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Merkel Is Half-Right & Half-Wrong About Who’s Responsible For The Ukrainian Conflict

The US was most responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict by refusing to reach a compromise with Russia for defusing their security dilemma, but Germany deserves as much blame as Poland and the Baltic States, perhaps even more because it was…

Explaining The Polish Judge’s Rationale For Not Extraditing The Nord Stream Suspect To Germany

This importantly doesn’t equate to endorsing his controversial logic, which observers should in any case try to understand even if they disagree with it since his rationale aligns with Polish state interests. Judge Dariusz Lubowski ordered the release of the…

Russia Pivots to Asian Markets with its Energy 

At the 8th Russian Energy Week (REW), a convergence of leading Russian and foreign producers and corporate executives of service companies and state officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin traditionally highlighted essential aspects of the global energy market. “Russia plans to…

Fear, Power, and Desperation: How the Old Guard Is Trying to Stop Zohran Mamdani

With only a few weeks left before New York votes, the tone of the campaign has shifted from competition to desperation. The far right’s predictable fear-mongering has found an unlikely ally in the arrogant Democratic machinery that once served Andrew…

Going One Step Beyond Taking a Side (In 4 Points)

Recently I had a kind’ve “breakthrough” in my feelings and overall understanding of the tragedy that is the Israel/Palestine/Gaza situation. It wasn’t that I discovered anything that hasn’t been touched on before. In short, after a few years of study…

The Fourth Branch: How Conscience and Civic Vigilance May Save the Republic

Democracy depends not just on officeholders, but on the quiet vigilance of institutional and civic actors—the novel “fourth branch” that preserves the Republic when power itself threatens systemic health. With the executive overreaching and the judiciary acquiescent, the Republic’s immune…

Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War on America

“Brother, I am American. You are twisting my arm.”— Man shouts “I am American” while ICE agents detain him Masked gunmen. Tasers. Tear gas. Pepper spray. Unmarked vehicles. Intimidation tactics. Brutality. Racial profiling. Children traumatized. Families terrorized. Journalists targeted. Citizens…

Pakistan Can Ensure Its National Security Without Invading Afghanistan

Fortifying the Durand Line, eliminating sleeper cell threats on Pakistan’s side, and dividing-and-ruling Afghanistan through hybrid means can ensure Pakistan’s national security instead of the invasion that the US might be putting Pakistan up to in advance of America’s geopolitical…

Thousands of Aid Trucks Needed Weekly to Avert Gaza Catastrophe, UN Warns

As the fragile ceasefire holds, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains on a knife-edge. Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and top emergency relief coordinator, told Reuters that “thousands of humanitarian vehicles must enter weekly to avert…

Eating Global Warming

A new report by EAT-Lancet Commission (EAT 2.0) explains how we are eating global warming, and what to do about it. This is the second go around by the Commission. An earlier report in 2019 EAT 1.0 was met by…

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