Special to CosmicTribune.com, December 30, 2025 By John J. Metzler, December 30, 2025 It’s time to consult the crystal snow globe and try to peer ahead what may be on the horizon for the new year. Without question 2025 has been tumultuous, but the year ahead holds cautious promise to finally solve some political crises […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, December 15, 2025 Because the U.S. “has skin in the game” with citizens living in Guam and the Northern Marianas, America can be considered an Indo-Pacific nation, retired Army Gen. Charles Flynn said on Thursday. “We can’t forget about this part of the homeland,” Flynn said in an address to the Gold […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 12, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher She had only been Japan’s Prime Minister for 18 days before China’s Consul General in Osaka would threaten her with decapitation, but since her election victory as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Oct. 4, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has been subject to […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 15, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During the Cold War there was the perceived “bomber gap” between the United States and the former Soviet Union, followed by a “missile gap.” Decades down the road in the current United States-China Cold War, the U.S. should be planning a response to a looming […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 2, 2025 Robert Morton “It was the time of the Cold War, and every corner of the earth was considered a possible battlefield,” recalled a former CIA official about his years based in the Micronesian Islands. “Washington felt it had to know everything about everything. It was a do-nothing job. The […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 20, 2025 Fighting wars in the 21st century against nuclear superpowers and entrenched political-media power hubs involves winning hearts and minds, President Donald John Trump has apparently concluded. Trump touts his remarkable array of peace initiatives around the globe in the months since his triumphant return to the White House. At […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 6, 2025 Robert Morton, August 6, 1978 [Forty-seven years before the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a Tokyo-based correspondent visited the family and neighbors of former journalist Yuji Yokoyama and filed this report.] HIROSHIMA, Japan — Thirty-three years ago today, this city experienced hell as it had […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 23, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The myth that Peace-in-Space can lead to, or even influence the possibility of Peace-on-Earth rests in part on the historically brief but emotionally enduring impact of the first international mission in space, the July 17, 1975 docking of the United States-Soviet Union Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 4, 2025 The founder of VALOR Clinic, which works to improve the lives of U.S. veterans, said the number one problem returning combat veterans face is social conflict. “During military service, we are instilled with traditional values, patriotism, and an unshakable sense of morality. However, when amplified by combat trauma we […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 26, 2025 Is “regime change” unacceptable terminology? It “has been demonized in popular discourse, slandered as reckless adventurism or imperialist hubris,” wrote Miles Yu, director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute. However, “when America confronts autocratic regimes that threaten the very fabric of its national existence, regime change is a […]
