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Ukraine Is Being Ground Down. Europe Is Being Lined Up Next.
How the Apparent US-Europe Rift Conceals a Division-of-Labour Agreement That Puts European Troops in the Line of Fire Editorial Analysis | 1 June 2026 On 26 May 2026, the Wall Street Journal published a report stating that “the growing fear in European capitals is that President Vladimir Putin will try next to reshuffle the cards… Continue reading
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Everyone Wants to Be Great Again
The Putin–Xi Multipolar Declaration, the Data Behind It, and Why Fragmentation May Be a More Accurate Description Than Partnership Editorial Analysis | 31 May 2026 On 20 May 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a Joint Declaration on the Establishment of a Multipolar World and a New Type of International… Continue reading
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The Fractured Crescent
Power, Rivalry and Realignment in the Emerging Middle Eastern Order The Middle East enters another period of strategic transition as assumptions underpinning the regional order during the post-Cold War era face growing pressure from shifting power balances, changing economic realities, military confrontation, and the gradual erosion of uncontested American dominance. Public discussion frequently presents the… Continue reading
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From the Grand Chessboard to the Golden Node: The Biggest Geopolitical Deal Filipinos Barely Heard About
Pax Silica, Jacob Helberg’s AI Hub, and the Architecture of American China Containment in the Philippines Editorial Analysis | 30 May 2026 At 12:20 a.m. on 5 May 2026, a United States Army Typhon Mid-Range Capability launcher fired a Tomahawk cruise missile from Tacloban City Airport on Leyte Island in the central Philippines, striking its… Continue reading
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The President Changes. The Strategy Doesn’t
American Primacy, Structural Entrenchment, and the Path to Permanent Conflict On 8 March 1992, the New York Times published a front-page report under the headline “U.S. Strategy Plan Calls for Insuring No Rivals Develop,” based on a leaked draft of the Pentagon’s Defense Planning Guidance for fiscal years 1994 to 1999. The document, drafted under… Continue reading
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The Pentagon’s Drone Pivot Signals a Fundamental Shift in U.S. Military Doctrine
As Washington races to scale low-cost drone production after lessons from Ukraine, the United States is confronting a deeper challenge: transforming a defense system built for technological superiority into one capable of sustaining industrial-scale autonomous warfare during an active era of global competition. The U.S. Department of Defense is reportedly expanding efforts to strengthen domestic… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War
As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War
As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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Putin Left Beijing With Agreements. Trump Left With a Tour
Russia and China signed agreements. America extended oil licences it said it never would. Britain quietly importing Russian fuel, and a front-line disaster in Konstantinovka that Western media refuses to report – the week the Ukraine war changed permanently. An Editorial Analysis | May 2026 Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Beijing in the third week… Continue reading
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The President Who Stole His Country’s War
New recordings tie Zelensky’s inner circle to seven billion dollars in diverted military funds while Ukrainians die at the front An Editorial Analysis | May 2026 The political crisis gathering around Volodymyr Zelensky now extends far beyond military setbacks, territorial losses, mobilisation controversies, or deteriorating demographics. A far more dangerous threat has emerged from inside… Continue reading
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