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Iran Signals Expansion of Retaliation Beyond Military Targets
After Larak Island strike, Iranian academic and former adviser Mohammad Marandi warns of a “different” and “very painful” response that may include economic assets, with potential effects on energy General Article |September 2026 United States Central Command confirmed that American forces struck two launchers on Larak Island late on 30 August. Officials stated that Islamic… Continue reading
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American Strike on Larak Island and Iranian Retaliation Widen the Contested Theatre
Direct attacks near the Strait of Hormuz, reciprocal launches against United States bases in Jordan, and explicit threats against Israeli leadership mark a further expansion of the conflict’s geographic and political scope General Article | August 2026 United States Central Command confirmed that American forces struck two launchers on Larak Island late on 30 August.… Continue reading
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Jurisdiction and Impunity
By attacking the ICC, the United States is undermining the international legal order that it has historically used to legitimise its own interventions The International Criminal Court, established by the Rome Statute in 1998 and operational since 2002, represents the most ambitious effort in history to create a permanent international tribunal capable of prosecuting genocide,… Continue reading
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The Imported Genius
How America’s AI Revolution Relies on Chinese Talent and Why That Dependency May Prove Unsustainable The United States’ artificial intelligence boom, celebrated as a triumph of American innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, rests on a foundation that is far less homegrown than official narratives suggest. A comprehensive analysis by the Paulson Institute’s MacroPolo think tank reveals… Continue reading
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Nowhere To Run
How America’s War on Iran Has Exposed the Limits of Military Power, the Fragility of Financial Hegemony, and the Terminal Decline of Western Imperialism Editorial Analysis | August 2026 The war on Iran, which American planners confidently predicted would conclude within four to six weeks, has instead become a grinding conflict that is consuming the… Continue reading
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Japan Got There First
How decades of economic stagnation turned Japan into a preview of the social crisis now spreading across the West General Article | August 2026 The tendency within Western media to frame Japan as an exotic curiosity, a place where human behaviour is filtered through an inscrutable cultural lens and presented as evidence of deep national… Continue reading
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The Mask of Western Liberalism Has Slipped
Western Industrial Policy and the Abandonment of Market Orthodoxy Exposes the Class War in the Face of Chinese Competition The ideological edifice upon which Western global dominance was constructed has collapsed with remarkable speed. For decades, the United States and its allies justified their hegemony through a simple formula that presented liberal democracy and free… Continue reading
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Treasury Secretary Bessent Demands Fed Expansion as Yen Crisis Threatens Global Bond Markets
Washington and Tokyo scramble to prevent Japanese fire sale of $1.14 trillion in US debt as currency intervention proves insufficient The United States Treasury has effectively placed the Federal Reserve on notice, demanding the expansion of a little-known emergency lending facility as the deepening yen crisis threatens to trigger a fire sale of American government… Continue reading
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Iranian Claims of U.S. Insider Trading and Executive Leverage in the 2026 Energy Futures Markets
The concentration of market-moving announcements in a narrow circle of decision-makers makes the observed pattern of large, precisely timed short positions difficult to explain without insider knowledge during the Persian Gulf Standoff The concentration of market-moving announcements in a narrow circle of decision-makers makes the observed pattern of large, precisely timed short positions difficult to… Continue reading
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The Middle East on the Brink
The conflict is no longer confined to a single front, with Jordan, Kuwait, and the Gulf emerging as potential flashpoints in the next stage of the crisis. The latest developments suggest the conflict may be entering a far more dangerous phase. Based on the information I have reviewed, Iran allegedly carried out one of its… Continue reading
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