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US Army’s AI Warfare Plans Face a Reality Check in Desert Exercises
Drone failures, unreliable equipment and bureaucratic obstacles raise questions about America’s readiness for modern warfare and its ability to counter adversaries experienced in large-scale drone attacks. General Article | October 2026 The US Army’s ambitions for AI-enabled warfare faced a serious test during a major military exercise in the Mojave Desert in July, according to… Continue reading
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Never Attack India on Twitter: Elon Musk’s Starlink Showdown with Indian
Why India Won’t Sacrifice National Security and Regulatory Control for a Billionaire’s Business Ambitions General Article | October 2026 Elon Musk appears to have learned the second lesson the hard way. After accusing Indian “oligarchs” of obstructing Starlink to preserve their “monopolistic chokehold” on the market, he went further and branded the situation “a crime… Continue reading
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Is the US Insurgency Strategy Against Iran Now in Play?
How Brookings’ Which Path to Persia? envisaged support for armed opposition and what the escalating insurgency in Sistan and Baluchestan reveals about the wider campaign against Tehran. Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The escalation of armed violence in Sistan and Baluchestan during 2026 corresponds precisely to a strategic option formally examined in the Brookings Institution’s… Continue reading
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The Feminisation of Authority: How the Accumulation of Unaccountable Power is Breaking Society
The transformation of female social networks from geographically bounded conservators of culture to digitally mediated engines of consensus has produced a novel form of power that overrides every parent, every community, and every tradition and it is accountable to no one Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The transformation of female social organisation over the past… Continue reading
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Social Unrest in Europe: A Revolt of the Excluded
From Madrid to Berlin, from Paris to Rome, the working classes of Europe are rising against austerity, housing speculation, and a war economy that serves an oligarchy while demanding their sacrifice Editorial Analysis | October 2026 A wave of social unrest is sweeping across Western Europe, from the housing protests in Spain triggered by the… Continue reading
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The Generals in Kiev: Die for the Alliance, But Don’t Ask to Join
NATO alliance’s top military body visited Ukraine to show solidarity while the US says membership that would require them to defend Ukraine is “not on the table” Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The NATO Military Committee’s visit to Kiev on 7 October 2026, the first such visit in eight years, constitutes a strategic communication exercise… Continue reading
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How the White House Sold a Pyramid Scheme to the American People
The billionaires who gathered at the White House signed a non-binding promise to police themselves, while their data centres drain the water and electricity of American towns and their AI models replace the jobs of American workers Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The White House gathering on 29 September 2026 brought together the most powerful… Continue reading
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When China Challenged Western Human Rights Criticism at the United Nations
Beijing rejected accusations over its human rights record and turns scrutiny back on Britain, Australia, Canada, Japan and other Western governments General Article | October 2026 China mounted a forceful response at the United Nations on October 5, 2026, after the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Ireland, Czechia and Lithuania criticised China’s human rights record during… Continue reading
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Why You Are Getting Poorer While the Economy Grows
The Case Against Central Banks Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The banking system that governs the global economy is not a neutral mechanism for intermediating between savers and investors but a class weapon wielded by a transnational financial oligarchy to control credit allocation, determine which sectors expand and which contract, and discipline labour by creating… Continue reading
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The Hunters Became the Hunted
How Iran flipped the war on its attackers and turned oil into a weapon aimed at the American economy Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The Taylor Rule, developed by Stanford economist John Taylor in 1993, was designed to guide central banks in setting interest rates in response to inflation and economic output, and it assumes… Continue reading
