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The Mecca Pact Wasn’t Built to Corner Iran

Seen from Tehran, the pact is not a cordon. It is an insurance policy whose fine print leaves the door unbolted. Seen from Washington,...

Preparing for civil war in Europe: FIEP, CoESPU, and EUROGENDFOR

For the moment, we know that Captain Pierre Plas’s home in Spain was searched by the Guardia Civil at the request of the French government. We know that Xavier Poussard—the author of the book on Brigitte Macron alongside Candace Owens—was questioned by the Carabinieri pursuant to a letter rogatory from...
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The Subsidiary Superpower—How Britain Lost Its Crown to America

Britain was the Headquarters of the 19th century. America was the Headquarters of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The money makers are already laying the groundwork for the next Headquarters—and it looks a lot like the Middle East. Or should I say West Asia? We've seen this pattern before....
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Economist Baker Explains: AI Bubble Is About to Burst

Economist Dean Baker (Center for Economic and Policy Research, author of Rigged and creator of the AI Bubble Monitor) joins Taya Graham and Stephen Janis to break down why the productivity data doesn’t match the hype, why Palantir’s CEO seemed to be panicking on live TV, why Bernie Sanders’ AI...
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Imperial Cycle and the Augustus Threshold

The process initiated by the Arab Spring has created a new opportunity, both to settle the score regarding the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire and for the Turkish, Kurdish, and Arab peoples to jointly shape a new Middle East. In particular, the Syrian revolution signifies the elimination of Arab nationalism...
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The New Security Map of the Middle East: The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement

In conclusion, the Mecca Agreement establishes a multi-layered equation extending from Pakistan’s nuclear ambiguity to the potential for maritime-centric expansion in the Red Sea, and from repositioning along the U.S.-China axis to deterring Israel. At the center of this agreement, which is of critical importance for the history of the...
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USA-China; The Inescapability of the Sacred

And a Chinese diplomat who understands that Western human rights commitments are not just cynical covers for Western hegemony, but experienced as inviolable — set apart, forbidden, defended with a fervour of identity that has nothing to do with self-interest — can stop expecting concessions that will never come. Theological...
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The Pope’s AI Politics

Leo’s focus on the politics of AI offers an arresting account of the significance of machine learning. He draws back the curtain on the threat AI’s oligarchic ownership poses to personal liberty and popular sovereignty. For my part, I could not find his proposed solution for wresting digital property from...
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Did Izz al-Din al-Qassam Participate in the Turkish War of Independence?

Unfortunately, after the passage of so much time, we have forgotten this shared national struggle of Türkiye and Syria. Yet our geography reminds us of the history we have forgotten. If you look at the geography of the revolt, you will see the very region in which the opposition remained...
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As the World Is Rebuilt: On the Threshold of the Technopolitical Age

One of the most significant works in Türkiye to systematically address this transformation is the report titled Technopolitical Order Debates in World Politics and Türkiye, published by the National Intelligence Academy. The report's principal contribution lies in its refusal to treat artificial intelligence (AI) merely as a matter of digital...
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Open Letter: Enver Pasha; The Great Dream

Apart from the traces that can help us decipher the ‘codes’ of the nightmare we are living through, he left nothing in the name of wealth behind; proved even to his enemies what a commander, a statesman, a husband, a human being should be like, alone, yet a great man....
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How the US-EU Partnership Is Fracturing
The future transatlantic partnership will remain powerful—but less cohesive, less dominant and more transactional. The 2025 agreement may contain the
Rethinking Maritime Chokepoints In The Contemporary Global Economy
The analysis also demonstrates that the future of maritime security will depend on a broader understanding of strategic risk. Geopolitical
The Dawn of a New Cold War
Private sector expenditures on AI in the United States still exceed China’s investments by a considerable margin. But the Trump
“Social Media Addiction” Is Way More Complicated Than You Think
Big Tech faces a tsunami of litigation, but it’s time for cooler heads to prevail. School districts and states will
How corporations can mitigate an AI jobocalypse
Recognizing that the first round of AI displacement will not be the last, it will be even more valuable to
We All Know This Civilization Is Doomed, But They Keep Telling Us Everything’s Normal
Life in the 2020s feels so spiritually dissonant because we all know this is the case, but all the sources
The Odyssey as AI Allegory
Homer and Ovid gave the ancient world its story; the market gave capitalism one; now, the algorithm is busy writing
Why do human beings speak so many languages?
Why is it that humans speak so many languages? And why are they so unevenly spread across the planet? As
How Living in a ‘Digital First’ World Has Made Our Lives Smaller
Henry David Thoreau admonished us to “simplify, simplify.” But how can we accomplish this as the digital maze envelops us?
The Architecture of Civilizational Subversion
The United States currently stands "Once Fooled," but it possesses a unique window of strategic opportunity. In the science of

Economist Baker Explains: AI Bubble Is About to Burst

Economist Dean Baker (Center for Economic and Policy Research, author of Rigged and creator of the AI Bubble Monitor) joins Taya Graham and Stephen Janis...

Did Izz al-Din al-Qassam Participate in the Turkish War of Independence?

Unfortunately, after the passage of so much time, we have forgotten this shared national struggle of Türkiye and Syria. Yet our geography reminds us of...

Why we still read novels

It is more and more true that what we all thought was normal life is gone and never coming back. Whether that drives us to...

Interview With C. J. Polychroniou: Is the US Ready for Radical Change?

Is the US, however, ready for radical change? After all,...

Offshore Britain created the Epstein class

Britain's tax-haven territories are all over the Epstein files -...

The Middle East after the American imperium

The question for American policymakers is not how to restore...

The Heartbreaking Case of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Now at Death’s Door

Tunnel vision when it comes to demolishing Gaza so impairs...

Zionism is a White Occupied Cult

The Ashkenazi supremacists are certainly giving the WASPs a run...

Prevent the Great War

It takes more than a conference to stop the coming...

The Emergence of the Retention State

The nineteenth century fought over territory. The twentieth century fought...

Why Ideology Is the Wrong Lens for Understanding China

Perhaps China’s rise is not an ideological anomaly after all....

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