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The East African Coast as a New Line of Geopolitical Pressure

The East African Coast as a New Line of Geopolitical Pressure

East Africa Rebuilds the Indian Ocean Frontier Through Infrastructure That Refuses Old Hierarchies. A new dynamic emerges here — one that elevates...

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Rebecca Chan

COVID-Era Federal Relief, Minnesota Fraud, and the Question of Al-Shabaab* Financing

COVID-Era Federal Relief, Minnesota Fraud, and the Question of Al-Shabaab* Financing

The revelation that COVID-19 era federal relief programs in Minnesota were fleeced by Somali migrants who likely passed the loot to the Al-Shabaab*...

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Simon Chege Ndiritu

Japan’s Defence Landscape and False Ambitions

Japan’s defence landscape is undergoing a transformative phase with the initiation of the next-generation submarine program. Japan’s Ministry of...

yesterday 7

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Simon Westwood

A Permanent Eurasian Settlement?

A Permanent Eurasian Settlement?

Trump claims to want to settle thirty years of disputes with Russia. Is this possible? What would it take? Is the West willing to actually reach...

yesterday 30

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Bryan Anthony Reo

Capture, Terror, Genocide: The Systematic Annihilation of Palestine Under Netanyahu's Leadership

Capture, Terror, Genocide: The Systematic Annihilation of Palestine Under Netanyahu's Leadership

For over half a century, the bloody drama of Palestine’s occupation has dragged on, but in recent years, it has entered its darkest and most overt...

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Viktor Mikhin

Limits of the US-Saudi Strategic Ties

Limits of the US-Saudi Strategic Ties

Trump may have embraced Mohammad bin Salman, but Washington’s “reset” with Riyadh is more illusion than alliance. The visit and the many deals Amid...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

South Asia Remains Tense

The collapse of negotiations on solving bilateral issues between Pakistan and Afghanistan and powerful terrorist attacks, first in New Delhi and...

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Vladimir Terehov

The AI Bubble: An Algorithmic Chain Reaction, Deadlier than the Dotcom Crash!

The AI Bubble: An Algorithmic Chain Reaction, Deadlier than the Dotcom Crash!

The parallels between the AI bubble and past financial crises are too numerous to ignore. We have excessive valuations disconnected from profits....

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Tamer Mansour

US-South Korea Negotiations

On November 14, 2025, the Republic of Korea and the United States published a joint report on the summit between President Lee Jae-myung and...

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Konstantin Asmolov

Why the UNSC Resolution on Gaza Risks Failing

Why the UNSC Resolution on Gaza Risks Failing

The recent international mandate to President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza violates Palestinians’ rights and is bound to fail as it lacks...

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Abbas Hashemite

The Old Europe Behind the New Flags

The Old Europe Behind the New Flags

Europe’s most vehemently anti-Russian leaders, such as Kaja Kallas and Ursula von der Leyen, are not moral beacons but heirs to long-standing...

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Phil Butler

Japan's Top Cop Has a Woman's Face... and a Nuclear Agenda

Japan's Top Cop Has a Woman's Face... and a Nuclear Agenda

Japan’s first female prime minister is steering her country onto the path of nuclear war. Are the nation’s foundational “Three Principles” being...

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Ksenia Muratshina

A Protected Criminal Syndicate: How the U.S. and Its Satellites Have Trampled International Law

A Protected Criminal Syndicate: How the U.S. and Its Satellites Have Trampled International Law

While the world hypocritically pontificates on disarmament, an untouchable rogue state operates in the Middle East—Israel, whose nuclear club and...

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Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

Why Are Belgium’s F-35s Grounded? When a €5.6 Billion Jet Meets a Country Too Small to Fly It

Why Are Belgium’s F-35s Grounded? When a €5.6 Billion Jet Meets a Country Too Small to Fly It

Belgium has taken delivery of its first F-35s, yet the country cannot fully operate them: its airspace is simply too narrow for the aircraft’s...

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Ricardo Martins

No Cause for Celebration in Gaza over United Nations Security Council Resolution and its Board of Peace!

No Cause for Celebration in Gaza over United Nations Security Council Resolution and its Board of Peace!

The UN Security Council’s November 17, 2025, resolution, endorsing elements of Donald Trump’s peace plan and establishing a transitional “Board of...

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Seth Ferris

Orbán's Moscow Visit: Hungary's Energy Realism Meets Poland's Diplomatic Boycott

Orbán's Moscow Visit: Hungary's Energy Realism Meets Poland's Diplomatic Boycott

Viktor Orbán’s visit to Moscow was a demonstration of Hungarian pragmatism: Budapest is seeking energy stability and pathways to peace in Ukraine...

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Adrian Korczyński

The Endless Cycle of Dependency: How Foreign Alliances Hurt Pakistan’s Stability

The Endless Cycle of Dependency: How Foreign Alliances Hurt Pakistan’s Stability

The incumbent Pakistani government’s extra attention to foreign issues is leading to a governance crisis and domestic instability. A Persistent...

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Taut Bataut

Israel and Armenia – An Unlikely Alliance?

Israel and Armenia – An Unlikely Alliance?

In this contentious world, it is not uncommon for yesterday’s opponents to become partners and allies, a shift driven by changing priorities in the...

30.11.2025 50

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Alexandr Svaranc

The West’s Climate Hypocrisy

The West’s insistence on completely phasing out fossil fuels at the recently concluded COP30 summit exposes their hypocrisy on climate change. This...

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Pranay Kumar Shome

Maritime Logistics 2.0: The Indian Ocean as the New Axis of Asian Mobility

Maritime Logistics 2.0: The Indian Ocean as the New Axis of Asian Mobility

The Indian Ocean is emerging as a new geopolitical and logistical fracture line, where Asian powers are building an independent maritime...

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Rebecca Chan