Flags of NATO member countries outside the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

What Use Is NATO, Anyway?

‘Unless NATO can produce a credible plan to remain relevant in a world that is changing dramatically—geopolitically and technologically—it risks falling apart under the weight of its own irrelevance.’

An Airbus A320 aircraft from China Eastern Airlines is preparing to take off from Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on November 25, 2025.

China Stranded Me in Japan

‘If China wants to exert pressure on Japan, this isn’t the way. Ultimately, it has only damaged the reputation and viability of its airlines.’

Belgium Becomes Russia’s ‘Most Valuable Asset’ in Western Mainstream

For years, Brussels’s progressive mainstream has painted Viktor Orbán as the EU’s so-called ‘Russian asset’. But now Belgium’s own prime minister, Bart de Wever, is being given the same label—simply for rejecting a reckless plan to use frozen Russian assets as collateral for a EUR 140 billion Ukraine loan.