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The Anxiety of a Hegemon – Why America Cannot Stop Saying It Is Still Ahead
The ritualistic declarations of continued primacy reveal a deeper structural crisis that no amount of reassurance can conceal Editorial Analysis | September 2026 The most revealing aspect of contemporary American discourse about China is not the substance of the claims but the frequency and ritualistic character of their repetition. For decades, the United States was… Continue reading
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The Kingdom That Cannot Sell Its Oil: How Yemen and Iran Have Trapped Saudi Arabia
Riyadh’s export lifelines are severed, its allies are wavering, and its American patron has no spare capacity to save it Editorial Analysis | September 2026 The suspension of all crude oil loadings from the Red Sea port of Yanbu represents the most severe disruption to Saudi Arabia’s oil export capacity since the kingdom began exporting… Continue reading
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The Lemon on a Stick: Saudi Arabia’s Structural Weakness and the Case for a Saudi-First Strategy
Why a kingdom that spends $83 billion on its military cannot defend its own oil infrastructure, and why the only rational course is to put its own house in order before it is too late Editorial Analysis | September 2026 The assessment that Saudi Arabia appears as weak and confused as any country in the… Continue reading
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The Energy Shock That Washington Pretended Wasn’t Happening
How the suppression of price signals turned a supply disruption into a systemic crisis, and why the costs are being borne by those who had no part in creating it Editorial Analysis | September 2026 The war that began on 28 February 2026 with joint United States and Israeli strikes on Tehran and several other… Continue reading
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Yemen Just Changed the Rules of the War
Yemen’s Defense Minister Just Put Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Manama on Notice Editorial Analysis | September 2026 The statement by Major General Mohammed Nasser al-Atifi that the next battle will not remain in Yemen but will penetrate deep into the territories of the aggressor coalition nations was not an isolated rhetorical flourish from a marginal… Continue reading
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Extracting the Last Reserves: Ukraine’s Manpower Crisis and the Question of Female Conscription
Manpower Crisis, Societal Militarisation and the Class Logic of Prolonged War in Ukraine General Article | September 2026 The debate over compulsory service for Ukrainian women has moved from the margins of policy discussion into sustained public circulation precisely because the existing male mobilisation system has reached visible limits. Former Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has… Continue reading
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The Illusion of the Free Market
How Liberal Ideology Conceals the Dictatorship of Capital and the Class War That Defines Our World Editorial Analysis | August 2026 The concept of a free market occupies a central place in Western political and economic discourse, presented as a system of voluntary exchange among equals that maximises welfare and liberty. Historical and institutional examination… Continue reading
