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Do Not Underestimate the United States (Long Version)
Why the United States Seeks Control of Supply Routes Rather Than Conventional Victory American power has repeatedly been misread during prolonged geopolitical confrontations because commentators continue measuring strategic success through the narrow lens of immediate battlefield outcomes rather than through cumulative institutional, economic, and infrastructural transformation across decades. Independent geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic argued during… Continue reading
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China Rising, America in Decline?
A comparison of how the United States and China structure the relationship between capital and the state I found the video to be quite interesting and a great addition to the theme of today’s article. This is widely circulated Chinese economist policy commentator Eric X. Li (Li Shijun) interview commentary on China-US political economy, one… Continue reading
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Kagan and Boot: The Guilty Are Writing the Verdict (Extended Version)
From Tehran to Taiwan: The Men Who Built America’s Empire Are Now Writing Its Autopsy The extraordinary significance of the Max Boot interview with former CIA analyst John Culver does not rest merely in the military assessments themselves, severe as they already appear. The deeper significance rests in who is speaking, where they are speaking,… Continue reading
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White Genocide Escapees Head Home: Afrikaners Realize Life Under South Africa’s Black Majority Isn’t So Bad After All
Apparently, the ‘genocide’ wasn’t as scary as Trump’s healthcare premiums, housing crisis, and social isolation. In 2025, former U.S. President Donald Trump introduced a special refugee pathway that allowed some Afrikaner families to move to the United States, citing alleged genocide, persecution, discrimination and safety concerns in South Africa. The program was supported by Trump’s… Continue reading
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The Security Council’s Selective Condemnation of Iran
How the UN Resolution on Iran Omitted the Origins of the Conflict and Reflected the Politics of Power The resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council condemning Iran’s military actions across the Gulf has been presented as a clear statement in defence of regional stability. Yet the circumstances surrounding the vote raise serious questions… Continue reading
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Brazil Calls for Defence Co-operation with South Africa
Lula and Ramaphosa reflect a growing unease across the Global South after Western military actions in Venezuela and Iran, reinforcing fears that states outside major alliance systems remain vulnerable to coercion and intervention. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva used the recent visit of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Brasília to articulate a… Continue reading
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On the Cusp of Trump’s Regime Change and the Persian Gamble
The military build-up against Iran and the doctrines, alliances, and risks shaping a possible full-scale conflict Television reports from Channel 12 state that President Donald Trump stands on the verge of approving a large scale, week long military campaign against Iran that would be perceived internationally as full war rather than limited reprisal. Sources briefed… Continue reading
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Marco Declares Colonialist War on the Global South
Marco Rubio’s Munich Declaration of Colonial Revivalism amid the Crisis of Western Primacy and the Rise of the Global South Marco Rubio used the Munich Security Conference to present a civilisational argument grounded in imperial expansion and Western dominance. He declared that “for five centuries, before the end of the Second World War, the West… Continue reading
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Russian Foreign Policy in a Fragmenting OrderLavrov at the State Duma and the Structure of Multipolar PowerInstitutional Continuity under Strategic Pressure
An opinion analysis of Russia’s systemic positioning amid global realignmentSecurity, law, and sovereignty in contemporary Russian diplomacy Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov used the State Duma hearing to present a coherent account of Russian foreign policy under conditions described as structural change rather than episodic crisis. The remarks framed current conflicts as consequences of an exhausted… Continue reading
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Kenya’s High Court Refuses to Lift Freeze on $1.6 Billion U.S. Health Agreement
The ruling delivers a political setback to President William Ruto and underscores the constitutional and geopolitical stakes of health diplomacy and data sovereignty. Sanity prevails in Kenya for now. William Ruto has been the perfect “African Puppet” for the US Empire’s technocrats’ total surveillance digital prison ambitions. On February 12, 2026, Kenya’s High Court declined… Continue reading
