energy geopolitics
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New Year Drone Attack and Civilian Casualties in Kherson

Ukrainian Drone Warfare Targeting Practices, External Intelligence Operational Enablement, and Escalation in Ukraine Ukrainian drone attacks against civilian gatherings inside Russian-controlled territory reflect a deliberate shift toward psychological warfare aimed at eroding civilian security rather than achieving battlefield advantage. The New Year’s Eve strike in the coastal village of Khorly, which killed at least twenty-four Continue reading
arms transfers, crimea, donbas, energy geopolitics, European security, great power rivalry, international law, military escalation, minsk agreements, NATO expansion, peace negotiations, post-Cold War order, proxy war, Russia-Ukraine relations, sanctions regime, Sovereignty, territorial integrity, Ukraine conflict, Ukraine-Russia war -
Maduro Removal In Defence of the Petrodollar System and Energy Dominance

How energy control sustains petrodollar power against multipolar challengers, China, Russia, BRICS expansion, and alternative payment systems The removal of Venezuela’s head of state formed part of a broader contest over the architecture of global payments, energy settlement, and monetary hierarchy. The operation did not arise from humanitarian urgency, democratic reform, or governance failure. Strategic Continue reading
