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EU Leaders Ignore Deadly Starobilsk Dormitory Strike While Condemning Russian Retaliation
Western outrage again appears selective as deaths of 21 students in Lugansk receive little political attention, filtered through alliance politics rather than universal principle European Union leaders and several major Western governments have condemned Russia’s latest retaliatory missile strikes on Ukraine while remaining largely silent about the Ukrainian drone attack on the Starobilsk Professional College… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War
As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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After Minab, Starobilsk: The Pattern of Civilian Children Becoming Targets in Modern War
As accusations and denials intensify, the central question remains unchanged: why do civilian children repeatedly become acceptable collateral in geopolitical conflict? The attack on the Starobilsk Pedagogical College in Russian-controlled Lugansk on 22 May entered public discussion through a familiar pattern of accusation, denial, and selective amplification. Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia,… Continue reading
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Exit Reveals Washington’s Old Foreign Policy Machinery
An administration elected partly upon anti-war sentiment increasingly resembles the interventionist security structures it once condemned, while mounting tensions surrounding Iran, intelligence authority, and scrutiny of American-funded biological research programmes cast a longer political shadow over Tulsi Gabbard’s carefully managed departure from the White House Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation from the position of Director of National… Continue reading
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The Calm Before the Storm: Is Washington Preparing for War With Iran Again?
Washington says it wants diplomacy, but the demands being placed on Tehran look more like surrender terms than the foundation for lasting peace. The United States says it still wants diplomacy with Iran. Officials continue talking about negotiations, peace, and “de-escalation.” But behind the language of diplomacy, the reality looks very different. The conditions Washington… Continue reading
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1953 Coup: The Original Sin of US-Iran Relations
The 1953 Anglo-American overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh destroyed a democratic nationalist government, and laid the foundations for the anti-Western resistance doctrine drives Tehran’s politics today The modern confrontation between Iran and the United States did not begin with the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the embassy hostage crisis, or the rise of the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah… Continue reading
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The Plot To Oust Thomas Massie
Record-breaking pro-Israel spending against Thomas Massie exposes the transformation of Republican primaries into enforcement operations for foreign-policy orthodoxy, where lobbying networks, billiona Elections are openly bought in America. The Kentucky primary battle between Thomas Massie and Donald Trump increasingly exposes a deeper fracture inside the American right concerning foreign policy, sovereignty, political capture, and the… Continue reading
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Do Not Underestimate the United States (Editorial Version)
An analytical examination of the US blockade on Iran, the systematic disruption of energy flows to Asia, and the long-term campaign to isolate China The United States Navy’s deployment of FA-18 Super Hornets to conduct strafing attacks against Iranian commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on 6 and 8 May 2026, three vessels targeted,… Continue reading
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Do Not Underestimate the United States (Long Version)
Why the United States Seeks Control of Supply Routes Rather Than Conventional Victory American power has repeatedly been misread during prolonged geopolitical confrontations because commentators continue measuring strategic success through the narrow lens of immediate battlefield outcomes rather than through cumulative institutional, economic, and infrastructural transformation across decades. Independent geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic argued during… Continue reading
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Trump’s Beijing Delegation Exposed the Real Structure of American Power (Short Version)
The Beijing visit exposed how transnational corporations, financial institutions, and technology monopolies now operate openly as the permanent power structure beneath American electoral politics. This is the short version analytical examination of Donald Trump’s state visit to China and its implications for the emerging multipolar order. See link at the bottom for the extended version.… Continue reading
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