For decades the world has been told that a multipolar era is emerging that China and Russia are rising to challenge American dominance. Analysts academics […]
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Iran – A History of Colonial Blowback
Western media has spent decades portraying Iran as a hostile theocracy, a rogue state, a perpetual threat. That story is convenient, simple, and false. Iran’s […]
The Sino-Russian Border and the Treaties China Calls Unequal — and Russia Calls History
Unfinished Business: China’s History with Russia’s 19th-Century Treaties China’s relations with former colonial or imperial powers vary widely, and its willingness to “forgive” or move […]
Eight Consecutive Years Without a Passed Audit — and the Pentagon Gets a 50% Raise
The Only Government Agency That Can’t Pass an Audit — and Is Rewarded for It The Pentagon has now failed its annual financial audit for […]
China, Not the U.S., Is the Real Winner of Trump’s Venezuela Gambit
America’s Aggression, China’s Ascendancy It sounds counterintuitive: the U.S. seizes Venezuelan oil, yet China may be the biggest beneficiary. On the surface, mainstream media frames […]
Arbitrary, Brutal Suppression of Freedom of Expression: The Case of Nathalie Yamb
From La Chaux-de-Fonds to Pan-African Fame Nathalie Yamb (born July 22, 1969, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a prominent Swiss-Cameroonian political activist, businesswoman, communications specialist, […]
Greenland, the Increasingly Toxic US Treasury Bonds, and the Burgeoning Nordic Rebellion
Introduction: When Geopolitics Meets Finance Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is making headlines—not for the size of its U.S. Treasury holdings, but for the message its […]
Olympic sports for everyone… but not quite
Recently, there has been a growing sense of déjà vu when it comes to international sports and, in particular, the Olympic Committee. This brings to […]