Geopolitics
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Faltering American Strategy in the Middle East
Escalation in the Strait: Trump, Iran, and the Anatomy of a Strategic Trap The Strait of Hormuz has long been recognised as one of the world’s most consequential maritime chokepoints. Approximately 20 per cent of globally traded oil passes through its narrow waters, making its security a matter of strategic concern for every major economy.… Continue reading
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The Fracturing of European Solidarity:
Ukrainian Refugees and the Retreat from Humanitarian Commitment The numbers alone tell a story of unprecedented displacement. As of May 2026, Eurostat recorded 4.38 million Ukrainian refugees under temporary protection across European Union member states, with Germany hosting 1.28 million, Poland 967,500, and Spain 267,700 (1). Women constitute the majority of these refugees, reflecting the… Continue reading
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Decline on the World Stage
Strategic Solvency, Institutional Interventions, and the Structural Attrition of the Transnational System Editorial Analysis |July 2026 The Strategic Insolvency of Asymmetric Conflict The structural stability of a global superpower depends on maintaining strategic solvency, a condition where external military commitments remain balanced by domestic fiscal capacity and industrial endurance. The deployment of significant American military… Continue reading
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America’s Terrorist Pipeline For War with China
Two recent decisions to remove designated terrorist organisations from US lists sit inside a longer pattern of tactical realignment against China and Russia National Public Radio published a lengthy feature on 17 May 2026 profiling Uyghur fighters who helped topple the Assad government in Syria, describing them through interviews conducted in Idlib and Jisr al-Shughur… Continue reading
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China Defends Export Controls as Japan Criticizes Rare Earth Restrictions
Beijing argues its measures are a restrained response to Japan’s growing military role and its position on Taiwan, while Tokyo says the restrictions are harming its economy. China has banned the export of all dual-use items to Japanese military users and for Japan’s military use. According to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the goal is… Continue reading
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Report: Ghalibaf’s Zurich Visit and Growing Evidence of Internal Divisions Over the Islamabad MoU
The reported arrival of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Zurich comes amid continuing controversy surrounding the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Iran’s negotiations with the United States, and growing questions regarding the balance of power within the Islamic Republic. While many of the most detailed claims regarding the negotiation process remain unverified, a… Continue reading
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The Racket That Never Sleeps: How War Profiteers Manufacture Consent and Sell Sacrifice
A plain-language investigation into the business of organised violence, the myths that sustain it, and the interests that profit from it War is a racket. Those words were written in 1935 by Major General Smedley Butler, a decorated veteran who had spent his career fighting America’s foreign wars and came to recognise that he had… Continue reading
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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 Illusion of Freedom – The Most Effective Prison Is the One You Can’t See
Why millions are beginning to question the institutions, assumptions, and power structures they’ve been taught to call freedom. THE AMOUNT OF BRAINWASHING AND INDOCTRINATION IT TAKES TO CONVINCE BILLIONS of PEOPLE THEY ARE FREE IS INCREDIBLE, BUT 15-20 YEARS IN USELESS SCHOOL EDUCATION SITTING BEHIND A DESK PLUS RELIGION IS ALL IT TAKES THIS JOKER… Continue reading
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Jewish Lobby’ Deceived Putin – Lukashenko
Moscow and Kiev were close to a peace deal in early 2022 before it was derailed, Belarusian president claims Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was misled into withdrawing troops from areas near Kiev in 2022 by actors presenting themselves as supporters of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s willingness to pursue… Continue reading
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