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Iranian regime change, if it happens, will be home-made

External observers should resist the temptation to look for tidy alternatives on Western timelines. The absence of a visible successor can indicate that authority...

Doug Casey: Death of Privacy… and What Comes Next

Limit airing your personal thoughts and actions on Facebook, LinkedIn, and similar types of social media. It’s all accessible to anybody and makes it much easier for the State to control you. In my case, I’ve made part of my living by doing the opposite of what you should do....
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A Historic Opportunity and the Fragility of Perception Management

For this reason, composure is not a choice but a necessity. In an environment where collective wisdom, institutional grounding, and social patience cannot be preserved, even the most well-intentioned and correct steps may become subject to controversy. Türkiye’s chance to be rid of a 40-year burden can only turn into...
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The Birth of Europe, the Sinking into Europe – II

Of course, we know that this is not the case. In Nancy’s self-reflexive gaze—whatever horizon Europe occupies, and however it expands and becomes the “world”—there is no place for colonialisms, genocides, enslavements, oppressions, or the destruction of cultures. Nancy behaves as if none of these ever happened. In fact, neither...
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Is Israel’s Genocide Economy on the Brink?

Israeli economic researcher and BDS activist Shir Hever argues that Israel is now operating in what he calls a “zombie economy,” one kept moving through massive military expenditure, foreign credit, and political denial. For over two decades, Hever has examined the ties between the Israeli economy, militarism, and the occupation....
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Venezuela, regime change and something unexpected you need to know

The crumbling of the American empire cannot happen without a strong and united response from other players, and when strong, clear, and decisive responses are lacking, we all suffer from an institutional vacuum that increases confusion. However, we must not forget that what we see happening is always only the...
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The Donroe Doctrine: Assassination of 1945

Amid this bleak outlook, a country's defense capacity will increasingly be shaped not only by conventional military and economic power, but also by internal stability. In fact, the ultimate line of defense will be a country’s political stability. For states without nuclear capabilities or security guarantees within a strong alliance...
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A New Alliance Must Be Formed

Chaotic geopolitical changes will seriously affect the economy and trade. In such a situation, it is inevitable that weaker countries will experience serious dislocation due to their externally dependent structures. For this reason, the strong countries of the region must undertake strengthening efforts to brace for the earthquakes that will...
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The Death of Beauty: Urban Aesthetics and the Rupture of Modernism

The twentieth century may have killed urban beauty, but it did not destroy the human longing for it. This longing remains—buried perhaps, but alive—in every traveler who feels peace in an old square, in every child who marvels at a cathedral, in every citizen who looks at their city and...
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The European Crisis: Origin and Future

The release of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy has brought into focus a fundamental tension that has been simmering since before President Donald Trump took office: the understanding between the United States and Europe that the geopolitical system that emerged from World War II was to be permanent. The...
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The Dynasty That Changed the World

Today we will address a key period in modern history, leading up to 1913, the year in which two very important events occurred that still profoundly affect our lives. We will continue to observe how the history of world domination continues. Let’s remember that the fourth part ended with the...
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India is a priority partner for the US in Central and Eastern Europe
While the US is unlikely to contain a rising China, it can build partnerships to balance it. India should be
On Greenland, Europe’s Breaking Point With Trump Has Arrived
History suggests that a world in which might makes right and rules matter for nothing does not end up in
Is the Iranian Regime About to Collapse?
The Islamic Republic is today a zombie regime. Its legitimacy, ideology, economy, and top leaders are dead or dying. What
Trump’s Turbo-Charged Rogue Regime Exposes Pathetic European Vassals
In a bitterly ironic way, Trump’s reckless arrogance is to be welcomed. Because he is inadvertently exposing the Western system
Kidnapped By the Washington Cartel
The removal of Maduro is a regime change campaign going back 20 years, with the blame for this latest conflict
The United States Is an International Lawbreaker
The United States has breached every one of these articles as well as the United Nations Charter’s prohibition against “the
It’s Colonialism, Stupid!
At the institutional level, I dare to make two suggestions involving two Portuguese men whom fate has placed at the
The Moral Bankruptcy of the West Can No Longer Be Ignored
For anyone who truly believes all peoples and nations are equal, the moral bankruptcy of the West has been utterly
Rising UAE-Saudi Arabia tensions laid bare in Yemen
Abu Dhabi also wants to expand the breadth of its economy and boost its regional influence – goals that have
Trump’s Strikes on Venezuela Will Not Embolden China to Invade Taiwan
There are reasons to disagree with President Trump’s decision to strike Venezuela and seize Maduro, from his failure to consult

Doug Casey: Death of Privacy… and What Comes Next

Limit airing your personal thoughts and actions on Facebook, LinkedIn, and similar types of social media. It’s all accessible to anybody and makes it much...

The Decree of Darius and Balfour Declaration

In history, the recorded decree of Cyrus, the founder of the Achaemenid (Khamenei) dynasty of the Persians—who brought the Jews from the Indus basin and...

How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism

Sales of Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) rocketed when Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election. Nearly a year into the second...

Return to Europe, Return from Europe

Thus, the “universal” precedes Europe, but it is Europe that...

An Interview with Ben Hania, Director of “The Voice of India”, on Cinema.

Hania uses the actual recordings of Rajab’s agonizing phone calls...

Introduction to the History of the Perception of Islam in the West – 4

In the fourth and final part of my study, I...

As the Israel–Türkiye Fight Escalates

Of course, a conflict between Türkiye and Israel would be...

The Final Bargain in Syria: A Strong Message Delivered from Qasyun

Türkiye’s visit to Damascus took place precisely at this critical...

New Power Balance and Intensifying Regional Competition in Yemen

Therefore, the current picture does not suggest any imminent declaration...

Türkiye’s New Security Architecture: Continuity, Fragility, and Transformation

Thus, rethinking should not—and does not—mean abandoning security. On the...

The Search for Stability in Gaza

This would further erode the United Nations’ already diminishing influence...

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