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John J. Metzler

John J. Metzler

The Japan Times

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Ukraine: missiles, morale and credibility

After months of hesitation, political infighting and rancorous debate, the U.S. Congress passed a massive Ukraine funding bill with a bipartisan...

30.04.2024 30

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Myanmar’s cycle of violence spills over to Southeast Asia

John J. Metzler Myanmar is no stranger to conflict or endemic ethnic clashes. Tragically, the isolated Southeast Asian state has been in the...

10.04.2024 20

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Why did Russia veto UN committee investigating North Korea?

In a classic under-the-political radar ploy, Russia has vetoed a U.N. Committee investigating North Korean nuclear, missile and banking sanctions...

04.04.2024 10

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Haiti’s ticking humanitarian time bomb

As waves of gang violence engulf an already poor and destitute land through a reckless orgy of shootings and looting, the Caribbean nation of Haiti...

20.03.2024 20

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UN rights inquiry condemns Islamic Iran's record

John J. Metzler Iran’s regime has been firmly condemned by a U.N. fact-finding mission investigating the unprovoked killing of Masha Amina two years...

14.03.2024 30

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Ukrainian storm front threatens Western Europe

LONDON — A stormy geopolitical weather front is converging on Western Europe as the Ukrainian war in the East has entered its third year with no end...

10.03.2024 30

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John J. Metzler

Ukrainian storm front threatens Western Europe

By John J. Metzler LONDON — A stormy geopolitical weather front is converging on Western Europe as the Ukrainian war in the East has entered...

07.03.2024 20

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UN shows strong support for Ukraine sovereignty

By John J. Metzler John Metzler In a powerful vote of confidence for Ukraine's sovereignty and continuing independence, both the U.N. Security...

03.03.2024 30

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Poll shows bipartisan American concerns over distant conflicts

By John J. Metzler John J. Metzler Two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, some 74 percent of Americans view the war in...

25.02.2024 30

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Pakistan: always on brink

By John J. Metzler   Pakistan is politically on the brink again in the aftermath of fractious but inconclusive national parliamentary elections,...

18.02.2024 30

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World economy facing 'fragile resilience,' UN report warns

By John J. Metzler   While the world economy performed better than expected during 2023, tough times loom in the upcoming year. That’s...

31.01.2024 3

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World economy facing 'fragile resilience,' UN report warns

By John J. Metzler   While the world economy performed better than expected during 2023, tough times loom in the upcoming year. That’s...

29.01.2024 20

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Red Sea, geopolitics in bottle

By John J. Metzler Islamic Iran is pulling the strings and its local stooges are jumping to them threatening global commerce. But beyond Hamas...

17.01.2024 30

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Looking ahead at 2024

By John J. Metzler Looking into the snow globe, it’s that time of year to predict and prognosticate what awaits this tired world in the New Year....

03.01.2024 20

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North Korean missile launches: there they go again!

By John J. Metzler   There they go again! North Korea’s reclusive communist regime ended the year with a provocative intercontinental ballistic...

31.12.2023 10

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John J. Metzler

North Korean missile launches: there they go again!

By John J. Metzler   There they go again! North Korea’s reclusive communist regime ended the year with a provocative intercontinental ballistic...

27.12.2023 40

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Ukraine: war, peace and Congress

By John J. Metzler   We are approaching Ukraine’s second Christmas at war with Russia. Gone are the heady days and David and Goliath moments of...

14.12.2023 30

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Venezuela referendum threatens neighboring country

By John J. Metzler John J. Metzler Venezuela’s ruling Marxists are using some time-honored tricks to give their economically battered regime...

07.12.2023 30

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North Korea 'Third Time Lucky' launch of spy satellite

By John J. Metzler   North Korea got lucky. After two previous failures earlier this year to launch a spy satellite, Pyongyang successfully sent...

30.11.2023 10

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North Korea 'Third Time Lucky' launch of spy satellite

By John J. Metzler   North Korea got lucky. After two previous failures earlier this year to launch a spy satellite, Pyongyang successfully sent...

29.11.2023 30

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Argentines choose freedom over same old political tango

By John J. Metzler   Facing a tight and tense presidential election showdown, Argentines chose freedom. In a stunning upset, the South American...

23.11.2023 20

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Iran's expanding oil sales fuel policy ambitions

By John J. Metzler   As violence explodes throughout the Middle East, from Gaza to Yemen, and Syria to Iraq, the political fingerprints of the...

15.11.2023 20

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Political tsunami sweeps Southern Hemisphere

By John J. Metzler   “It’s the last bus stop in the world,” a former New Zealand prime minister once told me while he was visiting New...

31.10.2023 10

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Political tsunami sweeps Southern Hemisphere

By John J. Metzler   “It’s the last bus stop in the world,” a former New Zealand prime minister once told me while he was visiting New...

30.10.2023 10

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Effective human rights council needed now more than ever

By John J. Metzler   Over the past year, human rights abuses in places ranging from Afghanistan to Ukraine, and to Myanmar, Xinjiang, China and...

23.10.2023 10

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East Asian security debated at UN Assembly

  By John J. Metzler A wide swath of Asian security issues were discussed and deliberated during the recent U.N. General debate. China and Korea...

08.10.2023 30

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After Afghanistan; global conflicts widen, endure, spread

By John J. Metzler It's been two years since the fall of Afghanistan. The tragic collapse of Kabul to the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban signaled...

10.09.2023 20

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