Read More »A petty bourgeois driven to frenzy by the horrors of capitalism is a social phenomenon which, like anarchism, is characteristic of all capitalist countries. The instability of such revolutionism, its barrenness, and its tendency to turn rapidly into submission, apathy, phantasms, and even a frenzied infatuation with one bourgeois fad or another—all this is common knowledge.
Vladimir Lenin, “Left-Wing” Communism: An Infantile Disorder
Category: Asia
A ‘Very Positive’ Call? Why Washington and Beijing Aren’t Telling the Same Story
2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy +
2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy
It follows that, although we are and will remain engaged in Europe, we must—and will—prioritize defending the U.S. Homeland and deterring China.
Related papers from the Marathon Initiative:
Bridge Colby / DTRA – Sharing the Load: Developing Better Strategies for Burden Sharing
Robert Almelor Delfeld / Elbridge Colby: Broadening the Base: A Blueprint for Expanding Defense Industrial Capacity
The importance of the Strait of Malacca for Chinese Trade
History of U.S. involvement in narcotics smuggling
Did Stalin Want to Join NATO?
The tropical island in the Philippines where Bondi terrorists trained + more
[Australian Financial Review] The tropical island in the Philippines where Bondi terrorists trained
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[New York Times] Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active
Both articles quote Rommel Banlaoi from the Philippines, who was recently smeared by Ray Powell, of SeaLight, and Reuters.
Updated: The War of Ideas in the Indo-Pacific (Rommel Banlaoi)
Read More »Thai-Cambodian Conflict Threatens Asian Stability by Design
Brian Berletic, December 15, 2025
Renewed fighting along the Thai–Cambodian border in December highlights how local disputes in Southeast Asia are increasingly shaped by broader great-power strategies aimed at constraining China’s rise.
Thai-Cambodian Conflict Threatens Asian Stability by Design (archived)
China accuses Philippines of ‘premeditated’ provocations near Sabina Shoal + more
Beijing has accused Manila of organising a “premeditated” provocation and dangerous manoeuvres near a disputed reef in the South China Sea, and Washington of making false statements that have escalated tensions in the region.
Manila said Philippine fishing boats near Sabina Shoal had been targeted with water cannons by Chinese coastguard ships in an incident on Friday, while Beijing said Philippine personnel had threatened Chinese officers with knives.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Monday that the Philippines had assembled a large number of vessels “in an organised and premeditated manner to provoke trouble” in waters near the shoal.
[SCMP] China accuses Philippines of ‘premeditated’ provocations near Sabina Shoal (archived)
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Read More »Imagine Being Ray Powell (CIA), Terrified of Peace, Diplomacy, and a Filipina +
Oh, look — Ray Powel, again, the CIA operative messing around the SCS dispute???
Apparently, I’m living rent-free in the head of a retired U.S. Air Force colonel turned “maritime gray-zone investigator” who thinks the Philippines, China, ASEAN, and the entire South China Sea revolve around his newly invented fantasy threat matrix. Let me make this absolutely clear:
Ray Powell mentioning me — twice now — is A BADGE OF HONOR!! Because if a CIA-adjacent operative (yes, Ray, we all know how “Air Force Attachés” function abroad), working hand-in-hand with Washington’s geopolitical machinery, has me on his radar, it only means one thing:
I’m saying something true enough, loud enough, and inconvenient enough to rattle him.
Imagine Being Ray Powell (CIA), Terrified of Peace, Diplomacy, and a Filipina
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