Guardian - Trump warns US will ‘take very strong action’ if Iran starts executing arrested protesters (Jan. 14, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/14/iran-protests-erfan-soltani-donald-trump-warning-executions-hangings
BBC - 'There wasn't even time for CPR': Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters (Jan. 11, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9rengvnp9o
Guardian - An ecosystem of smuggled tech holds Iran’s last link to the outside world (Jan. 13, 2026):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/13/ecosystem-smuggled-tech-iran-last-link-outside-world-internet
Forbes - ‘Kill Switch’—Iran Shuts Down Musk’s Starlink For First Time (Jan. 13, 2026):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/01/13/kill-switch-iran-shuts-down-starlink-internet-for-first-time/
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
Washington Post - Iran jams Starlink, protesters’ lifeline. Trump, Musk say that won’t stand. (Jan. 13, 2026):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/13/iran-starlink-protest-musk-trump/
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
BBC - US removes Iran group MEK from terror list (2012):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-19767043
Politico - Giuliani Took Money From a Group That Killed Americans. Does Trump Care? (2016):
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/11/giuliani-mek-terrorist-group-money-bolton-iran-214479/
CNN - CNN Exclusive: After Ukraine, Biden administration turns to Musk’s satellite internet for Iran (Oct. 2022):
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/21/politics/white-house-musk-starlink-iran-protests-ukraine
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html

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President Trump declared the US would “run” Venezuela and that American oil companies would take over energy production in the seized nation.
Beyond a brazen resource grab, the attack on and toppling of Venezuela’s government fits into a much larger global war the US is waging both against the concept of multipolarism and its chief proponents, namely China and Russia.

References:

US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment (Jul. 2025):
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025NationalDrugThreatAssessment.pdf
US White House - PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT: Border Security Achieved in Fewer Than 100 Days (Apr. 2025):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/promises-made-promises-kept-border-security-achieved-in-fewer-than-100-days/
Roll Call - Press Conference: Donald Trump Discusses the Capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela (Jan. 3, 2026):
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-venezuela-maduro-january-3-2026/
CNN - Trump says US is taking control of Venezuela’s oil reserves. Here’s what it means (Jan. 4, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/03/business/oil-gas-venezuela-maduro
Politico - Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela (Jan. 3, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezuela-oil-us-companies-return-00709782
AA - FACTBOX - Venezuela’s oil wealth: Reserves, output and exports (Dec. 23, 2025):
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/factbox-venezuela-s-oil-wealth-reserves-output-and-exports/3778476#:~:text=This%20is%20far%20below%20other,of%20special%20licenses%20to%20Chevron.
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting but Strategically Flawed (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
Reuters - US intelligence helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure, FT reports (Oct. 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-intelligence-helps-ukraine-target-russian-energy-infrastructure-ft-reports-2025-10-12/
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
NEO - New Year Starts, Same Old US Proxy War Continues (Jan. 3, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/01/03/new-year-starts-same-old-us-proxy-war-continues/

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While the United States government poses as “pursuing peace” with Russia regarding the ongoing war in Ukraine, it is now admitted that the US is overseeing a “supercharged” campaign targeting “Russian oil facilities and tankers” aimed at crippling Russia’s economy and its fighting capacity.

References:

NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 29, 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
Reuters - US intelligence helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure, FT reports (Oct. 12, 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-intelligence-helps-ukraine-target-russian-energy-infrastructure-ft-reports-2025-10-12/
CNN - Trump’s answer for everything: Blame Biden (Dec. 9, 2025):
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/trump-blame-biden-economy-ukraine
ABC News - Trump admin approves new sale of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine (Oct. 2019):
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-approves-sale-anti-tank-weapons-ukraine/story?id=65989898
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (Feb. 2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting but Strategically Flawed (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html


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The latest US regime change war targeting Venezuela - launched under a false pretext - is part of a global war the US is waging against multipolarism - and more specifically - on the rise of China.

The war reaffirms the Trump administration is advancing continuity of agenda and continues to shape the globe ahead of greater confrontation with Venezuelan allies Russia and China.

References:

US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment (Jul. 2025):
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025NationalDrugThreatAssessment.pdf
US White House - PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT: Border Security Achieved in Fewer Than 100 Days (Apr. 2025):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/promises-made-promises-kept-border-security-achieved-in-fewer-than-100-days/
Roll Call - Press Conference: Donald Trump Discusses the Capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela (Jan. 3, 2026):
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-venezuela-maduro-january-3-2026/
CNN - Trump says US is taking control of Venezuela’s oil reserves. Here’s what it means (Jan. 4, 2026):
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/03/business/oil-gas-venezuela-maduro
Politico - Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela (Jan. 3, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezuela-oil-us-companies-return-00709782
AA - FACTBOX - Venezuela’s oil wealth: Reserves, output and exports (Dec. 23, 2025):
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/factbox-venezuela-s-oil-wealth-reserves-output-and-exports/3778476#:~:text=This%20is%20far%20below%20other,of%20special%20licenses%20to%20Chevron.
US Naval War College Review - A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting but Strategically Flawed (2018):
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1735&context=nwc-review
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
Reuters - US intelligence helps Ukraine target Russian energy infrastructure, FT reports (Oct. 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-intelligence-helps-ukraine-target-russian-energy-infrastructure-ft-reports-2025-10-12/
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
NEO - New Year Starts, Same Old US Proxy War Continues (Jan. 3, 2026):
https://journal-neo.su/2026/01/03/new-year-starts-same-old-us-proxy-war-continues/

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“Greenland’s seizure by the US allows the US to not only expand its maritime blockade to target the Northern Sea Route, it also allows the US to fully implement its “division of labor” in Europe regarding its continued proxy war with Russia from a relatively safe distance.”

References:

NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html
US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992):
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html
The Irrawaddy - China-Backed Pipeline Facility Damaged in Myanmar Resistance Attack (2022):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/china-backed-pipeline-facility-damaged-in-myanmar-resistance-attack.html
The Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html
Reuters - China's Xi presses Pakistan to improve security for Chinese workers (Sep. 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-presses-pakistan-improve-security-chinese-workers-2025-09-02/
National Interest - Free Baluchistan (2011):
https://nationalinterest.org/commentary/free-baluchistan-4799
NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024):
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html
Reuters - China says US seizure of ships 'serious violation' of international law (Dec. 23, 2025):
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-says-us-seizure-ships-serious-violation-international-law-2025-12-22/
US State Department - Secretary Marco Rubio with Megyn Kelly of The Megyn Kelly Show (Jan. 2025):
https://www.state.gov/secretary-marco-rubio-with-megyn-kelly-of-the-megyn-kelly-show/
BBC - Trump says US 'has to have' Greenland after naming special envoy (Dec. 24, 2025):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgmd132ge4o

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