China and the U.S. are continuing to butt heads, creating fears of a wider
conflict. Ethiopia’s civil war is escalating, threatening a regional war...
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John,

 

It’s been another important month in the world of geopolitics, and we’re
filling you in on the biggest developments from political hotspots around the
globe. 

 

China and the U.S. are continuing to butt heads, creating fears of a wider
conflict. Ethiopia’s civil war is escalating, threatening a regional war and
serious humanitarian crisis. The Trump administration and Iran are continuing
to move pieces on the geopolitical chessboard, while the President seeks a
reduction in American commitments abroad. 

 

Catch up on everything you missed, and make sure to share your thoughts using
our comment box below. 
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[READ] HENRY KISSINGER WARNS AGAINST POTENTIAL US-CHINA CONFLICT
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The bottom line: “Unless there is some basis for some cooperative action, the
world will slide into a catastrophe comparable to World War I,” Kissinger said
during the opening session of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum. He said military
technologies available today would make such a crisis “even more difficult to
control” than those of earlier eras.

 

“America and China are now drifting increasingly toward confrontation, and
they’re conducting their diplomacy in a confrontational way,” the 97-year-old
Kissinger said in an interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John
Micklethwait. “The danger is that some crisis will occur that will go beyond
rhetoric into actual military conflict.”

[READ] TAKE A LOOK INSIDE CHINA’S ONLINE FENTANYL NETWORK
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The bottom line: “For years, China has been a primary source of fentanyl
trafficked into the United States. It is a powerful prescription drug for
severe pain that's made and sold illegally. It led to more than 37,000 overdose
deaths in the U.S. in 2019, part of a national opioid crisis that has worsened
this year during the coronavirus pandemic, according to federal health
authorities...Chinese vendors have tapped into online networks to brazenly
market fentanyl analogs and the precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl, and
ship them directly to customers in the U.S. and Europe as well as to Mexican
cartels, according to an NPR investigation and research from the Center for
Advanced Defense Studies, or C4ADS, a nonprofit data analysis group.”
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[READ] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLANS FINAL OFFENSIVE AGAINST TIGRAYAN REBELS
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The bottom line: “Ethiopia’s prime minister warned on Tuesday that a deadline
for rebel northern forces to lay down arms had expired, paving the way for an
advance on the Tigray region’s capital in a two-week conflict shaking the Horn
of Africa.”

[READ] ETHIOPIAN CIVIL WAR THREATENS TO ENGULF OTHER COUNTRIES
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The bottom line: “Risks of the increasingly bloody war in northern Ethiopia
turning into a chaotic regional conflict rose sharply this weekend after rocket
strikes on the airport in neighboring Eritrea’s capital, Asmara.

 

Multiple rockets struck Asmara on Saturday night, diplomats and informed
regional observers said, though communication restrictions in Tigray and
Eritrea made the reports difficult to verify.”
<> [READ] PRESIDENT TRUMP CONSIDERED MILITARY STRIKE ON IRAN
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The bottom line: “President Donald Trump asked advisers about options for a
military strike against Iran last week, but held off ordering an operation that
would inflame Middle East tensions during his last two months in office,
according to reports.

 

Trump explored the idea of a military strike against Iran over an inspection
report showing Tehran had stepped up the means to make nuclear weapons,
according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.”
[READ] IRAN THREATENS ‘CRUSHING’ RESPONSE TO US
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The bottom line: “Any U.S. attack on Iran would face a “crushing” response, an
Iranian government spokesman said on Tuesday, following reports U.S. President
Donald Trump asked for options for a strike on Iran’s main nuclear site last
week but decided against doing so.

 

“Any action against the Iranian nation would certainly face a crushing
response,” spokesman Ali Rabiei said, in remarks streamed on an official
government website.

 

Citing a U.S. official, Reuters reported on Monday that Trump, with two months
left in office, conferred with top advisers about the possibility of attacking
the Natanz uranium enrichment plant - but was dissuaded by them from that
option.”
<> [READ] PRESIDENT TRUMP BEGINS GLOBAL TROOP DRAWDOWN
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The bottom line: “President Donald Trump may withdraw nearly all U.S. troops
from Somalia as part of a global pullback that could see major reductions in
Afghanistan and a slight drawdown in Iraq, U.S. officials told Reuters on
Tuesday.

 

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that nothing had been
finalized and that no orders have been received by the U.S. military. However,
there appeared to be a growing expectation on Tuesday that drawdown orders
would be coming soon.”

 

Do you think the U.S. should continue drawing down our troops in the Middle
East?

 

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