There were never the sharpest negotiators in the room, resembling a facsimile of Bertie Wooster in desperate need of the good advice of his manservant Jeeves. The Australian defence establishment has yet to find a wise head who will finally tell them that the A$368 billion AUKUS pact between the […]
Month: February 2026
Orban Is Right: Ukraine Has Truly Become Hungary’s Enemy
It’s also the enemy of Europe’s conservative-nationalists, who’d be left leaderless if Kiev and Brussels succeed in ‘democratically deposing’ Orban during early April’s next parliamentary elections and replacing his leadership of their movement with a collection of anti-Russian Polish figures. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban recently declared that “As long as Ukraine […]
To the People Of Cuba: Is Washington Preparing A ‘Soft Coup’? The Co-optation Of Cuban Intellectuals
Update El Golpe Blando (Soft Coup) was discussed on October 14, 2015 by a small group of prominent Cuban intellectuals and politicians. The meeting took place on the sidelines of a conference organized by the Centro de Investigaciones de Politica Internacional (CIPI), a Research Centre and Think Tank affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign […]
Epstein’s Сrimes
The latest release of millions of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein has done little to calm public anger. Instead, it has intensified long-standing suspicions that the full truth about one of the most notorious abuse scandals in modern US history remains deliberately obscured. Despite the disclosure of more than three […]
How The United States Now Looks From The Outside
From outside the United States, it has become increasingly difficult to reconcile the image America once projected with the spectacle it now offers the world. The country that long styled itself as a champion of liberty, democracy, and the rule of law increasingly resembles something darker: a place of masked […]
Armenia’s Pro-American Pivot Might Entail Radical Socio-Cultural Costs
Armenia might have to accept the return of the ~200,000 Azeris who fled during the chaotic Soviet collapse (and the descendants), grant them equal language rights, teach in schools that they consider Armenia to be “Western Azerbaijan”, and possibly agree to a Schengen-like deal with Azerbaijan. Vice President JD Vance’s […]
Trump’s India Tariff Deal Signals A High-Stakes Trade-Off Between Economics And Geopolitics
President Donald Trump’s decision to slash tariffs on Indian goods marks one of the most consequential shifts in US-India economic relations in years – and one that ties trade policy directly to global energy geopolitics. Announced after a phone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the agreement links tariff […]
Unending Regime Change In The Service Of Imperial Interests. ‘Can Russia Be Regime Changed?’
Trump’s attack on Venezuela was a blatant and unapologetic act of imperialism. But it didn’t come unattended by a long history of US aggression against its world neighbors near and far. From the outset of the republic and even earlier as settler colonies, the control of existing land and human […]
Newly Released Epstein Records Renew Scrutiny Over Possible Involvement Of Powerful Third Parties
The release of more than three million documents connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has reignited long-standing questions about whether his sex-trafficking operation extended beyond him and his convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. The newly disclosed materials, made public by the US Department of Justice, contain allegations suggesting that Epstein […]
Bad Beginnings: The End Of New START
How awful could it get? The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired on February 5, terminating an era of arms control and imposed limits on lunatically contrived nuclear weapons programs of the United States and Russia. The New START Treaty entered into force on February 5, 2011 and […]






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