The “secret” Iran-China 25 year deal: Documents and sources
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Since early July 2020 there has been increased interest in a China-Iran agreement that could be part of a wider 25-year strategic deal. This has become […]
Tag Archives: China
How the Trump administration overplayed its hand with China
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The US appears to have badly overplayed its hand in its struggle with China. The fact that China was “rising” was largely known for decades and […]
The Second Curve: Questions and thoughts on the coronavirus pandemic: March 2020
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Every day brings more jarring and complex questions about the global pandemic. We are not seeing improvement, except in China and South Korea. Western countries, supposedly […]
Laundering the sources: How a report in China led Israeli media to report a David Sling interceptor was in Russia: Sources
On November 6, 2019 Ynet reported that “Russia has in its possession an advanced Israeli interceptor missile belonging to the David’s Sling defense system, designed to intercept planes, drones and […]
China’s National Day military parade by the numbers
The 70th anniversary China National Day parade included some impressive numbers of soldiers and new technology on displace. According to reports President Xi Jinping inspected more than 15,000 troops and “more than […]
EU “human rights day” delegations ignored human rights abuses all around world, except in Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The EU’s External Action Service (EEAS), which is the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy Service led by Federica Mogherini, put together a nice video for “Human […]
Mugabe did a coup against democracy for 30 years, remember that
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On November 15th Former Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sport and Culture David Coltart tweeted, “Right off to bed for the first time since 1980 without Robert […]
Nepotism and socialism
Originally in The Jerusalem Post By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Six months ago the The New York Times came under a sophisticated cyber attack that lasted for months. Passwords of numerous […]
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