Tag: Coup

After the Wagner Uprising, Paranoia and Distrust Could Decay Russian Stability

A military coup threatened to overthrow the Russian government this weekend. The brutal Wagner private military company claimed they were betrayed by their leaders, and began a march toward Moscow. They were winning support among the local population, they were shooting down Russian helicopters, and they said other units in the Russian military joined with…


Russian Stability in Jeopardy After Wagner Uprising

A military coup threatened to overthrow the Russian government this weekend. The brutal Wagner private military company claimed they were betrayed by their leaders, and began a march toward Moscow. They were winning support among the local population, they were shooting down Russian helicopters, and they said other units in the Russian military joined with…


[PREMIERING NOW] After the Wagner Uprising, Paranoia and Distrust Could Decay Russian Stability

A military coup threatened to overthrow the Russian government this weekend. The brutal Wagner private military company claimed they were betrayed by their leaders, and began a march toward Moscow. They were winning support among the local population, they were shooting down Russian helicopters, and they said other units in the Russian military joined with…


[PREMIERING 7:00PM ET] After the Wagner Uprising, Paranoia and Distrust Could Decay Russian Stability

A military coup threatened to overthrow the Russian government this weekend. The brutal Wagner private military company claimed they were betrayed by their leaders, and began a march toward Moscow. They were winning support among the local population, they were shooting down Russian helicopters, and they said other units in the Russian military joined with…


US Renews Burma Emergency Amid China Threat

Commentary President Joe Biden on Feb. 6 renewed the national emergency with respect to the situation in Burma, also called Myanmar. This Southeast Asian country is pivotal to China’s plans for expansion in the Indian Ocean, which threatens the national security of both the United States and India. Burma is home to 135 ethnic minorities, many…


Germany Arrests 25 Members of ‘Reichsbuerger’ Group Over Attempted Coup

Twenty-five supporters of a group preparing to violently overthrow the German state were detained by German authorities on Wednesday. According to prosecutors, the group was inspired by the Reichsbuerger movement, a group denying the legitimacy of the modern German state, and instead insisting that the “Deutsches Reich” still exists, despite it being dissolved in World…


Xi Jinping’s Fake Coup

Commentary Many readers reported reading that strange things were happening in China. For example, Twitter and Newsweek reported that China mysteriously canceled thousands of commercial flights and trains. Some bloggers wrote that Chinese leader Xi Jinping was under house arrest, and others reported seeing hundreds of military vehicles heading toward Beijing. Others said these rumors are…


Xi Appears in Public, Dispelling Rumors of Unrest and Coup in China

Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping made his first public appearance in nearly two weeks, terminating an absence that fueled a storm of unsubstantiated rumors regarding his whereabouts. Xi, who leads China as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), visited an exhibition in Beijing on Sept. 27, according to Chinese state-owned media. The event…


Xi Jinping’s Rare Rally of High-Ranking Officials in Beijing Twice in First Half of 2022

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) head Xi Jinping has rallied senior provincial and ministerial officials to top-secret meetings in Beijing twice in the past six months, in what is seen as a rare move to consolidate his power enough to support his bid for next term election that will be determined at the party congress at…


Defending the ‘Democratic Coup’

Commentary Dictators in China, Russia, Burma (Myanmar), and Ethiopia are today conducting genocide. Others in North Korea, Iran, and Venezuela add to the millions of deaths, arbitrary detentions, torture victims, and refugees. They use force daily to stay in power and, thus, can only normally be removed by force. Sometimes with a helping hand from…