economics
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Domestic Turmoil and Foreign Brinkmanship Push the U.S. Toward a Critical Crossroads

As nationwide protests challenge federal authority, rising pressure on Iran and looming military options raise fears of dangerous miscalculation at home and abroad. The crisis now unfolding is no longer confined to a single country or a single issue. It is developing simultaneously inside the United States and across the Middle East, with each front… Continue reading
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Russian General Rejects U.S. Narrative on Venezuela Crisis, Labels Maduro’s Betrayal as Internal, Not External

Apti Alaudinov challenges claims of U.S. intervention, blames Venezuela’s leadership for Maduro’s capture, and critiques Russian air defense systems’ effectiveness without loyal forces. Russian Lieutenant General Apti Alaudinov, a prominent commander in the Akhmat forces, recently weighed in on the situation in Venezuela, offering a sharp rebuttal to the U.S. narrative surrounding the capture of… Continue reading
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Iran Accuses U.S. and Israel of Stoking Unrest by Supporting Foreign Terrorists

As deadly protests continue over economic woes, Iranian officials blame external forces for fueling violence, while President Trump signals potential intervention. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused the U.S. and Israel of actively stoking unrest within the country by supporting “foreign terrorists” embedded among protesters. In a televised interview, Pezeshkian claimed that the violent unrest,… Continue reading
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Power Without Restraint in Defence of Dollar Primacy

Resource control, dollar primacy, and the costs of discarding realism The recent pattern of United States behaviour towards Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, Iran, and even Greenland reflects a continuity in coercive statecraft rooted in resource control, financial dominance, and regime pressure rather than isolated rhetorical excess. The kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, described in United… Continue reading
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The Myth of the Peaceful Era: Conflict as a Permanent Feature of Global Order

Conflict persistence from empire to unipolarity in a long view of organised violence The modern international system shows persistent armed conflict across centuries, with no decade entirely free from warfare across regions. Historical datasets covering roughly three thousand five hundred years record only about two hundred sixty eight years without major wars. These figures align… Continue reading
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Maduro Removal In Defence of the Petrodollar System and Energy Dominance

How energy control sustains petrodollar power against multipolar challengers, China, Russia, BRICS expansion, and alternative payment systems The removal of Venezuela’s head of state formed part of a broader contest over the architecture of global payments, energy settlement, and monetary hierarchy. The operation did not arise from humanitarian urgency, democratic reform, or governance failure. Strategic… Continue reading
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Venezuela Denounces Alleged U.S. Military Aggression and Declares State of Foreign Commotion

Official statement from Venezuela on the attacks by the United States on Venezuelan territory. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, denounces, and condemns before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current Government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and population in the civilian and military localities of… Continue reading



