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The NDAA’s Hidden Consequence: Deeper US-Israel Military Integration

The NDAA’s Hidden Consequence: Deeper US-Israel Military Integration

The NDAA’s Hidden Consequence: Deeper US-Israel Military Integration Deeper US-Israel military integration under the NDAA could lock Washington into...

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Abbas Hashemite

Can America win ‘Trade War’ with Canada?

Can America win ‘Trade War’ with Canada? Washington may be able to impose greater costs on Canada, but by weaponising its largest market, it is...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

President of the Association of Russian Diplomats and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Pogos Akopov: “Today the entire developing world is with us”

President of the Association of Russian Diplomats and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Pogos Akopov: “Today the entire developing world is with us”

President of the Association of Russian Diplomats and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Pogos Akopov: “Today the entire developing world...

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Ksenia Muratshina

Ukraine Before Membership: Brussels Is Bypassing Its Own Enlargement Rules

Ukraine Before Membership: Brussels Is Bypassing Its Own Enlargement Rules

Ukraine Before Membership: Brussels Is Bypassing Its Own Enlargement Rules Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk has announced that...

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Adrian Korczyński

Armenia in Iran’s Foreign Economic Policy amid US–Iran confrontation

Armenia in Iran’s Foreign Economic Policy amid US–Iran confrontation

Armenia in Iran’s Foreign Economic Policy amid US–Iran confrontation Iran is “entrenching” itself in Armenia through forging an alternative...

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Samyar Rostami

Israel vs. Turkey: Bombs Away—How I Learned to Love the Bomb

Israel vs. Turkey: Bombs Away—How I Learned to Love the Bomb Israel’s strike on the old Syrian airbase of Abu al-Duhur, which Turkey had planned...

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Seth Ferris

Ukraine Schedules Elections for the Fifth of Never

Ukraine Schedules Elections for the Fifth of Never While the West seems to specialize in deciding which elections are valid, “free and fair,” and...

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Bryan Anthony Reo

The Mecca Pact is a step towards excluding Washington from the Middle Eastern defense and security architecture

The Mecca Pact is a step towards excluding Washington from the Middle Eastern defense and security architecture Donald Trump’s chaotic isolationism...

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

The Quiet Scaling: Russia’s Post-Electoral Window and the Architecture of Prolonged Capability

The Quiet Scaling: Russia’s Post-Electoral Window and the Architecture of Prolonged Capability While public narratives continue to emphasize Russian...

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Phil Butler

The Geopolitics of Chokepoint Power

The Geopolitics of Chokepoint Power The ongoing war in the Middle East has revealed how the process of globalization has contributed to the...

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Pranay Kumar Shome

F-35: Türkiye Requests, Israel Attacks…

F-35: Türkiye Requests, Israel Attacks… Relations between Israel and Türkiye remain extremely tense. Following Iran’s footsteps, Sunni Türkiye...

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Alexandr Svaranc

Eritrea: The Trump Card That Breaks Iran and the Houthis' Game for Control Over the World's Oil Chokepoints

Eritrea: The Trump Card That Breaks Iran and the Houthis’ Game for Control Over the World’s Oil Chokepoints Eritrea—often dubbed “Africa’s...

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Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

Pursuing AI-Driven Cybersecurity in Southeast Asia & Advancing Indonesia's Digital Resilience

Pursuing AI-Driven Cybersecurity in Southeast Asia & Advancing Indonesia's Digital Resilience

Pursuing AI-Driven Cybersecurity in Southeast Asia & Advancing Indonesia’s Digital Resilience The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) in...

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Hendra Manurung

Two Ships, One Storm: How Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Were Steered into the Same Reef

Two Ships, One Storm: How Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Were Steered into the Same Reef Western commentary likes to file these under “South Asian...

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Tamer Mansour

Europe’s Metaphysical Fracture. Why Peace with Russia Requires More Than Diplomacy

Europe’s Metaphysical Fracture. Why Peace with Russia Requires More Than Diplomacy

Europe’s Metaphysical Fracture. Why Peace with Russia Requires More Than Diplomacy The rupture between Russia and Europe cannot be understood solely...

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Olivier Roynard

Patrushev in Brazil: Russia Strengthens Strategic Partnerships in the Global South

Patrushev in Brazil: Russia Strengthens Strategic Partnerships in the Global South

Patrushev in Brazil: Russia Strengthens Strategic Partnerships in the Global South Nikolai Patrushev’s visit to Brazil demonstrates that Moscow is...

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Ricardo Martins

Poland’s Three Decades of Strategic Rigidity: The Russia Policy That Never Was. Part 2

Poland’s Three Decades of Strategic Rigidity: The Russia Policy That Never Was. Part 2

Poland’s Three Decades of Strategic Rigidity: The Russia Policy That Never Was. Part 2 Poland has spent three decades without a coherent strategy...

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Adrian Korczyński

America: Superpower of the Depleted Arsenal

America: Superpower of the Depleted Arsenal

America: Superpower of the Depleted Arsenal The world’s richest and so-called “most powerful” military power is running out of the missiles it...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

The Quiet Betrayal of the World: Five Years of Taliban Rule and the Price of Pragmatism

The Quiet Betrayal of the World: Five Years of Taliban Rule and the Price of Pragmatism

The Quiet Betrayal of the World: Five Years of Taliban Rule and the Price of Pragmatism On the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power,...

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Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

Beyond the New Cold War: The Rise of Competing Power Corridors

Beyond the New Cold War: The Rise of Competing Power Corridors The emerging global order is not evolving into a new Cold War of two rigid blocs, but...

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Abbas Hashemite

How Trump overstepped his role as American leader to violate FIFA rules and principles

How Trump overstepped his role as American leader to violate FIFA rules and principles Between political interference, consular arbitration, and...

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

The War in Sudan: A Tool of Global Plunder

The War in Sudan: A Tool of Global Plunder While the ongoing war in Sudan is presented in the media as a civil war, recent revelations, including by...

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Simon Chege Ndiritu

A Message From Aboard Russian “Varyag”: Why Japan Has to Forget About Revanchism

A Message From Aboard Russian “Varyag”: Why Japan Has to Forget About Revanchism

A Message From Aboard Russian “Varyag”: Why Japan Has to Forget About Revanchism Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Kuril Islands...

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Ksenia Muratshina

A Nuclear Option Against Iran Would Be a Catastrophe - Not a Solution

A Nuclear Option Against Iran Would Be a Catastrophe – Not a Solution Driven by desperation after failing conventionally in West Asia, the U.S....

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Taut Bataut

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Region: New Frontline & New GREAT Game!?

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Region: New Frontline & New GREAT Game!? Jeffrey Sachs’s unexpected appearance on a little-known Armenian talk show...

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Seth Ferris

The Geopolitics Behind the Mecca Defence Pact: Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Pakistan and the struggle to shape the new Middle East

The Geopolitics Behind the Mecca Defence Pact: Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Pakistan and the struggle to shape the new Middle East

The Geopolitics Behind the Mecca Defence Pact: Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Pakistan and the struggle to shape the new Middle East The agreement between...

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Ricardo Martins

Bypassing the Chokepoints: Russia’s Quiet Push for a Rail Corridor to India

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Phil Butler

Japan’s Neo-militarism: New National Intelligence Bureau

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Simon Westwood

Poland’s Three Decades of Strategic Rigidity: The Russia Policy That Never Was. Part 1

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Adrian Korczyński

The Mecca Pact: Threat to Israel or a New Vector of Islamic Peace?

The Mecca Pact: Threat to Israel or a New Vector of Islamic Peace?
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Alexandr Svaranc

Trump’s Hormuz Gamble: A Desperate Bid to End an Unfinished War

Trump’s Hormuz Gamble: A Desperate Bid to End an Unfinished War

Trump’s Hormuz Gamble: A Desperate Bid to End an Unfinished War Washington may be biting off more than it can chew: escalating over Hormuz could...

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Aleena Im

Putin’s Kuril Visit Exposes the Limits of Japan’s Russia Policy

Putin’s Kuril Visit Exposes the Limits of Japan’s Russia Policy

Putin’s Kuril Visit Exposes the Limits of Japan’s Russia Policy Putin’s visit to Iturup demonstrated Russia’s confidence in its control over...

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Abbas Hashemite

The Mecca Defence Pact: A Watershed Moment in the Geopolitics of the Middle East

The Mecca Defence Pact: A Watershed Moment in the Geopolitics of the Middle East

The Mecca Defence Pact: A Watershed Moment in the Geopolitics of the Middle East A trilateral defence pact recently signed between Saudi Arabia,...

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Pranay Kumar Shome

Middle East Deadlock: How Washington’s Reckless Policies Buried Its Own Hegemony

Middle East Deadlock: How Washington’s Reckless Policies Buried Its Own Hegemony Washington’s policy in the Middle East, particularly in light of...

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Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

The Museum of Innocence: Why Europe's “Enlightenment” Was Always a Marketing Department

The Museum of Innocence: Why Europe’s “Enlightenment” Was Always a Marketing Department None of this is an argument that Europe is uniquely evil...

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Tamer Mansour

Third Russia-Africa summit in Moscow . Part 1: What does it hold in store for us?

Third Russia-Africa summit in Moscow . Part 1: What does it hold in store for us?

Third Russia-Africa summit in Moscow . Part 1: What does it hold in store for us? Three months before the Russia-Africa summit, Moscow is already...

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Netanyahu Picks Politics Over Peace

Netanyahu Picks Politics Over Peace Benjamin Netanyahu was handed an exit from Gaza, but he chose an election instead, ensuring his stay in power...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Good News.Civilian rescues in combat zones, coordination among allies, humanitarian aid, and other developments

Good News.Civilian rescues in combat zones, coordination among allies, humanitarian aid, and other developments

Good News.Civilian rescues in combat zones, coordination among allies, humanitarian aid, and other developments Even in today’s world, full of human...

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Ksenia Muratshina

US War on Multipolarism: Turning the Gameboard Over

US War on Multipolarism: Turning the Gameboard Over

US War on Multipolarism: Turning the Gameboard Over The world stands at a crossroads: either continued American hegemony or the emergence of a...

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Brian Berletic

The Pragmatic Agenda of BRICS and the EAEU: Instruments to Streamline the Formats

The Pragmatic Agenda of BRICS and the EAEU: Instruments to Streamline the Formats

The Pragmatic Agenda of BRICS and the EAEU: Instruments to Streamline the Formats Streamlining the BRICS and EAEU formats creates a mutually...

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Vlad Markin

The Recklessness of Empires: Why the U.S.-Saudi Strikes on Iraq Are a Strategic Catastrophe

The Recklessness of Empires: Why the U.S.-Saudi Strikes on Iraq Are a Strategic Catastrophe

The Recklessness of Empires: Why the U.S.-Saudi Strikes on Iraq Are a Strategic Catastrophe In the final days of July 2026, the United States and...

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Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

Zelensky in Belgrade: How Far Can Balancing Go?

Zelensky in Belgrade: How Far Can Balancing Go?

Zelensky in Belgrade: How Far Can Balancing Go? On August 7, 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Belgrade for his first official visit to Serbia. On...

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Adrian Korczyński

Is Pakistan Being Dragged into the US-Iran War?

Is Pakistan Being Dragged into the US-Iran War? With Pakistani lives lost in the Red Sea, Islamabad can no longer sit on the fence, yet retaliation...

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Taut Bataut

A Hectic Period Has Overcome the World

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Mohammed Amer

The Privateer and the Forced Hand

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Phil Butler

Will Peace Prevail in Gaza?

15.08.2026 80

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Pranay Kumar Shome

Sahel at a Turning Point: The Alliance of Sahel States Strengthens Sovereignty in the Face of Hybrid Threats and Western Revanchism

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Alexander Kolmykov

GMOs, Food Safety and Modified COVID: Window Dressing for a Greater Game?

GMOs, Food Safety and Modified COVID: Window Dressing for a Greater Game? When people ask why I believe Tulsi Gabbard’s disclosures confirmed what...

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Jeffrey Silverman

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Hits an Israeli Wall: What Comes Next?

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Hits an Israeli Wall: What Comes Next? Netanyahu’s demand for a complete disarmament of Hamas before any IDF troop...

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Aleena Im

The historian’s opinion. Will the Global South Unite?

The historian’s opinion. Will the Global South Unite? Why the online enthusiasm for an “Islamic NATO” in the Middle East is largely premature?...

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Ksenia Muratshina