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Abebe Selassie to Retire as Director of African Department at IMF
(Moscow Bureau) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the retirement of its director of the African department, Abebe Aemro Selassie, on May 1, 2026. Since his appointment in 2016, Abebe Selassie has served in this position for a…
When Empires Fall, Neighbors Bleed
The post–Cold War dream of a stable unipolar world, dominated first by the United States, is coming to an uneasy end. The global order now resembles a multi-polar chessboard in which old superpowers are losing coherence, medium powers are seeking…
U.S. Power Grab in Venezuela
Trump’s New Year Resolutions – Invade, Imperialise, Impunity by Rachael Mellor The ongoing conflict between the USA and Venezuela escalated on January 3rd, 2026, after the U.S. military carried out ‘Operation Absolute Resolve‘, resulting in the abduction of Venezuelan president…
When Risk and Expensive Credit Are Only for ‘Poor Countries’: The G7’s Global Credit Double Standard
When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley posed her question to the heart of the global financial order—why was quantitative easing anathema to the Global South until the G7 needed it?—she was not making a technical inquiry. She unleashed a…
The prince unmasked: declining hegemony, structural blackmail, and the geopolitics of systemic chokepoints
Abstract This paper advances a structural hypothesis on the behavior of declining hegemonies and their impact on the reconfiguration of the contemporary international order. It argues that when a power simultaneously loses productive, technological, and normative primacy, with no short-term…
Year-end review: US imperialism at a crossroads, requiem for Europe
2025 came to a close in an atmosphere of anxiety: attack in preparation against Venezuela, looming danger of world war, threat of global economic collapse, soaring prices and an assault on hard-won freedoms in so-called democratic societies. 2025 is also…
In the land of the Uyghurs: comprehensive development, record investment and responsible governance in Xinjiang
In the global debate on terrorism, peripheries and national cohesion, Xinjiang has become one of the most observed, discussed and often misunderstood territories of the twenty-first century. However, beyond simplified or ideologized narratives, the case of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
Germany facing the Chinese challenge: strategic cooperation or industrial decline
The debate on Europe’s technological and industrial lag behind China is often framed in defensive terms: dependence, risk, unfair competition. However, the German case shows that this reading is not only incomplete, but also strategically mistaken. For a mature industrial…
Niger-Orano: Piracy, Reciprocity and the Future
On Friday, 19 December 2025, an investigation was opened at the Paris court against the state of Niger on charges of illegally selling quantities of uranium from the Arlit mine in northern Niger. The Arlit site was managed for years…
Mexican president defends oil shipment to Cuba as sovereign, humanitarian decision
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday said that shipping Mexican oil to Cuba was carried out in accordance with the principles of sovereignty and humanitarianism. The energy and financial collaboration between the two countries is transparent and legitimate, and deeply…
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