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Greenland Is The Crown Jewel Of “Fortress America”

Building more facilities there to complement Pituffik Space Base would further the US’ “Golden Dome” missile defense plans for obtaining a strategic edge over Russia while extracting more critical minerals from there would reduce dependence on vulnerable Chinese supply chains.…

I Used to Be a Critic of the Two-Party System – Now I Wish We Had One

I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note about the US war on Venezuela. By Roger D. Harris The senator’s reply, with…

The Nain-Retamal Law: Revictimization for victims of the social uprising and the Wallmapu

An open wound in Chile’s –de facto– fragile democracy The recent acquittal of former Carabineros officer Claudio Crespo, responsible for the shot that left Gustavo Gatica blind on November 8, 2019 during the social uprising, is not an isolated event.…

State-sponsored kidnapping: a new tool in the imperialist arsenal

The year 2026 begins with a hangover: US imperialism reminds the world of its ugly past. A head of state is kidnapped, whisked away to the kidnapping country, put on display, subjected to a sham trial, and his country declared…

The Unprotected Species: Humanity Under Multipolar Competition

In today’s rapidly emerging multipolar world, humanity has once again become disposable. The international order that once claimed to defend democracy, human rights, and collective peace has either collapsed or been hollowed out to symbolism. The ideals that once placed…

Canadian Prime Minister Carney to build new strategic partnerships in visits to the People’s Republic of China

Canada’s new government is moving our economy from reliance to resilience – building our strength at home, working to double our non-U.S. exports, and attracting massive new investment. To those ends, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, today announced that he will…

Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitics Are Becoming More Complex

Tensions are growing between Turkiye-Pakistan and Israel-Cyprus-Greece. Stability in the Eastern Mediterranean can no longer be taken for granted as a result of three recent developments: 1) the growing Turkish-Israeli rivalry in post-Assad Syria; 2) Israel’s reported plans to establish a rapid response…

The Sartrean Script: How Trump Perfected the Politics of Bad Faith

In an era defined by polarized politics and performative leadership, few figures embody the philosophical concept of “bad faith” as completely as  President Donald Trump. The term, famously explored by Jean-Paul Sartre in his 1943 work “Being and Nothingness”, describes…

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…

China Finances New ECOWAS Headquarters 

(Moscow Bureau) – Under a signed bilateral agreement, China has completed and will hand over, in February 2026, the new headquarters (building) located in Abuja, Nigeria, to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It is a significant part…

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