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Between External Confrontation and Internal Fracture: America on the Brink of a Systemic Crisis

Between External Confrontation and Internal Fracture: America on the Brink of a Systemic Crisis

Between External Confrontation and Internal Fracture: America on the Brink of a Systemic Crisis Global geopolitical tensions are unfolding in parallel...

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Jeffrey Silverman

The United States and Israel attack Iran in the midst of negotiations

The United States and Israel attack Iran in the midst of negotiations The Middle East is sliding into a military confrontation with incalculable...

yesterday 30

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Poker with the World: How Trump Played a Trump Card of Diplomacy While Bombing Tehran

Poker with the World: How Trump Played a Trump Card of Diplomacy While Bombing Tehran

Poker with the World: How Trump Played a Trump Card of Diplomacy While Bombing Tehran Political Card Sharps: Negotiations as a Smokescreen for a...

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Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

Why the US and Israel Want to Destroy Iran

Why the US and Israel Want to Destroy Iran

Why the US and Israel Want to Destroy Iran The ongoing joint US–Israel assault on Iran is not just another chapter in the endless Middle East cycle...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Greater Israel: A Pseudo-Theologian Interpretation of 21st-Century Settler-Colonialism from Huckabee

Greater Israel: A Pseudo-Theologian Interpretation of 21st-Century Settler-Colonialism from Huckabee

Greater Israel: A Pseudo-Theologian Interpretation of 21st-Century Settler-Colonialism from Huckabee The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee,...

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Simon Chege Ndiritu

How the Ongoing Pak-Afghan War and the Regional Security Situation Threaten Pakistan’s Cohesion

How the Ongoing Pak-Afghan War and the Regional Security Situation Threaten Pakistan’s Cohesion

How the Ongoing Pak-Afghan War and the Regional Security Situation Threaten Pakistan’s Cohesion The armed escalation between Pakistan and...

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Abbas Hashemite

From Technosphere to Noosphere: Civilizational Responsibility in a Period of Global Instability

From Technosphere to Noosphere: Civilizational Responsibility in a Period of Global Instability

From Technosphere to Noosphere: Civilizational Responsibility in a Period of Global Instability We are living through a turbulent but formative moment...

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Phil Butler

Maximum Pressure, Minimum Results: Washington’s Iran Reality Check

Maximum Pressure, Minimum Results: Washington’s Iran Reality Check

Maximum Pressure, Minimum Results: Washington’s Iran Reality Check The United States is again talking to Iran. That simple fact, coming after months...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Good News.The announcements of internships, alliances and cooperation, the first Latin American Olympic champion and other positive highlights

Good News.The announcements of internships, alliances and cooperation, the first Latin American Olympic champion and other positive highlights

Good News.The announcements of internships, alliances and cooperation, the first Latin American Olympic champion and other positive highlights What...

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Ksenia Muratshina

Bangladesh’s 2026 Election: A Decisive Mandate and a New Political Era

Bangladesh’s 2026 Election: A Decisive Mandate and a New Political Era

Bangladesh’s 2026 Election: A Decisive Mandate and a New Political Era The recent general elections in Bangladesh have demonstrated public...

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Taut Bataut

A Washington Start-up: How the Theocratic "Greater Israel" Project Replaced American Interests in the Middle East

A Washington Start-up: How the Theocratic

A Washington Start-up: How the Theocratic “Greater Israel” Project Replaced American Interests in the Middle East From the “American Peace” to...

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Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects Our guests today are Khalid Ahmed Al-Shumaimiri, Director General of the...

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Yuliya Novitskaya

The paradoxical democracy of the West: arming Ukraine, legitimizing violence in Gaza, and talking about security in Munich

The paradoxical democracy of the West: arming Ukraine, legitimizing violence in Gaza, and talking about security in Munich

The paradoxical democracy of the West: arming Ukraine, legitimizing violence in Gaza, and talking about security in Munich The security conference...

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Operation Absolute Resolve and the Violation of the Just War Tradition

Operation Absolute Resolve and the Violation of the Just War Tradition

Operation Absolute Resolve and the Violation of the Just War Tradition The American military operation that led to the capture of the head of a...

26.02.2026 40

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Pranay Kumar Shome

Divergences in South Korea's Inter-Korean Policy and the Demilitarized Zone Problem

Divergences in South Korea's Inter-Korean Policy and the Demilitarized Zone Problem

Divergences in South Korea’s Inter-Korean Policy and the Demilitarized Zone Problem In the previous text, we examined the disagreements within...

26.02.2026 50

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Konstantin Asmolov

Why Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Cannot Afford Further Escalation

Why Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Cannot Afford Further Escalation

Why Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Cannot Afford Further Escalation Pakistan’s recent air strikes inside Afghanistan and terrorist organizations...

26.02.2026 50

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Abbas Hashemite

US Proxy War on Russia: What Comes Next?

US Proxy War on Russia: What Comes Next?

US Proxy War on Russia: What Comes Next? Behind the loud declarations of a desire for peace, a far broader and harsher strategy is unfolding — one...

25.02.2026 60

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Brian Berletic

Political Kaleidoscope.“February. To get the ink and…”

Political Kaleidoscope.“February. To get the ink and…”

Political Kaleidoscope.“February. To get the ink and…” To weep or to laugh? Deciding on how to finish the line from Boris Pasternak will depend...

25.02.2026 50

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Ksenia Muratshina

Armenia Bolsters Ties with the US

Armenia Bolsters Ties with the US

Armenia Bolsters Ties with the US From February 9th to 10th, Armenia for the first time in its history hosted a high-ranking US official with the...

25.02.2026 50

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Alexandr Svaranc

Who will Blink First in the Arabian Sea: Onward Christian Soldiers for Israel?

Who will Blink First in the Arabian Sea: Onward Christian Soldiers for Israel?

Who will Blink First in the Arabian Sea: Onward Christian Soldiers for Israel? In recent months, tensions between Washington and Tehran have...

25.02.2026 50

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Seth Ferris

Marco Rubio in Munich: Civilisational and Colonial Politics Back on the Agenda, Strategic Courtesies, and Geopolitical Implications

Marco Rubio in Munich: Civilisational and Colonial Politics Back on the Agenda, Strategic Courtesies, and Geopolitical Implications

Marco Rubio in Munich: Civilisational and Colonial Politics Back on the Agenda, Strategic Courtesies, and Geopolitical Implications At the Munich...

24.02.2026 50

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Ricardo Martins

The Leash Holds - Germany’s Brief Flirtation with Realism and the Transatlantic Correction

The Leash Holds - Germany’s Brief Flirtation with Realism and the Transatlantic Correction

The Leash Holds – Germany’s Brief Flirtation with Realism and the Transatlantic Correction In mid-January, Friedrich Merz referred to Russia as...

24.02.2026 50

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Adrian Korczyński

The West: From Exploitation of Nations to Pedophilia and Racism

The West: From Exploitation of Nations to Pedophilia and Racism

The West: From Exploitation of Nations to Pedophilia and Racism The West not only exploits the peoples of the world but also extends this exploitation...

24.02.2026 50

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Simon Westwood

Unrest in Pakistan

Unrest in Pakistan

In the first weeks of 2026, the situation in Pakistan, which has always been characterised by a heightened level of terrorist activities, has been...

24.02.2026 50

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Vladimir Terehov

Vietnam 2026: A New Growth Cycle as Part of the Restructuring of Regional Supply Chains

Vietnam 2026: A New Growth Cycle as Part of the Restructuring of Regional Supply Chains

Vietnam 2026: A New Growth Cycle as Part of the Restructuring of Regional Supply Chains At the start of 2026, Vietnam is not greeted by applause from...

23.02.2026 60

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Rebecca Chan

BNP's Return: Questions about Endurance amid Geopolitical Shuffles in Bangladesh

BNP's Return: Questions about Endurance amid Geopolitical Shuffles in Bangladesh

BNP’s Return: Questions about Endurance amid Geopolitical Shuffles in Bangladesh In an increasingly multipolar world, battleground “endurance”...

23.02.2026 60

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Tamer Mansour

"The Surgery of the World": Netanyahu Arrives in Washington to Deliver the Final Blow to Diplomacy and Ignite a Major War

“The Surgery of the World”: Netanyahu Arrives in Washington to Deliver the Final Blow to Diplomacy and Ignite a Major War The Israeli Prime...

23.02.2026 60

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Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

Doha and Ankara’s Approach and the Challenges of the Qatar-Syria-Turkey Gas Pipeline Project

Doha and Ankara’s Approach and the Challenges of the Qatar-Syria-Turkey Gas Pipeline Project

Doha and Ankara’s Approach and the Challenges of the Qatar-Syria-Turkey Gas Pipeline Project Meanwhile, the continuation of historical challenges...

22.02.2026 50

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Samyar Rostami

Europe: A Total Break with Reality

Europe: A Total Break with Reality

Europe: A Total Break with Reality The governing circles of Western European states are still struggling to come to terms with the shift in foreign...

22.02.2026 50

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Mohammed Amer

Ahead of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea: Expectations, Speculation, and Forecasts

Ahead of the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea: Expectations, Speculation, and Forecasts On February 7, 2026, the 27th meeting of the...

22.02.2026 60

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Konstantin Asmolov

What can the “middle powers” do?

What can the “middle powers” do?

What can the “middle powers” do? American dominance is fading, but no new hegemon is rising to—or even willing to—replace it. The world is...

21.02.2026 80

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

The 39th African Union summit: what were the results?

The 39th African Union summit: what were the results?

The 39th African Union summit: what were the results? Africa asserts itself at the 39th AU summit: between claimed sovereignty, colossal challenges,...

21.02.2026 60

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Testing the Alliance: Netanyahu’s Washington Visit

Testing the Alliance: Netanyahu’s Washington Visit

Testing the Alliance: Netanyahu’s Washington Visit Netanyahu’s recent rush to the United States signals that Israel seeks Washington to expand the...

21.02.2026 60

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Abbas Hashemite

Containment, Resistance, and the Future of US–Iran Relations

Containment, Resistance, and the Future of US–Iran Relations

Containment, Resistance, and the Future of US–Iran Relations Since the end of the US-Iran negotiations in Oman and the Trump-Netanyahu summit,...

20.02.2026 60

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Taut Bataut

The Great Doctrinal Discord

The Great Doctrinal Discord The West has failed to understand Russia ever since the end of the Cold War. The reason, however, lies in the...

20.02.2026 60

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Pranay Kumar Shome

Turkey: On the Brink of a Nuclear Arms Race?

Turkey: On the Brink of a Nuclear Arms Race?

Turkey: On the Brink of a Nuclear Arms Race? Nuclear weapons, while being the most powerful offensive weapon of mass destruction, also serve as a key...

20.02.2026 60

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Alexandr Svaranc

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iraq H.E. Mr. Elbrus Kutrashev: “Iraq is our ally and like-minded partner in the emerging multipolar world”

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iraq H.E. Mr. Elbrus Kutrashev: “Iraq is our ally and like-minded partner in the emerging multipolar world”

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iraq H.E. Mr. Elbrus Kutrashev: “Iraq is our ally and...

20.02.2026 50

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Yuliya Novitskaya

A Summit in a Belgian Castle Shows How Europe Is Worried About Its Industrial Future

A Summit in a Belgian Castle Shows How Europe Is Worried About Its Industrial Future

A Summit in a Belgian Castle Shows How Europe Is Worried About Its Industrial Future What was framed as a technocratic discussion on competitiveness...

19.02.2026 70

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Ricardo Martins

The Vanishing of Maduro and the Return of Oil Power

The Vanishing of Maduro and the Return of Oil Power Following the dramatic disappearance of Nicolás Maduro, global attention shifted from political...

19.02.2026 60

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Phil Butler

How the West Guaranteed Conflict in Ukraine

How the West Guaranteed Conflict in Ukraine

How the West Guaranteed Conflict in Ukraine The 2014 Maidan Coup was the immediate trigger for the crisis that escalated after a slow burn into 2021....

19.02.2026 70

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Bryan Anthony Reo

From "Red Pasha" to Oil Alliance: One Hundred Years of Russian-Saudi Diplomatic Relations

From

From “Red Pasha” to Oil Alliance: One Hundred Years of Russian-Saudi Diplomatic Relations In 2026, Moscow and Riyadh are celebrating a significant...

19.02.2026 80

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Viktor Mikhin

Ukraine is Hungary’s Enemy: Orbán Slams Kyiv as Brussels Admits It Can’t End the War

Ukraine is Hungary’s Enemy: Orbán Slams Kyiv as Brussels Admits It Can’t End the War On February 7, 2026, at a public rally in Szombathely,...

18.02.2026 50

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Adrian Korczyński

ISIS's New Wave of Activity: Tactics, Threats, and Responses

ISIS’s New Wave of Activity: Tactics, Threats, and Responses In recent months, ISIS* has demonstrated a resurgence in operational activity,...

18.02.2026 60

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Samyar Rostami

Disagreements in Seoul's Inter-Korean Policy

Disagreements in Seoul’s Inter-Korean Policy The question of South Korea’s unified inter-Korean strategy has already been brought up before, but...

18.02.2026 60

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Konstantin Asmolov

A Strategic Reset: Revival of Saudi-Turkey Comprehensive Partnership

A Strategic Reset: Revival of Saudi-Turkey Comprehensive Partnership Saudi Arabia and Turkey—often viewed as the economic and military pillars of...

18.02.2026 70

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Aleena Im

TRIPP: IF it is so GREAT, then WHY behind CLOSED doors?

TRIPP: IF it is so GREAT, then WHY behind CLOSED doors? The Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), presented as a new pathway to...

17.02.2026 60

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Henry Kamens

"America First" in the Middle East: A Strategy of Domination, Not Conflict Resolution

“America First” in the Middle East: A Strategy of Domination, Not Conflict Resolution Under the guise of “strategic restraint,” the Trump...

17.02.2026 60

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Viktor Mikhin

Who Else Wants Trump’s Peace? How 2025 Peace Deals Are Enabling Israeli Killings and US Militarism in 2026

Who Else Wants Trump’s Peace? How 2025 Peace Deals Are Enabling Israeli Killings and US Militarism in 2026   As Iran and Russia are engaged in...

17.02.2026 60

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Simon Chege Ndiritu

Japan after Snap General Election

Japan after Snap General Election As a result of the snap election to Japan’s lower house held on 8 February, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...

17.02.2026 60

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Vladimir Terehov

Mark Rutte and NATO at the Edge: Leadership, Flattery, and the Crisis of the Atlantic Alliance

Mark Rutte and NATO at the Edge: Leadership, Flattery, and the Crisis of the Atlantic Alliance Mark Rutte’s tenure as NATO Secretary General exposes...

16.02.2026 70

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Ricardo Martins