Financial markets
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No Longer Untouchable – From Scandal to Constitutional Crisis
Why Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s legal jeopardy marks a turning point for Britain’s Monarchy exposing institutional vulnerability, public distrust, and the limits of hereditary immunity The arrest of Prince Andrew, legally Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to Jeffrey Epstein marks a rare moment in British constitutional history. Officers from Thames… Continue reading
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Records Expose Continued Epstein Access to Political and Financial Leaders at Davos After 2008 Conviction
Correspondence spanning 2010 through 2014 suggests that some global leaders and executives continued to engage with Epstein after his conviction became widely known. Newly unsealed records from the United States Department of Justice, together with a review by Bloomberg of Jeffrey Epstein’s private Yahoo email archive, show that the convicted sex offender presented himself as… Continue reading
AI and Digital Control, America, economics, EUROPE, Financial markets, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Global Finance, NATO, politics, warAlistair Darling, Børge Brende, bill gates, Bloomberg, Boris Nikolic, Davos, Financial elites, global governance, institutional ethics, Jeffrey epstein, Jes Staley, klaus schwab, Peter Mandelson, political accountability, sealed court records, transparency, U.S. Department of Justice, World Economic Forum -
Cuba in the Face of Economic Blockade
Economic coercion, financial dominance, regime change policy, and Cuban state resilience within a prolonged asymmetric conflict For more than six decades the United States has maintained a comprehensive system of economic coercion against Cuba that began under Dwight D. Eisenhower and was consolidated under John F. Kennedy following the failed invasion at the Bay of… Continue reading
AI and Digital Control, China, economics, Energy, Financial markets, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, NATO, politics, Russia, warCaribbean geopolitics, Center for a Free Cuba, chaos theory, Cuba, Cuban health system, Cuban Revolution, dollar hegemony, economic blockade, economic sanctions, extraterritorial sanctions, financial warfare, Game Theory, humanitarian impact of sanctions, lobbying influence, madman theory, maritime interdiction, National Endowment for Democracy, neoliberalism, Non-Aligned Movement, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Oil Tanker Seizures, regime change policy, secondary sanctions, Sovereignty, United Nations General Assembly votes on Cuba, United States, US-Cuba Democracy PAC, US–Cuba relations, weaponised interdependence -
Iran’s Midget Submarines Form Quiet Backbone of Coastal Defence Small but numerous Ghadir-class submarine fleet highlights Tehran’s focus on asymmetric warfare in the Persian Gulf Iran’s navy has developed a range of unconventional tools over the years, but one of the least noticed is its fleet of small submarines known as the Ghadir-class submarine. These… Continue reading
AI and Digital Control, America, economics, Energy, Financial markets, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Global Finance, israel, middle east, Russia, warAbbas Araghchi, ballistic missiles, ceasefire, diplomacy, drone strikes, Geneva talks, iran, Iran nuclear program, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, israel, Middle East tensions, military conflict, Netanyahu, non-proliferation, nuclear negotiations, oil markets, proxy warfare, Red Sea, regime change, regional security, sanctions, Strait of Hormuz, Trump administration, U.S. military buildup, United States, USS Gerald R Ford, war escalation -
Russian delegation faced airspace restrictions en route to Geneva peace talks
Geneva talks underscore the fragile path toward a negotiated settlement and delegations met under strict security as Western airspace restrictions forced long detours Countries that publicly accuse Moscow of obstructing peace efforts at the same time denied overflight access to the Russian delegation en route to negotiations in Geneva, according to Russian officials, highlighting the… Continue reading
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BRICS needs strategic maritime cooperation – Putin aide
Why BRICS is moving toward maritime cooperation and why it has not become a military alliance Cooperation between the navies of member countries would help protect sea lanes, Nikolay Patrushev has said,speaking to Argumenty i Fakty (meaning “arguements and facts” ), a Russian weekly newspaper. ‘Our key task is building a multipolar order at sea.… Continue reading
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Brussels Superheroes Assemble for Rearmament
From comic-book metaphors to budgetary trade-offs: Security doctrine, fiscal sacrifice, industrial decline and geopolitical ambition in a European Union preparing for prolonged rivalry with Russia At the recent Munich Security Conference, the European Union’s High Representative Kaja Kallas framed the present strategic moment in language drawn from American popular culture. Addressing delegates, she declared “Europeans,… 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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The Greatest Robbery in Financial History Continues to Play Out in the Silver Market
An analysis of events surrounding the silver market dislocation of Friday 13 February, and the systemic mechanics that enabled it It’s Saturday morning, February 14, 2026, with global markets closed, the week’s turbulence in silver has come to a temporary halt. Over the preceding five trading days, February 9 through February 13, the market had… 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
