Mali’s Weekend Shock: Bamako Holds As Wider Sahel Offensive Is Crushed
Mali has entered another dangerous phase in its long-running security crisis after a wave of coordinated attacks struck the country…
Ukraine’s Forgotten War: The Endgame Is Nearer, But Not Simpler
While the world’s attention has shifted sharply toward West Asia, the war in Ukraine has not slowed into irrelevance. It…
Russia Moves Into the Gulf Endgame as Iran Shapes the Post-War Settlement
Russia has moved more openly into the diplomatic centre of the Iran crisis, after President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Foreign…
The Persian Gulf War Explained: Israel First and the Fracturing of Trumpism
How Max Blumenthal argues that the Iran war exposed foreign influence, donor power and a civil war inside MAGA If…
Persian Gulf War & the Ceasefire Illusion: West Asia Still on the Brink
West Asia is once again trapped in that most unstable of conditions: neither peace nor war. A ceasefire may still…
New Axis of Power: How Russia and China Changed the Rules for Washington
Veteran journalist and geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar says the U.S.–Iran standoff has reached “the razor’s edge,” with a fateful decision…
“Make America Go Away”: How the World Switched Off the U.S. Economy
In late January, a series of seemingly disconnected events began to converge into something far more consequential than a news…
The U.S. Military Operation in Venezuela and the Seizure of President Nicolás Maduro
On January 3, 2026, the United States carried out a major military operation in Venezuela that combined airstrikes with a…
2025: The Birth of a Multipolar World Order
Russian Victory in Ukraine: NATO’s Defeat and Ukraine’s Collapse After nearly two years of grueling conflict, 2025 saw the scales…