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• How The Deep Empire Eliminates Threats To Its Hegemony | O. Tunander & D. Pohlmann

  At the heart of this panel, Tunander and Pohlmann argue that a pattern of targeted killings and covert sabotage throughout the Cold War and into the unipolar era served to eliminate a “peace faction” challenging imperial economic and geopolitical orders. They map linked cases—Bernadotte, Hammarskjöl

• US Realignment SHOCKS Europe / Pakistan Changes The Game / Nepal Color Revolution? | Arnaud Bertrand

  Arnaud Bertrand argues that recent global shifts reveal a deepening rupture in established alliances and rising geopolitical realignments. He sees France’s domestic instability—frequent government turnover within the Fifth Republic—as emblematic of weakened European strategic leadership, especially

• Neocon Protests in Georgia are Failing (again) | Lasha Kasradze

  Lasha Kasradze contends that Georgia’s recent municipal elections and Tbilisi protests reflect a consolidated Georgian Dream governing project rather than a collapse into authoritarianism. He argues the ruling party secured popular legitimacy by resisting sustained Western pressure, curbing NGO infl

• UK, Switzerland Want Digital IDs. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | Yana Afanasieva

  Yana Afanasieva discusses proposed digital-identification systems in the UK and Switzerland.

  Yana Afanasieva contends that digital ID rollouts demand nuanced scrutiny beyond binary optimism or alarmism. Drawing on her Big Tech compliance experience, she argues that storing IDs on phones does not guarantee safety: device ecosystems, app stores, and user behavior create multiple attack surfac

• The ‘Post Cold War‘ Always Was A SCAM

  Pascal contends that the commonly used label "Post‑Cold War" has always been misleading and temporary; he reframes the 1991–2022 interval as the "unipolar moment" dominated by U.S. primacy rather than a mere aftermath. He argues that events such as 9/11 and the War on Terror, while consequential, di

• The Death of the Empire | Prof. Michael Brenner

  At the heart of this exchange, Dr. Michael Brenner contends that American foreign policy displays far more continuity than rupture, tracing persistent global-hegemonic aims to the 1991 Wolfowitz blueprint. He argues the US has long pursued de facto imperial control—using military, economic, and cove

• The Mysterious DEATHS Of Europe's Russia Friends | Dirk Pohlmann

  Dirk Pohlmann contends that Alfred Herrhausen’s 1989 assassination cannot be understood merely as an act of leftist terrorism but must be placed in the broader geopolitical realignment at the end of the Cold War. Pohlmann portrays Herrhausen as an unconventional, intellectually driven Deutsche Bank

• The Decline Of US Imperialism Is a STRUCTURAL Inevitability | Dr. Warwick Powell

  Warwick Powell argues that the apparent retreat of US imperialism is better understood as a structural recalibration: Washington retains global primacy as an objective but faces material limits that force it to redistribute resources and risks onto allies. This “division of labor” preserves US influ

• The Unstoppable Transformation That Will DESTROY Western Racist Hegemony | Chandran Nair

  Chandran Nair argues that contemporary geopolitics is rooted in five centuries of European colonialism, with today’s Western powers—especially the United States and its European allies—seeking to preserve accumulated privileges by shaping institutions, narratives, and economic levers. He frames curr

• His Case BROKE The Internet, Exposed EU | Armando Mema

  Armando Mema contends that his arrest after heckling European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Helsinki exposes shrinking protest space in the EU. Mema, a former EP candidate, says he joined a public demonstration against EU policy on Gaza and was detained within minutes while von der Le

• Destruction of Armenia: NATO's Plans Against Russia and Iran | A. Kachikian & P. Shakarian

  At the heart of the conversation is a forensic critique of Armenia’s current trajectory under Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Arthur Katchikian and Pietro Shakarian argue that Pashinyan’s rule has morphed from a post‑Velvet Revolution reformism into authoritarian repression—mass arrests, media captu

• Russophobia & Militarism: It Will Destroy Europe | Dr. Erich Vad

  Dr. Erich Vad contends that Germany’s Ukraine policy exemplifies a dangerous detachment of war from politics and a loss of strategic self-interest. Drawing on Clausewitz and historical parallels, he argues Germany and Europe lacked a coherent political strategy for ending the conflict, instead privi

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