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• Here's What The German Elections ACTUALLY Mean.

  Pascal argues that Germany’s election produced a fragmented Bundestag that nonetheless makes a traditional CDU/CSU-led government plausible. Key findings: the CDU/CSU leads with ~28.5%, SPD collapses to ~16.4%, AfD surges above 20% to become the largest opposition bloc, the Greens and Left hold mode

• The "Collective West" Is Over. Russia Is Looking Ahead | Dr. Andrey Kortunov

  Dr. Andrey Kortunov argues that Moscow’s long-standing image of a monolithic “collective West” is breaking down as geopolitical realities shift. He contends Russia initially assumed a cohesive Western bloc led by an “Anglo‑Saxon” core with a more pragmatic continental Europe reluctantly following; r

• Trickle-Down Hegemony: How The US Controls The European Mind | Kajsa Ekis Ekman

  Kajsa Ekis Ekman contends that Sweden’s long-standing neutrality has been steadily eroded into unquestioning alignment with U.S. power, culminating in NATO membership and bilateral basing arrangements that cede significant autonomy to Washington. She traces this shift to elite-driven securitization—

• The West's RECKONING: They Can't Ignore Russia's Real Strength Anymore | David T. Pyne

  David T. Pyne contends that Russia’s economic and military resilience has upended Western assumptions, arguing U.S. sanctions and prolonged proxy support for Ukraine have strengthened Moscow. He assesses the early Trump administration’s mixed signals—competing neocon and America First factions—and s

• Europe’s Century Of Humiliation Has Just Begun | Arnaud Bertrand

  Arnaud Bertrand argues that recent U.S.–Russia direct diplomacy, excluding European interlocutors, signals a stark shift in the international order and risks inaugurating a “century of humiliation” for Europe. He contends the new U.S. approach acknowledges a multipolar world and seeks to rewrite pos

• Iraq: The Unending AGONY Of A Modern-Day Colony | Hussein Askary

  Hussein Askary contends that Iraq’s devastation is the product of long-standing imperial competition and deliberate post‑2003 restructuring rather than indigenous failure. He situates Iraq within a broader West Asian geopolitics shaped by colonial carve‑ups, Cold War manipulations, and a unipolar We

• CIA Whistleblower EXPOSES US Security State | John Kiriakou

  John Kiriakou recounts his decision to expose the CIA’s post‑9/11 rendition and torture program, framing his whistleblowing as grounded in constitutional patriotism and rule‑of‑law concerns. He describes institutional incentives within the security state—promotion tied to conformity with coercive pr

• How The USA Tricked Europe Into Total Strategic Defeat | E. Bistoletti & P. Lottaz

  Pascal Lottaz argues that recent U.S. diplomacy toward Russia and the Riyadh talks reveal a deliberate strategic pivot that has left Europe marginalized and weakened. He contends successive U.S. administrations—Bush, Obama, Biden and now Trump—systematically pressured Europe into policies over Ukrai

• EU Elites Are Freaking-out Over USA Dumping Them | Dr. Glenn Diesen

  Professor Glenn Diesen contends that recent shifts at the Munich Security Conference reveal a deeper geopolitical realignment: Europe’s growing dependence on the United States and its moralized politics have left it peripheral to emerging U.S.–Russia rapprochement and broader multipolar dynamics. Di

• DRUG WAR 2.0: Will The USA Go To War With China Over Fentanyl? | David T. Pyne

  David T. Pyne contends that China is deliberately using fentanyl to weaken the United States, a belief he attributes to much of the intelligence community, the Trump administration, and many Republicans. He frames U.S. policy under Trump as an effort to depoliticize and reduce the power of intellige

• New Zealand vs. China? The Pacific Showdown Nobody Saw Coming | Eugene Doyle

  Eugene Doyle argues that recent debate in New Zealand over a possible military response to the Cook Islands’ growing ties with China exposes deeper strategic and normative contradictions. He situates the controversy within the Cook Islands’ ambiguous constitutional status, its vast EEZ and deep-seab

• Pure PANIC And Grief in Europe Over US-Russia Negotiations | Ex-Diplomat: Ian Proud

  Ian Proud argues that Europe is in strategic disarray as US–Russia rapprochement upends a decade of anti‑Russian policy tethered to media-driven propaganda. He contends Western messaging since 2014 substituted dialogue with demonization, leaving European elites and press ill-prepared for a sudden US

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