The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is engaged in a guerilla war that has been ongoing for over 50 years and is one of the world's longest-running insurgencies. CPP says it is a revolutionary organization and its movement is waging an armed people's resistance against a corrupt, tyrannical, capitalist government dominated by the "bourgeoisie" and backed by the imperialist USA.

Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe. A major new book by New York Times bestselling author and geopolitical forecaster George Friedman (The Next 100 Years) with a bold thesis about coming events in Europe, this provocative work examines 'flashpoints'-unique geopolitical hotspots where tensions have erupted throughout history-and why conflict is due to emerge again.