The Pentagon has claimed that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin could not reach his Chinese counterpart shortly after an American fighter jet shot down a craft Beijing says was a weather balloon.
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COI #382: Ukraine Ramps Up Effort to Get Western-Made Fighter Jets
On COI #382, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover rapidly increasing tensions with Russia and China. Kyle breaks down Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s pitch for fighter jets on his European tour, the UK’s plan to begin training Ukrainian pilots on NATO...
No, China Is Not ‘Switching Sides’
Since President Xi Jinping was re-elected as China’s leader at the Communist Party Congress on October 23, 2022, there has been a noticeable change in tone from Chinese officials towards the United States. This change in tone, coupled with Chinese restraint in their...
News Roundup 2/9/2023
Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris on Wednesday, where he made a fresh pitch for fighter jets and other advanced weapons. AWC Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Rep. McCaul Plans Taiwan Visit This Spring, McCarthy Later
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has said he plans to lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to Taiwan this spring despite the risk of provoking China.
News Roundup 2/8/2023
Russia Key Republican members of Congress are launching a two-front campaign to pressure the Biden administration to send Ukraine more advanced weapons, Defense One reported Saturday, citing people familiar with the plan. AWC Several North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
An Overblown Balloon Headline Inflates False Narrative on China
For several decades the American public has been instilled with an intrinsic fear of and hatred for China. No singular event in this seemingly inevitable march to war is more emblematic of the American public’s warped psyche than the “Chinese Spy Balloon”...
State of the Union: Biden Says Beating China Should ‘Unite All of Us’
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Biden took aim at China and said winning the “competition” with Beijing should “unite all of us.”
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