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• Iran War Spreading: Russia Gets Involved | Stanislav Krapivnik

  Stanislav Krapivnik argues that the U.S. killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader transforms a state conflict into a religious, regional war with rapid escalation and wide geopolitical consequences. From Moscow’s vantage, he contends U.S. and Israeli actions deliberately provoke civilian casualties to break

• Major Assault on Free Speech in the USA | With FIRE's Sarah McLaughlin

  Sarah McLaughlin contends that recent U.S. government actions targeting pro-Palestinian campus speech amount to an unprecedented assault on free expression reminiscent of earlier political purges. She highlights the detention and threatened deportation of Columbia legal permanent resident Mahmoud Kh

• What Really Happened When The USSR Broke Apart | Dr. Peter Mamradze & Lasha Kasradze

  Dr. Peter Mamradze reconstructs Georgia’s turbulent transition after the USSR’s collapse, arguing that economic shadowing, rustication, and corrupt elites produced a combustible political vacuum that violent, ethno-nationalist actors quickly filled. He traces the rise of radical nationalism—exemplif

• The West Cannot Comprehend Russia-China Partnership and Chinese Neutrality | Dr. Yu Bin

  Dr. Yu Bin examines Russia–China relations and Chinese neutrality.

  Dr. Yu Bin argues that Chinese-Russian ties are pragmatic, stable partnerships rather than a formal alliance, rooted in independent civilizational and strategic interests. He contends Western analysts misread their relationship by imposing alliance frameworks and by selectively invoking historical a

• New York Times: USA Running All Operational Decisions in Ukraine, Wants More Ukrainians To Die.

  At the heart of this commentary is a critique of a recent New York Times exposé that, the speaker contends, confirms deep U.S. operational control over Ukraine’s warfighting. He argues the piece moves beyond “support” to reveal a vertically integrated command: U.S. intelligence, bases in Wiesbaden,

• UK Parliamentarian DESTROYS Western War Propaganda | Lord Robert Skidelsky

  Lord Robert Skidelsky contends that the UK’s Ukraine policy is dominated by a misleading “we must” rhetoric that conflates moral posturing with strategic capability, prolonging conflict while excluding credible peace initiatives. He argues Western leaders adopted a hegemonic, post–Cold War mindset—i

• How NATO Is Breaking It's Own Treaty (and more): A Rogue War Machine Since 1999.

  Pascall Lottaz argues that NATO has transformed from a limited collective-defense pact into an expansive "war machine" that routinely breaches its own 1949 treaty and international law. He reads Articles 1–7 to show the charter’s explicit geographic and legal constraints — notably Article 6’s North

• The Truth—And Complexity—Of 'Security Guarantees' And How Even Neutrals Can Have Them.

  This discussion examines the complexity of security guarantees, including for neutral states.

  Pascallottaz argues that Western fixation on formal "security guarantees"—especially NATO membership—for Ukraine is both conceptually narrow and strategically misguided. He emphasizes that Article 5 is not an absolute military commitment and that many states (e.g., Mongolia, Kazakhstan, much of Lati

• USA Ending Its Own Hegemony. Tariffs Are HUGE Gift To China And BRICS | Dr. Warwick Powell

  Dr. Warwick Powell argues that the newly announced US tariffs are neither genuinely reciprocal nor economically coherent, but a politically driven attempt to reduce merchandise trade deficits and revive domestic manufacturing. He explains the tariffs’ odd methodology—based on trade balances divided

• Stalin Biographer EXPOSES Ukraine-War Lies | Dr. Geoff Roberts

  Dr. Geoffrey Roberts argues that the Russia–Ukraine war must be read through longue durée Russian security concerns rather than solely as Putinist revanchism. Drawing on his archival work on Stalin and decades of Russian studies, he contends that Moscow perceived a process of “NATOization” of Ukrain

• The "West" Is IMPLODING Even Faster After This. | Dr. Jan Oberg & Ian Proud

  Dr. Jan Oberg and Ian Proud argue that European polity and Western hegemony are in systemic decline, driven by escalating militarism, political groupthink, and the erosion of diplomacy. They trace the crisis to NATO expansion, institutional failures within the EU, and a Western reflex to double down

• Why the West Fails to Cope With China's Rise | Dr. David Morris

  Dr. David Morris argues that the West’s current framing of China’s rise as an existential “threat” misunderstands both historical context and emerging multipolar realities. Drawing on decade-spanning fieldwork, interviews, and diplomatic experience, he emphasizes that China’s integration into the gl

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