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• SIPRI’s Biggest Failure: Why the West Can't Imagine Peace Anymore | Dr. Jan Oberg

  Dr. Jan Oberg contends that European peace research has been hollowed out, replaced by a narrow security paradigm that normalizes militarization. Drawing on his long experience at SIPRI and other institutes, he argues the once-normative project of studying and reducing violence—ranging from structur

• America First VS. Neocons: Showdown in Trump Cabinet? | J. Carden & L. Kasradze

  Pascal hosts a conversation with James Carden and Lasha Kasradze that probes fissures in the Trump administration’s foreign-policy apparatus and the broader durability of neoconservative influence. Carden highlights factionalism between “America First” pragmatists and neoconservatives, noting opport

• A New Great Power Balance: The Real Goal Of Washington Madness

  Pascal Lottaz argues that recent erratic US policies reflect a broader effort to renegotiate great‑power relations rather than to resolve individual conflicts. He interprets Trump’s mixed signals—tariffs wielded as sanctions, outreach to Moscow and Tehran, and overtures toward arms reductions—as pro

• Spanish Ambassador DESTROYS US War And Tariff Propaganda | Amb. José Zorrilla

  Ambassador José Zorrilla contends that the Trump administration’s tariff-driven diplomacy represents a dangerous rupture with postwar economic integration. Drawing on historical parallels—from Franco’s autarky to Bismarck’s and FDR’s eras—he argues tariffs can shelter nascent industries but become s

• 100 Days Trump: Fighting The Wrong Enemies With The Wrong Tools | Cameron Macgregor

  Cameron Macgregor contends that Trump’s early foreign and economic policies reveal a mismatch between intentions and instruments. He argues Trump seeks rapid diplomatic wins—particularly a Ukraine settlement and a de‑escalation with major powers—but lacks the sustained leverage, strategic talent sel

• The REAL Reason The USA Is SCARED Of China | Ali Borhani

  Ali Borhani argues that contemporary geopolitics reflect a shift toward multipolarity driven by China’s state-led economic strategy, notably the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He emphasizes that China pursues continuity, infrastructure, and market access rather than systemic confrontation with the

• Kashmir Crisis EXPLAINED: Everybody Is LYING! | Jyotishman Mudiar

  Jyotishman Mudiar contends that recent India–Pakistan tensions over the Kashmir attack are shaped less by clear evidence than by competing elite narratives and entrenched historical grievances. He emphasizes pervasive double standards: Indian elites portray the attack as Pakistan-sponsored terrorism

• Russia's Cunning Use Of Neutrality: How Great Powers Do World Politics

  This lecture examines how great powers use neutrality in world politics.

  At the heart of the presentation is the argument that neutrality is a strategic, historically deep practice used by great powers as well as small states. The speaker proposes a three-actor model: two belligerents and an external neutral actor, who remains outside the primary conflict while maintaini

• University CRACKDOWN On Anti-Genocide Speech Increasing. NYT Student Diploma Suspended.

  At the heart of this account is NYU graduate Logan Rozos, whose commencement address condemning what he calls Israel’s genocide in Gaza has prompted the university to withhold his diploma and publicly rebuke him. The speaker and the commentator frame Rozos’s remarks as an act of conscience amid wide

• West Losing Propaganda War, Elite Scare REVEALED | Michel Collon

  Michel Collon argues that contemporary Western media operate a long-standing, systematic war-propaganda apparatus that conceals economic interests, historical context, and alternative narratives to manufacture consent for military interventions. Drawing on 35 years of research from the Gulf War thro

• Mass Protests in Taipei, Opposition Imprisoned, MSM Silent, War Preparations | Dr. Joanna Lei

  Dr. Joanna Lei contends that Taiwan is sliding toward an illiberal, quasi–totalitarian state as the DPP-led administration deploys legislative recalls and judicial measures to neutralize opposition. Large April protests in Taipei—she estimates hundreds of thousands—signal public alarm over asymmetri

• This Is What They Don't Tell You About Iran | Harry Berger & John Kiriakou

  John Kiriakou argues that the long-standing U.S. narrative portraying Iran as an imminent nuclear threat is politically produced, chiefly to serve Israeli strategic aims, rather than grounded in current U.S. intelligence assessments that find no active Iranian weapons program. He traces Iranian dete

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