China Attacks the Last Great Western Monopoly
U.S. bans were supposed to slow down China, but at the same time gave it reason to build a technological system that the West can no longer control.
Analysis: Eurasia Will Be Cut by Fire
One dead sailor on a closed sea may just be a war statistic, but behind the attack, a strategic space is already emerging where there is no longer a neutral shore.
Nixon, Watergate, and the system that chose itself
Five arrested burglars were just the beginning. The real crime began when the White House tried to subjugate the state for its own survival.
On This Day: July 23, 1943
How City Turned into Furnace: Hamburg 1943
When the sky over Hamburg began to suck the air from the streets, the line between military strategy and mass incineration vanished in flames.
Egypt 1952 and the Arab Republican Dream
A nearly bloodless coup promised dignity to millions, but left Egypt with a political template it has never entirely shaken off.
On this day: July 22, 1946
Bomb before state, authority after terrorism
Terrorism is often just a temporary label - it disappears when the perpetrators gain a flag, parliament, and enough time to write their own history.
On This Day: July 20, 1944
When the German Elite Decided to Kill Hitler
Only when defeat became certain did part of the German elite find courage. But can belated conscience still be conscience?
Jevons Paradox and the Curse of Efficiency
The more we strive to spend less, the system finds a way to spend more — and that's where one of the most important traps of modern capitalism begins.
Why Those at the Bottom Defend Those at the Top?
Psychology can explain the paradox, but the realization is extremely uncomfortable: the order lasts the longest when it is defended by those who are most humiliated.
Pamplona and Why It's Not Hard to Cheer for the Bulls
In a city that sells violence as heritage, the only being with no choice becomes the main attraction - and the ultimate measure of our humanity.
Farage is Not an Alternative but a Safety Valve
Ukraine, Israel, empire and capital: where rebellion should begin, Farage’s alternative collapses into complete continuity with the old order.
Russia Is Buying China Time at a Terrible Cost
While the West seeks a "new axis of evil," what we are really witnessing is a strategy that connects Ukraine, Taiwan, and wars yet to come.
Sudan Off-screen: Genocide That Doesn't Interest the World
Millions of people can starve, flee, and die almost unnoticed when their tragedy does not serve the interests of the great powers.
Third Term for Trump despite Constitution?
A third term may be all but impossible under the law, but US politics has long shown that political will often come before discovery of legal loopholes.
On This Day: July 13, 1878
Treaty of Berlin - Balkans on a Foreign Table
It was a peace that did not calm anything: it simply neatly arranged discontent, waiting for a new generation to ignite it.
On This Day: July 17, 1936
The Spanish Civil War and the African Fuse
The rebellion that was supposed to end in a few days turned Spain into a war that would soon engulf the entire continent.
On This Day: July 16, 1918
The Bolshevik Basement: The Romanovs’ Last Night
The Romanovs were not dangerous because of what they could still do, but because of what others could still do in their name.
On this day: July 15, 1974
Cyprus 1974 and five days that are not over
One regime wanted to create a new reality within a few hours. Instead, it got something else - a lasting crisis that still lives in concrete and barbed wire.
Dracula as a Dark Fairy Tale About Rentiers
The scariest monsters don't break down doors. They enter with a contract, a deed, and the smile of a man who knows you have to pay.
Born on this day: July 14, 1912
Guitar with 'This Machine Kills Fascists' Inscription
In a country that loved to talk about freedom, the most liberated sounded those who had almost nothing but the road ahead of them.
