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September 1, 2026

Iran Signals Expansion of Retaliation Beyond Military Targets

After Larak Island strike, Iranian academic and former adviser Mohammad Marandi warns of a “different” and “very painful” response that may include economic assets, with potential effects on energy General Article |September 2026 United States Central Command confirmed that American forces struck two launchers on Larak Island late on 30 August. Officials stated that Islamic… Continue reading

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desalination, economic targets, energy markets, escalation, Gulf infrastructure, iran, Larak Island, Mohammad Marandi, Operation Economic Outcast, Strait of Hormuz, United States
August 27, 2026

Iran and Oman Close America’s Hormuz Corridor

Joint navigation route through Iranian waters replaces the UN-backed southern path that US warships have escorted for five months America’s five-month effort to secure an alternative shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz is being rewritten by the very ally that helped establish it. Iran and Oman have agreed to create a temporary joint navigation… Continue reading

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August 25, 2026

Britain Transfers Storm Shadow Technology as Moscow Withdraws Its Ambassador

Technology transfer, an empty Russian embassy in London and explicit threats of strikes on production sites mark a decisive hardening of the European-Russian confrontation over Ukraine British Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Kyiv on 24 August 2026 for his first overseas engagement since taking office, coinciding with the thirty-fifth anniversary of Ukrainian independence. During… Continue reading

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August 24, 2026

Bessent Summons Markets as the Thirty-Year Yield Tests a Generation High

Expanded Treasury buybacks and a rare public intervention by the Secretary underline the rising cost of financing a public debt that now exceeds forty trillion dollars General Article | August 2026 The yield on the thirty-year United States Treasury note climbed to 5.34 per cent in recent sessions, marking the highest reading since the period… Continue reading

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August 21, 2026

The U.S. Vows to Impose the Toughest Sanctions in History on Iran

President Trump Declares ‘Economic D-Day,’ Threatening Crippling Sanctions for Dealing with Iran General Article | August 2026 Washington has launched what it describes as an economic D-Day against Iran, with United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowing to impose the toughest sanctions in history in a concerted effort to collapse the Iranian government. Speaking to… Continue reading

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August 21, 2026

What’s Happening with US Bonds, Debt, and Oil

Bond Market Reversal, $40 Trillion Debt Milestone, and Geopolitical Oil Premium: A Snapshot of US Fiscal and Market Pressures On August 19-20, 2026, US long-term Treasury yields largely erased the temporary relief from a surprise Treasury Department intervention, underscoring persistent fiscal and market tensions. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the department would at least… Continue reading

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August 20, 2026

The Ideological Architecture of the Free Market Myth and the Material Realities of State-Enforced Capital Accumulation

Class Power, Institutional Coercion, and the Dialectical Deconstruction of Market Neutrality in International Political Economy General Article | August 2026 The conventional framing of the global economic order around principles of unencumbered market exchange systematically disguises the coercive mechanisms that sustain contemporary capital accumulation. Liberal economic theory relies upon an abstract idealisation of market dynamics… Continue reading

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August 19, 2026

The Imported Genius

How America’s AI Revolution Relies on Chinese Talent and Why That Dependency May Prove Unsustainable The United States’ artificial intelligence boom, celebrated as a triumph of American innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, rests on a foundation that is far less homegrown than official narratives suggest. A comprehensive analysis by the Paulson Institute’s MacroPolo think tank reveals… Continue reading

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AI research, artificial intelligence, brain drain, China, DeepSeek, immigration, MacroPolo, Silicon Valley, talent, technology competition, Tony Wu, United States
August 19, 2026

The Illusion of the Free Market

How Liberal Ideology Conceals the Dictatorship of Capital and the Class War That Defines Our World Editorial Analysis | August 2026 The concept of a free market occupies a central place in Western political and economic discourse, presented as a system of voluntary exchange among equals that maximises welfare and liberty. Historical and institutional examination… Continue reading

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August 18, 2026

Nowhere To Run

How America’s War on Iran Has Exposed the Limits of Military Power, the Fragility of Financial Hegemony, and the Terminal Decline of Western Imperialism Editorial Analysis | August 2026 The war on Iran, which American planners confidently predicted would conclude within four to six weeks, has instead become a grinding conflict that is consuming the… Continue reading

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