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The Makkah Agreement and the Emerging Architecture of Regional Defence
The Saudi-Türkiye-Pakistan Defence Partnership and the Reconfiguration of Regional Security General Article | August 2026 The geopolitical landscape of the Middle East and South Asia underwent a significant transformation on 7 August 2026 when Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah, establishing a framework that stipulates… Continue reading
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The Mask of Western Liberalism Has Slipped
Western Industrial Policy and the Abandonment of Market Orthodoxy Exposes the Class War in the Face of Chinese Competition The ideological edifice upon which Western global dominance was constructed has collapsed with remarkable speed. For decades, the United States and its allies justified their hegemony through a simple formula that presented liberal democracy and free… Continue reading
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The Yen Crisis and the Unravelling of Dollar Hegemony
The Yen Crisis and the Unravelling of Dollar Hegemony: How America’s Energy War Is Breaking Its Own Financial System Editorial Analysis | August 2026 Japan’s currency has experienced its most dramatic decline in four decades, with the yen plunging to 163.99 per American dollar on 23 July 2026, a level not witnessed since 1986. This… Continue reading
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Iranian Claims of U.S. Insider Trading and Executive Leverage in the 2026 Energy Futures Markets
The concentration of market-moving announcements in a narrow circle of decision-makers makes the observed pattern of large, precisely timed short positions difficult to explain without insider knowledge during the Persian Gulf Standoff The concentration of market-moving announcements in a narrow circle of decision-makers makes the observed pattern of large, precisely timed short positions difficult to… Continue reading
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Timeline: From Saudi Arabia’s Message to Iran to Trump’s Strike Reversal
How a diplomatic call between Riyadh and Tehran exposes the structural tensions created by American military facilities on Arab territory during the 2026 conflict General Article | August 2026 Saudi Arabia conveyed a formal warning to Iranian authorities in early March 2026, insisting that continued attacks on the kingdom and neighbouring Gulf states would compel… Continue reading
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The New Alexandrian Book Burning – How AI Labs Are Pulping the Human Record
The systematic destruction of physical books for artificial intelligence training represents an unprecedented assault on humanity’s cultural inheritance, sanctioned by courts and executed at industrial scale The development of artificial intelligence has required vast quantities of human-produced text, and the methods by which technology companies have acquired this material have attracted increasing scrutiny as the… Continue reading
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Cloud Capital, Autonomous Weapons and the Fracturing of Dollar Hegemony
How platform rents, battlefield data extraction and payment-system alternatives are reshaping the political economy of conflict in the mid-2020s The concentration of computational power within a handful of privately owned platforms has begun to reshape both commercial exchange and the conduct of organised violence. Algorithms that once merely recommended consumer goods now perform target selection,… Continue reading
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Iraqi Authorities Dismantle Ukrainian-Linked Militant Cells in Baghdad
A senior official confirmed that intelligence investigations established direct operational links between the detained operatives and Kiev Iraqi security agencies have dismantled several covert militant cells that conducted targeted attacks on infrastructure within the country under the direction of Ukrainian authorities, according to public statements delivered by National Security Adviser Qasim al-Aboudi. During a televised… Continue reading
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Russia cannot survive without victory in Ukraine – Medvedev
The West has been using Kiev as a “battering ram” against Moscow, the former president says Russia can only preserve its sovereignty and long-term security by achieving victory in the Ukraine conflict because the West is attempting to weaken and ultimately dismantle the country through Kiev, former President Dmitry Medvedev has said. Medvedev, who serves… Continue reading
