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• Iran War Round 3? US Desperation Setting In | Prof. S. M. Marandi

  Professor Mohammad Marandi contends that recent US air strikes against Iran represent systematic violations of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) rather than isolated incidents, exposing Washington’s unwillingness to honor commitments such as transferring frozen assets and respecting Iranian cont

• Report From Havanna: Cuba Suffering but Unbroken | K.E. Ekman

  Kajsa Ekis Ekman reports from Havana, arguing that Cuba endures severe, largely man-made hardship under prolonged U.S. sanctions but remains socially resilient. She documents widespread shortages—food, water, fuel and intermittent electricity—that produce daily suffering and drive adaptive responses

• Russia's TRAP for Europe Is Working | Prof. Vladimir Brovkin

  Dr. Vladimir Brovkin argues that Russia’s current posture toward Europe is strategic restraint rather than weakness: Moscow bets that time, domestic European political fatigue, and rising euroskeptic parties will erode Western public will to sustain a high-cost confrontation. He contends Europeans b

• Three Front War MADNESS: Washington Just Lost Everything | Amb. Chas Freeman

  Ambassador Chas Freeman argues that the current Western foreign-policy order is unraveling across three theaters—West Asia, Europe, and East Asia—forcing a return to diplomacy as states seek autonomy. He sees the Iran-war pause as fragile, undermined by U.S. violations, Israeli aggression, and trans

• Hezbollah Learns from Iran, Winning Big Against Zionism | Laith Marouf

  Laith Marouf contends that Lebanon’s current dynamics reflect a decisive shift in Western Asia’s balance of power after Iran’s successful resistance. He argues that purported ceasefires and memoranda are largely illusory on the ground, since Lebanon’s political leadership lacks the authority to comp

• Moscow Bombed—DEVASTATING Retaliation Coming | Vitaly Mironov

  Vitaly Mironov argues that the West’s failure to appreciate Russian historical experience and security concerns has transformed bilateral tensions into an existential confrontation. Drawing on his work convening the Pskov Forum, Mironov frames contemporary Russophobia as a political and cultural phe

• Mood in Russia TURNING. New War Reality (& Bears) | Stanislav Krapivnik

  Stanislav Krapivnik reports from Donbass and argues that recent drone strikes on civilian sites, including a college dormitory in Starobelsk that killed young people, represent deliberate terror tactics rather than targeting errors. He emphasizes the growing range and lethality of Ukrainian- and Wes

• The Geopolitics Behind FIFA | Dr. Rolando Dromundo

  Dr. Rolando Dromundo contends that the FIFA World Cup exemplifies contemporary geopolitical powerplay: a nominally apolitical private association that nevertheless depends on states, public funds, and geopolitical favour. He highlights FIFA’s expansion to 48 teams, escalating costs, and opaque bid p

• Europe is OVER: Russia's Greatest Shift in 5 Years | David T. Pyne

  David T. Pyne argues that the Trump administration’s recent memorandum of understanding with Iran marks a strategic capitulation driven by acute economic and political pressures rather than ideological conversion. Pyne contends the MOU reflects a realist recalculation: the United States lacks a sust

• The Greatest Depression EVER Has Already Started | Gerald Celente

  Gerald Celente contends that the United States is entering the "greatest depression" due to entrenched market manipulation, financialized monopolies, and deindustrialization that have hollowed its productive base. He argues three asset managers and a tiny wealthy elite effectively control markets, p

• Zionism Expanding Into Europe | Amira Berzi & Ali Abunimah

  Ali Abunimah recounts his January 2025 arrest, detention, and expulsion from Switzerland after being invited to speak on Gaza, arguing these actions aimed to suppress public accountability and free speech. Legal challenges brought by Abunimah secure rulings that his arrest, detention, entry ban and

• US Hegemony CRACKED: Bases Gone, Syria Not Over, Russia Involved | Prof. Leila Hudson

  At the heart of this exchange, Professor Leila Hudson situates contemporary West Asia as undergoing its largest geopolitical transformation since the Ottoman collapse, driven by geography, maritime chokepoints, and shifting great-power relations. Hudson argues that control over waterways—especially

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