A new report to the U.N. Security Council shows a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, but Western countries are reluctant to do much about it. According to the report, after the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops in August 2021 from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s subsequent return to power, the insurgent group turned governing body is struggling…

Finland and Sweden have submitted their respective applications to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). If brought into the alliance, NATO’s reach will extend closer to Russian borders. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed that NATO expansion is the reason he invaded Ukraine earlier this year. However, when it comes Finland and Sweden, Putin said…

According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, a majority of Americans now find the economy to be more important than Russian sanctions. When asked to pick between “sanctioning Russia as effectively as possible, even if it damages the U.S. economy” and “limiting damage to the U.S. economy, even…

Sweden and Finland are making a bid to join NATO in light of Russia’s war on Ukraine. While most countries are applauding the idea, one nation is not in favor of the move. Straight Arrow News contributor and geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan explains the Turks’ concerns and what it will take for them to green…

Hundreds of Ukrainian troops ended their last stand to defend Mariupol, laying down their arms and surrendering to Russian troops at the Azovstal steel plant. The video above includes clips from the surrender. It comes nearly a month after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in Mariupol. “Over the past 24 hours, 265 militants laid…

Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin said the possibility of her country joining NATO was for the security of its citizens and has called for the international community to unite in stepping up sanctions against Russia. The announcement moves the Nordic nation, which shares an 800-mile border with Russia, one step closer to membership in the…

Updated on June 1, 2022 from Peter’s “Zeihan on Geopolitics” newsletter: It’s taken Europeans months to hammer out an agreement and a timeline–with plenty of caveats–but replacing your largest oil supplier overnight is a considerable feat. But EU leaders came out over the weekend announcing that a general framework had been reached, seeing most of…

The United States has been giving Ukraine real-time battlefield intel that directly helped Ukrainian forces kill many of the Russian generals who have died in the Ukraine war, according to a report from the New York Times. Ukraine has previously claimed to have killed at least 12 Russian generals. The report declined to say if…

What’s really the cause of the war in Ukraine? Some contend Russia invaded Ukraine to push back against NATO expansion. But geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan believes Russia is much more focused on its own security. It’s not a ridiculous argument. The Russians definitely feel that they’re under pressure. But you have to look at what it…

“Imagine had the tobacco industry been immune to prostitutes being sued. Come on.”  That is a direct quote from President Joe Biden, who made the slip during a speech on so-called “ghost guns.” Biden once called himself a “gaffe machine” and there are many examples of that throughout his presidency. His varying verbal missteps have…