Mecca Pact Facing a Major Trial by Fire
Alliances are forged to prevent war. But when the first soldier dies defending another country, the promise of security can turn into a duty of revenge.
Corruption as Capital Crime: China’s War on Flies and Tigers
A system reveals whom it truly serves not by how it punishes the powerless, but by what happens when the untouchable are caught.
Leipzig, Military Keynesianism and Permanent Near-War
Berlin may not want war with Russia. But what if peace no longer suits it politically and economically as much as it should?
How Switzerland is Dismantling Its Neutrality
Switzerland may not formally abandon neutrality, but it will do something even worse - hollow it out to such an extent that it no longer means anything.
Analysis: Three Possible Ukraines After Zelensky
When war becomes a system, replacing the man at the top is no longer just politics: armies, capital, technology and future power all move with him.
Russian Yabloko Falls Between Impossible Worlds
Is every outside help betrayal? Is every repression a defense of the state? Yabloko opens an uncomfortable question that Russia no longer wants to hear.
Saudi money, Turkish military, and Pakistani bomb
Three allies are building a common shield in the midst of war — but it remains to be seen whether it will protect them or someone else’s interests.
El-Sayed Breaks Through AIPAC’s Barricades
When millions can no longer buy obedience, America begins to discover just how badly its old political centre has decayed.
Kiev changes military top, Moscow may need to do the same
Kiev is changing under the pressure of the street, but the real test is yet to come: can Moscow admit that the technological war has exposed its weaknesses as well?
Putin's Changes for a Frontless War
Four appointments, one message: in the new war there is no rear, logistics decides who survives and advances, and no one even imagines how it ends.
Arsenal of 'Comfortable Warfare' is Depleted
War from afar protects political and military heads but depletes rare capacities. When those run out, only raw war with all its visible consequences remains.
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.
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.
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.
Red Scare Under Stone Presidents
As palaces start to fear the poor, old spirits emerge from the basement of American politics, ready for a new service, first imagined, then real.
Iran Nuclear Bomb Rumors Could Break Trump’s War
Trump launched the war to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. But what if Tehran already has one, or is ready to say it does?
Section 224 Scandal: The Pentagon-IDF Merger
As war rages in the Persian Gulf, Washington is quietly preparing a scandalous military-tech integration with Israel, far from public debate.
The Oreshnik Gambit: Ukraine’s Path to Victory
Perception and interpretation are the most powerful systems of war, operating above physical reality itself. Kyiv is now moving the trap to the very edge.
Serbia Between Worlds: Pandora’s Box in the Crosswind
To be anyone’s periphery, Western or Eastern, is just another name for exploitation — but every upheaval still forces a choice.
