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Indonesia Unrest: From Hormuz to Malacca, the Next Front?
How Washington’s pursuit of maritime dominance, from the Persian Gulf to Southeast Asia, is reshaping the geopolitical fate of the world’s fourth most populous nation and why Jakarta’s modest gestures of independence have already attracted familiar consequences Editorial Analysis | 16 June 2026 The American and Israeli strikes on Iran, launched on 28 February 2026,… Continue reading
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The Language of Losers: European Protectionism and the Limits of Western Trade Orthodoxy
When a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman stood at a lectern in Beijing on 11 June 2026 and addressed a Bloomberg News correspondent’s question about European supply-chain legislation, he said little that the Foreign Ministry had not said before. The EU’s proposed directive compelling companies to reduce over-dependency on single suppliers was, the spokesman observed, simply… Continue reading
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Trump’s Narrative Collides With Negotiation Reality
Behind the Scenes of Trump’s Claim That “Iran Accepted the Terms” As the United States retreated from its attempt to add new provisions to the draft agreement, Donald Trump simultaneously escalated his threats on social media and launched a campaign to portray Iran as having surrendered under military pressure. According to sources familiar with the… Continue reading
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The State of Israel Does Not Have A Right To Exist
States Have No Right to Exist: How Great Powers Weaponise Legal Ignorance to Immunise Preferred Governments from Accountability Academic Analysis | 11 June 2026 (A link to a general version of the article is at the bottom) The question of whether Israel has a right to exist is routinely posed in Western political discourse as… Continue reading
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The AI Spending Trap
How the largest capital expenditure programme in corporate history is being financed by debt rather than profit, sustained by narrative rather than demonstrated returns, and protected from scrutiny by a geopolitical strategy that punishes governments which attempt to build economies around public benefit rather than private accumulation This paper examines three interlocking phenomena that together… Continue reading
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Ukraine Bookends Russia’s ‘Davos’ with Drone Raids on St. Petersburg
More than 140 drones intercepted on the forum’s final day; airport suspended; Zelensky’s open letter to Putin offers talks but promises more strikes if war continues Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks on Russia’s second city in the early hours of Saturday, striking St. Petersburg as delegates prepared to depart the St. Petersburg… Continue reading
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The War That Remade Iran: Strategic Gains from the 2026 Conflict
How a Battered Islamic Republic Emerged with New Power, New Leadership, and a Changed Middle East The central premise of the February 2026 American and Israeli military campaign against Iran was straightforward: sustained aerial bombardment combined with targeted killings of the Islamic Republic’s senior leadership would either fracture the state or produce conditions amenable to… Continue reading
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The Proxy Doctrine: How Washington Wages War Through Tel Aviv While Feigning Ignorance
Washington’s long-prepared campaign Tehran operates through Israeli military assets, diplomatic theatre, and a calculated energy strategy designed to reshape Asia’s supply dependencies On 8 June 2026, Israeli aircraft struck Iranian military targets hours after Iran launched missiles toward Israel, and American officials promptly announced that United States forces had played no part in the operation.… Continue reading
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The Longest Betrayal
Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 and the Recolonisation of Zimbabwe Editorial Analysis | 06 June 2026 The liberation struggle that consumed the better part of two decades and cost tens of thousands of Zimbabwean lives was fought, at its irreducible core, for one thing: the right of Africans to choose who governed them. That right… Continue reading
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Washington Blockaded Iran’s Oil. China Is Blockading Washington’s Capital
The CSRC Brokerage Crackdown, the Hong Kong Gold Clearing System, and the Euroclear Bond Integration – How Beijing Is Targeting the Financial Architecture That Makes Dollar Dominance Possible The Iran ceasefire negotiations that have been publicly described since late April 2026 as approaching completion have not, as of the first days of June, produced a… Continue reading
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