North Korea-US Summit Doomed to Failure
This will come as no surprise, but on North Korea I remain a sceptic. Will there be a US-North Korean summit? Yes potentially. Will it result in the end of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, long-range ballistic missile program, and size able chemical and biological weapons arsenal? The answer is a clear No. Will it be the end of the Kim Jong-un regime? No! Will US troops remain in South Korea? Yes. For all the political posturing going on in the US and the Far East it is
Only Direct Diplomatic and Military Action will Halt Chinese Ambitions to the South China Sea, Taiwa
In our 5 February post “Is Scarborough Shoal the Next to Fall to Beijing's South China Sea 'Salami Tactics'?” we warned that China’s next move in the South China Sea is the seizure of Scarborough Shoal and it appears Beijing is one step closer with the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte claiming that China has agreed not to ‘fortify’ the islets where Philippine fisherman are ‘allowed’ to fish under the ever-vigilant watch of the Chinese Coast Guard. This new agreement fol