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Washington’s Widening Front Against Multipolarism
Three theatres – Iran, Ukraine, and now the Philippines – one recurring pattern of escalation dressed as restraint On 21 June 2026, American aircraft struck the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites in Iran, an operation Donald Trump ordered after months of on-again, off-again negotiation. A ceasefire followed on 24 June, and on 17 June… Continue reading
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The Price Of Industrial Strategy
How China Built a Global Electric Vehicle Industry Through State Capitalism, and How Washington Answered with Tariff Wall Editorial Analysis | June 2026 (This headline image is the Geely Geome Xingyuan is a compact hatchback that sells for under $10,000) I. The Industrial Reset: China’s EV Strategy from 2009 When China formally identified new energy… Continue reading
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The $23,000 car America cannot buy
How fifteen years of Chinese industrial policy produced an electric vehicle Detroit cannot match and why tariffs may be solving the wrong problem General News Article | June 2026 (The headline image is the Geely Geome Xingyuan is a compact hatchback that sells for under $10,000) In 2023 BYD began selling a small electric hatchback… Continue reading
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After Ukraine’s Largest Drone Assault, the Kremlin Faces Hard Choices
An analytical assessment of the Moscow drone strikes of 17 May 2026, the internal pressures reshaping Russian strategic decision-making, and the diminishing viability of a negotiated settlement Editorial Analysis | 17 May 2026 Eight days after Vladimir Putin told journalists at a Kremlin press conference that the conflict with Ukraine was coming to a conclusion,… Continue reading
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The End of Orbán, Not Orbánism
Magyar maintains sovereignty policy while altering Hungary’s position inside EU bargaining as Energy dependence and EU leverage define Hungary’s policy regardless of leadership change Hungary’s recent election removed Viktor Orbán from office after more than a decade of centralised rule, replacing him with Péter Magyar following a vote that delivered roughly 54 per cent to… Continue reading
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DeepSeek and the End of American AI Cost Dominance
How DeepSeek exposed the economic weakness inside high-cost American artificial intelligence systems DeepSeek released a lower-cost artificial intelligence model that approaches the performance range of leading American systems while operating at a fraction of the reported price. Reported token pricing places DeepSeek near $3.48 per million output tokens, while comparable frontier systems from OpenAI and… Continue reading
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Kushner’s Foreign Deals and Policy Role Face Congressional Scrutiny
Officials cite national security and ethics concerns tied to investment activity and international negotiations U.S. Representative Yassamin Ansari says she plans to investigate Jared Kushner over concerns about conflicts between U.S. foreign policy activity and private financial interests. Kushner is the son-in-law of Donald Trump, a relationship that placed him in a senior advisory role… Continue reading
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While We Watch: The Quiet Power Grab of AI and The Hidden Reordering of Work and Wealth
AI, data, and automation are remaking society, while energy, water, jobs are quietly redistributed and structural change is accelerating without public debate A careful examination of the past twenty-four hours reveals not a collection of disconnected announcements, but a set of developments that, taken together, illustrate the current direction of travel in advanced economies: heavy… Continue reading
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Tungsten Prices Soar as China’s Export Controls Threaten Western Economies and Military Supply Chains
Tungsten, vital for weapons and industry, is becoming increasingly scarce under export bans and geopolitical pressure Industrial metals markets are under severe strain as demand rises sharply and supply tightens across key inputs. Prices for strategic materials linked to defence production have moved higher across global markets since late 2024. The London Metal Exchange and… Continue reading
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A Shift in Israel’s Strategy Toward War’s End
A New Phase: Israel Considers the Endgame While Iran Resiliently Endures The conflict in Iran has reached a point of marked exhaustion. Senior former Israeli IDF intelligence officials are now openly suggesting that Israel should cease its military operations. According to reports, this view is shared by individuals like Yossi Melman, who spoke with a… Continue reading
