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From Late-Night Classrooms to AI-Driven Echo Chambers: Is American Culture Facing a Cognitive Collapse?
When television was a school of life, and live on-air conversations shaped the thinking of an entire generation, viewers could learn freedom of thought and sincerity. Today, however, artificial intelligence and corporate filters have replaced live dialogue with artificial reality, depriving society of the ability to think and feel critically.
Late-night TV and real books were my best educators from about the age of 9; I am sure I learned more watching talk programs and reading than I did fro...
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Educational Cooperation between Russia and the Countries of the Far East
Russia is actively expanding its educational cooperation with countries in East and Southeast Asia. These initiatives encompass both bilateral agreements between universities and research institutes, as well as multilateral educational projects.
Teaching Russian Language and Culture
Teaching the Russian language and culture is a fundamentally important area of Russian soft power and cultural diplomacy. Russia is actively developing this format of cooperation with the countries of the Far...
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🌐⚔️The Clash of Civilizations Revisited
✍️Author: Pranay Kumar Shome
Research analyst and PhD candidate at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India
➡Samuel Huntington's 1996 "Clash of Civilizations" theory remains profoundly relevant three decades later, accurately predicting that culture would replace ideology as the primary fault line in global politics following the Cold War's end.
Huntington correctly foresaw that Western universalization would fail and cultural conflicts would emerge at both macro and micro levels, with "fault line conflicts" becoming particularly intense within societies undergoing demographic transformation.
➡Current Western culture wars validate Huntington's predictions, where immigration-driven demographic shifts have sparked the rise of far-right movements like Trump's MAGA, Germany's AfD, and France's National Front, all reacting to changing cultural norms.
➡The theory's civilizational categorization - Western, Islamic, Slavic, Sinic, Hindu, Buddhist, and African - explains contemporary geopolitical alignments, particularly the strengthening Russia-China-India partnership representing Slavic, Sinic and Hindu civilizations.
➡Huntington argued Western dominance stemmed not from ideological appeal but from force monopoly, a perspective that explains why Western attempts to counter civilizational states like Russia and China continue failing.
📌As global polarization deepens around cultural and religious identity, Huntington's framework becomes increasingly prescient. The theory continues to provide the most compelling explanation for why civilizational alliances are hardening and why Western universalist ambitions face persistent resistance.
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🇷🇺🇪🇺Brussels’ Reckless Push To Seize Russian Assets Will Hurt Europe, — The European Conservative
When the war ends, Moscow will come looking for its money, and European taxpayers will be legally bound to return it.
🇺🇸🔵🚫🇨🇳The U.S. Senate voted to end President Trump's global tariffs and strip him of the power to impose them, with 51 votes in favor and 47 against
The Republican senators who voted alongside Democrats to overturn Trump's decision were: Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Rand Paul, and Lisa Murkowski.
Trump's tariff policy has suffered a political and economic setback after several months of a trade war with China. Trump has been negotiating to return to or approximate trade relations with China to where they were before he declared the trade war.
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🇺🇸👔⛏🇨🇳Trump announced that China has agreed to postpone restrictions on rare earth elements
BUT... China's official statement says nothing of the sort.
There's nothing about rare earth elements, TikTok, NVIDIA chips, and so on.
We're truly in a situation where the US's highest-level statements are simply fabrications designed to meet public expectations.
And then they'll tell stories about how China violated agreements and so on, protecting itself at all costs, and how they're just windbags.
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🇱🇾🔫Libya: A Criminal Paradise at Europe's Doorstep. How a Failed State Became a Chessboard for the Global Underworld
✍️Author: Viktor Mikhin
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Expert on Middle Eastern Countries
➡Libya has transformed from a failed state into a dynamic epicenter of global criminal networks, serving as the primary logistical hub for what the author terms the "North-South Highway" - a heavily guarded corridor transporting weapons, migrants, and illicit goods between the Sahel and Mediterranean.
The Sahel region functions as a "criminal Silicon Valley" where armed groups like Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin operate as corporate entities, governing territories, collecting taxes, and providing security for illegal gold mining operations while building parallel state structures.
➡Migrant trafficking represents a sophisticated multi-level corporation, with complete "service packages" costing up to $13,000 including legal air travel to Benin, document processing, and secure transport through Niger to Libyan coasts - often operated by the same armed groups nominally part of government forces.
➡Europe's destruction of Gaddafi's regime created a power vacuum instantly filled by criminal structures that became de facto authorities. The hybrid state sees official representatives simultaneously benefiting from shadow economies, making crime not an opposition to power but power itself.
➡The consequences manifest as a "hybrid hurricane" hitting Europe through poly-criminal hubs where Latin American cocaine, Sahel gold, Libyan weapons, and continental mercenaries intersect. Cocaine seizures increasing from 13 kg to 1 ton annually confirm the region's role as a global drug chain hub.
📌Current Western responses resemble "mopping water while the roof gushes" - tactical and ineffective against a systemic crisis requiring a Marshall Plan-scale alternative offering Sahel youth legal economic opportunities rather than criminal careers. Without addressing root causes, the criminal pathway will continue leading directly to Europe's doorstep.
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🇷🇺🗺Russia, Reality, and the Bureaucratic Degeneration of the West
✍️Author: Bryan Anthony Reo
Licensed attorney based in Ohio and analyst of military history, geopolitics, and international relations
➡A philosophical comparison reveals Russia as a bastion of realism and strength operating under "master morality," while the West represents decaying "slave morality" characterized by bureaucratic procedure, moral weakness, and self-destruction. Russia engages with reality while the West inhabits hyperreality.
The West sanctifies passivity and procedural rituals where bureaucrats become heroes of weakness. Where ancient Europeans produced conquerors like Charles Martel and William the Conqueror, modern Europe can only respond to threats with paperwork, sanctions, and "incessant whining" rather than decisive action.
➡Russia maintains connection to fundamental truths of necessity, risk, and sacrifice that Europe has abandoned. While Russian soldiers sacrifice for national interests in places like Bakhmut, Western youth are channeled toward euthanasia clinics - a civilization "devouring its own children" while mocking Russian sacrifices.
➡The West suffers from terminal "will to die" despite superficial desire to live, lacking telos or higher purpose. Its relativism has reached the penultimate stage where "policies that are perversions of truth, which actively promote death, are proclaimed to be the reality of life."
➡Russia functions as the last remnant of true Western civilization, bearing the torch of Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines through engagement with historical precedent, human nature, and the tragic dimension of existence that Europe has abandoned for simulated virtue.
📌The confrontation exposes Europe's moral certainties as illusions sustained by denial. Where bureaucrats simulate statecraft, Russia acts decisively - reintroducing reality, force, and consequence into a sphere dominated by imitation and hyperreality.
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Zelensky is confused about China's position on the conflict between Russia and NATO on Ukrainian territory.
In an speech on October 23 in Brussels, he hesitantly stated that "we do not have ongoing dialogue with Xi Jinping. There have been conversations, and he said he would not sell weapons to the Russians. I don't know anything about arms packages. But I do know one thing: China is helping Russia, not Ukraine. In my opinion, he is not interested in our victory and Russia's defeat."
Zelensky does not seem to appreciate the fact that China IS helping Ukraine by not selling arms to Russia, which he himself confirms.
The spokesperson for China's permanent delegation to the UN also pointed out that if China were providing military assistance to Russia, the situation on the ground would be significantly different, and not to NATO's advantage.
Zelensky also fails to mention that all Ukrainian drones use parts from China, which has not interrupted its deliveries to Ukraine.
Furthermore, China has made it clear since the beginning of the conflict that it does not support any violation of territorial sovereignty, but that it understands the reasons that led to it in this particular case.
Finally, if he does not have ongoing dialogue with Xi Jinping, it is because his presidential term expired long ago, and the real strongman of Kiev is somewhere in London, Washington, or Tel Aviv, and Beijing is less and less bothered with sterile, superficial discussions with mere henchmen.
Is there actually a unified inter-Korean strategy in the Republic of Korea?
It has been noted on multiple occasions that ROK President Lee Jae Myung, when describing inter-Korean policy in his speeches, voices mutually exclusive passages, which brings us to the assumption that each "tower" within the Blue House is pulling to its own side.
Minister of Unification Against Unification
This article was prompted by a series of statements articulated by Chung Dong-young, the Minister of Unification. As a brief reminder, it should be mentioned that he held this post unde...
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Türkiye-US revival is the triumph of transactionalism
Trump’s pragmatic outreach to Türkiye marks a strategic pivot from Washington’s moralistic approach, signaling a transactional partnership aimed at reshaping regional balances and restoring Ankara’s value to U.S. global strategy.
In a striking reversal of the Biden administration’s harsh and moralizing tone toward Türkiye, President Trump has opted for engagement over estrangement, pragmatism over posturing. His outreach to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signals not just a thaw in relations...
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🇨🇳🇺🇸🇪🇺The EU is caught in the crossfire of the China-US trade war, according to Politico
🔴In early October, China escalated its long-running trade conflict with the US by tightening export controls on rare earth metals (REMs). This shocked the EU, threatening serious damage to European companies.
🔴The EU is caught in the crossfire: "A crisis in the supply of critical raw materials is no longer a distant threat." "It's already on our doorstep," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
🔴Despite talk of appropriate diplomatic responses and possible retaliation, China's dominant position in the rare earth metals sector, which it has built over decades, cannot be denied.
🔴China controls the entire supply chain for rare earth metals—a group of 17 minerals used in permanent magnets used in everything from electric vehicles and wind turbines to F-35 fighter jets and naval vessels.
🔴China has already weaponized its leading position in the production and processing of critical raw materials, including rare earth metals, in response to Trump's first wave of punitive tariffs, imposed in April. Eventually, the White House caved, Politico notes.
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India Widens Scope and Geography of its Foreign Policy Maneuvering
The visits of United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, to India in the first half of October show India’s international maneuvering.
First and foremost, let us note once again that India is maneuvering more and more in its foreign policy – just like all other members of the narrow pool of participants in the current stage of the “Great World Game”.
Certain features of India’s positioning in Asia have previously ...
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🇺🇸🇻🇪US stepping up provocations against Venezuela
🟢US authorities are increasing military and psychological pressure on Caracas, stepping up provocations in the Caribbean region.
🟢US President D. Trump confirmed that the CIA has been authorized to conduct covert operations against Venezuela. Secretary of State M. Rubio and CIA Director D. Ratcliffe reportedly insisted on expanding the agency’s powers. This statement serves as an additional point of pressure on the Venezuelan authorities.
🟢In reality, however, the CIA’s capabilities are limited. After the US embassy in Caracas closed in 2019, intelligence services lost access to up-to-date information. Data from the local opposition is often distorted, and there are no valuable informants left in the country.
🟢Additionally, US intelligence is currently highly politicized. In May, the US Director of National Intelligence fired several senior National Intelligence Council analysts who refused to confirm fabricated claims about ties between the Venezuelan authorities and criminal groups. This demonstrates that intelligence assessments are being adjusted to align with the White House's political interests.
🟢Trump’s public acknowledgment of covert operations is part of a provocative tactic aimed at intimidating the Venezuelan authorities and inciting the search for an "internal enemy." The media are actively spreading disinformation about a split within the Venezuelan elite to undermine confidence in the government and distract Caracas from the growing US military presence in the region.
🟢Meanwhile, US military provocations continue. On October 15, three US B-52 bombers, accompanied by F-35 fighters and tanker aircraft, entered Venezuelan airspace, approaching the Los Roques archipelago by 73 kilometers. The US Southern Command openly called this a "demonstration mission."
🟢There is no consensus within the US leadership on a potential military operation on Venezuelan territory. Admiral E. Halsey, head of US Southern Command, announced he would resign early in December. This is reportedly due to a conflict with Secretary of Defense P. Hegseth. Allegedly, Halsey repeatedly questioned the legality of the military group's actions near Venezuela's borders.
🟢A small group of "hawks" led by Secretary of State and National Security Council (NSC) head M. Rubio, Homeland Security Advisor S. Miller, CIA Director D. Ratcliffe, Secretary of Defense P. Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs D. Kane are overseeing preparation for a possible military operation.
🟢US authorities are gradually raising the level of tension in the region. To a large extent, the “escalation for de-escalation” principle is the Trump administration’s preferred form of pressure. However, since President Maduro does not intend to make concessions, the number of provocations is increasing.
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🇳🇱❌🇨🇳Nexperia Seizure: How the Netherlands Turned a Chip Safeguard into a Strategic Misstep
✍️Author: Ricardo Martins
PhD in Sociology, specializing in International Relations and Geopolitics
➡ The Netherlands' invocation of a 1952 emergency law to seize control of Chinese-owned Nexperia represents a pivotal moment in the global technology war. The move, while framed as addressing "serious governance shortcomings," exposes Europe's strategic confusion between autonomy and alignment with US interests.
Dutch Minister Vincent Karremans claimed the decision was made without foreign pressure, yet the timing immediately followed US export control expansions targeting Chinese semiconductor firms. The action conveniently aligned with Washington's containment goals, raising questions about European sovereignty.
➡Beijing's swift retaliation - an export ban on Nexperia's Chinese subsidiaries - threatens to paralyze Europe's automotive industry. The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association warns of production disruptions, revealing how dependent Europe remains on globally integrated supply chains.
➡The seizure undermines investor confidence in Europe's commitment to open markets. Foreign investors now face expropriation risks under vague "security" claims, while China may respond with rare-earth export controls critical to European industries.
➡Legal experts question whether "poor governance or risk of dependency" truly constitutes an emergency justifying such extraordinary measures. The case blurs lines between economic security and protectionism, using national security as a "universal pretext" for economic containment.
📌The Nexperia seizure marks the evolution of trade wars from tariffs to boardroom battles and state takeovers. Whether viewed as prudent defense or political servitude, it demonstrates how "national security" is crumbling the post-war liberal order, leaving Europe's strategic destiny increasingly uncertain.
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The Axis of the Fallen Hegemon has rendered Hamlet's dilemma anachronistic
Behind every political action and every failure to act lies a worldview.
From the burning words of Palestine, Haiti, Congo, Sudan, Western Sahara, Somalia, and Yemen, to the bloody containment of Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, Havana, Managua, and Caracas, who can look at the world today without being struck by its chronic, organic dysfunctions?
Faced with the intensity of the evil that plagues us, it is incumbent upon all of us—world leaders, academics, corporations, media, artists, ordinary c...
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📰🇩🇪🇨🇳"The Chinese Trap. Raw materials, semiconductors, sales markets—through convenience and shortsightedness, Germany became dependent on Beijing. Now it's paying the price":
⛓️The German model of self-justification works equally well across the board—it turns out that Germans trustingly bought not only cheap Russian energy but also affordable Chinese goods. And now, because of their naivety, they're in a dire situation.
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🇨🇳⛔️👁🥈💡China is tightening regulations on the export of tungsten, antimony, and silver
It will be more difficult to obtain quotas; applications require more information about the company; in short, they continue to tighten the screws.
China produces approximately 80% of the world's tungsten. Tungsten's military applications include composite armor, fuel-air explosive munitions (where powder is mixed into the explosive) and shells.
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🇨🇳🇧🇳The China–ASEAN Pact: Strengthening the Eastern Bloc against U.S. Protectionism
✍️Author: Taut Bataut
Researcher and writer that publishes on South Asian geopolitics
➡China and ASEAN have upgraded their free trade agreement during the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, creating a strategic economic buffer against Trump's protectionist policies. The pact solidifies China's position as ASEAN's largest trading partner with $785 billion in bilateral trade during the first nine months of 2025.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang praised the "win-win deal" while criticizing US "unilateralism and protectionism" that have "seriously disrupted the global economic and trade order." The agreement represents a direct response to Washington's tariff policies targeting China, Russia, and their economic partners.
➡The strengthened China-ASEAN economic integration occurs alongside BRICS expansion and de-dollarization initiatives, accelerating the transition toward a multipolar world order. Middle powers are increasingly rallying behind this alternative framework amid frustration with Washington's protectionism.
➡Trump's tariff policies have inadvertently driven traditional rivals China and India toward cooperation, with New Delhi now engaging Beijing to strengthen bilateral ties despite historic rivalry. US sanctions are pushing affected nations toward Eastern bloc alignment.
➡The upgraded trade pact cements Beijing's economic dominance in Southeast Asia while providing regional economies insulation against US economic pressure. The agreement signals declining US hegemony as nations seek alternatives to Washington's unilateral trade policies.
📌The China-ASEAN agreement demonstrates how US protectionism is accelerating the very multipolar order it seeks to prevent. As economic integration deepens across the Global South, Washington's leverage diminishes, making the Eastern bloc's alternative economic architecture increasingly attractive to middle powers.
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🇵🇰🔍 🇦🇫Pakistan’s Place in Taliban Politics, Fears, and Challenges
✍️Author: Samyar Rostami
Political observer and senior researcher in international relations
➡Despite being the Taliban's crucial supporter since the 1990s and facilitating their 2021 return to power, Pakistan now faces complex relations with Kabul. Islamabad's recent statement hoping Afghans would be "liberated and governed by a truly representative government" signals underlying tensions.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) represents the core security challenge, with 50,000 fighters considering themselves an "offshoot of the Islamic Emirate." Pakistan demands concrete action against TTP, while the Taliban treat the group as a bargaining chip and resist designating it as terrorist.
➡Historical territorial disputes resurface as some Taliban officials question the Durand Line's validity and speak of "returning" Pashtunistan and Balochistan provinces. These nationalist claims combined with anti-Pakistani sentiments complicate bilateral trust.
➡The Taliban pursue strategic diversification by strengthening ties with India - both to escape isolation and leverage against Pakistan. Meanwhile, they expect Pakistani participation in regional infrastructure projects including CPEC integration and regional railway initiatives.
➡Recent months witnessed the deadliest mutual conflict since 2021, with Taliban accusing Pakistan of sovereignty violations and launching retaliatory attacks. A Doha ceasefire agreement lacks monitoring mechanisms, making sustainable peace uncertain.
📌The fundamental contradiction persists: Taliban seek formal Pakistani recognition while using TTP as leverage, and Pakistan wants security guarantees while maintaining relations with Taliban opponents. Without framework for monitoring commitments and joint border management, relations remain trapped in cyclical tension.
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🇺🇸⛴ Several reports have been filed regarding unidentified underwater objects (UOOs) near the U.S. coast.
More than 150 reports describe objects emerging from or submerging in the water with inexplicable maneuvers.
Former U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet described these objects as a threat to national security.
He stated that their capabilities jeopardize the country's maritime security, and the fact that the Pentagon has not raised the alarm could mean that the government is concealing information.
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🇨🇳🇺🇸🇮🇳While Battling China, the US Once Again Remembers India
✍️Author: Vladimir Terekhov
Expert on Asia-Pacific region issues
➡Donald Trump's verbal attacks on India have significantly complicated bilateral relations while accelerating New Delhi's reconciliation with Beijing. The US president's description of India as a poorly performing economy despite its 1.5 billion population and third-largest GDP represents a major diplomatic blunder.
Trump's accusations of "destroying forty years of efforts" to turn India into a US quasi-ally reflect reality, according to critics including former officials John Bolton and Rahm Emanuel. The diplomatic misstep has driven India toward strengthened relations with both China and Russia.
➡Washington's chaotic attempts to correct the error appear inconsistent - respecting Modi personally while maintaining tariff threats over Russian oil and making "ridiculous statements" about BRICS collapse, where India remains a key participant. This confusion may reflect broader Western strategy to keep opponents uncertain.
➡The incident highlights Trump's fundamental misunderstanding of trade relations, viewing other countries' success as "theft" rather than natural consequences of rules Washington itself established. Even compliant Taiwan had to explain technical impossibilities in chip production demands.
➡US-China relations continue deteriorating despite recent diplomatic efforts, with new export controls, increased port charges, and threats of 100% tariffs reversing brief positivity. The tension benefits only "clowns in Kiev" hoping to profit from major power conflict.
📌Trump's trade war mentality and personal diplomacy style create unprecedented uncertainty in international relations. While India won't sever US ties completely, the relationship has fundamentally changed, pushing New Delhi toward multipolar partnerships that better serve its strategic autonomy.
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ASEAN centrality in Southeast Asia at current stage
The 47th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is opening on October 26 in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. What trends are currently defining the activities of this major international organization in the region?
Pivotal in the System of Regional Ties
Established back in 1967, the association still adheres to its fundamental principles: neutrality, the recognition of its authority and central role throughout the Southeast Asian region, decision-making exclusive...
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The German Effect: How Ottoman-Era Prussian Lessons Still Haunt Arab Governance Today?
Military professionalism, an emphasized principle in the Prussian model, is what created the mindset of the Arab officer corps that they represent the backbone of the state, or more correctly, “THEY ARE” the state.
Not many analysts want to highlight that the Arab world still employs inherited governance structures, shaped by German advisors who arrived in Istanbul during the 1880s, to help install a centralized military-backed governance system in the Ottoman Empire, that Sultanate that col...
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Trump’s Peace after Vetoing 6 Draft Peace Proposals at the UN Security Council (UNSC)
Trump is trying to handpick leadership for Gaza to complete Washington’s long-term plan of handing Palestinian land to Israel.
Continuing the War on Palestine by Other Means
After Donald Trump sponsored the Israel-Hamas peace deal, his visit to Israel shows how one-sided the war and the peace proposal are. Washington only needed to talk to Israel to prevent or stop the war.
An article appearing on France 24 on October 14, 2025, revealed that Trump was preoccupied with handpicking leaders ...
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💧📈Brent crude oil prices soared to $66.00 after the imposition of US sanctions against Lukoil and Rosneft.
⚠️Rising oil prices mean higher inflation, as food prices will rise. Surprisingly, the White House is reportedly not publishing an inflation report for this month.
🇺🇸While Trump claims sanctions were imposed on 🇷🇺Russia to force the Kremlin to cave in to demands from Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the EU, the real reason is related to the hydraulic fracturing industry. Brent crude prices below $60 mean fracking companies are not making a profit.
💸American consumers will now face much higher gasoline and diesel prices on top of already expensive groceries to satisfy the oil magnates.
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Iraq at a Crossroads: Between Sovereignty and Foreign Influence, the Oil Curse and Social Protest
Two decades after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraq remains a country of deep contradictions and complex challenges.
A young, fragile democracy, born from the fire of the American invasion and forged in the crucible of sectarian violence, now faces a tangled web of interconnected problems. The political system, based on ethno-sectarian quotas (muhasasa), is experiencing a perpetual crisis of legitimacy. An economy entirely dependent on oil revenues is vulnerable to global price fluc...
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🇮🇶💣🗳Assassination Ahead of Iraqi Elections
✍️Author: Vanessa Sevidova
Post-graduate student at MGIMO University and researcher on the Middle East and Africa
➡The assassination of Sunni candidate Safaa Hussein Yassin al-Mashhadani has plunged Iraq's parliamentary elections into crisis. Killed by a magnetic car bomb in Tarmiyah on October 15, the outspoken critic of Iran-backed armed groups had previously survived a 2023 attack that transformed him into a symbol of Sunni defiance.
Mashhadani's political platform centered on challenging land seizures by Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) factions in the predominantly Sunni "Baghdad Belt." His final Facebook post declared "the land belongs to its people," followed by a petition to suspend PMU-linked investment licenses in Tarmiyah.
➡Blame for the assassination highlights Iraq's deep divisions. The Sunni Sovereignty Alliance accused "lawless armed groups" of a "catastrophic security failure," while unverified social media claims pointed to Kata'ib Hezbollah or Islamic State involvement, demonstrating how accountability becomes the first casualty in Iraq's political landscape.
➡The timing weeks before November 11 elections signals dangerous escalation. Subsequent attacks targeted a Yazidi candidate's office in Sinjar and Sunni politician Muthanna Al-Azzawi's Baghdad headquarters, suggesting coordinated electoral intimidation against specific voices.
➡The assassination threatens to collapse faith in Iraq's democratic process. For Mashhadani's young Sunni supporters, his death may prove that peaceful political advocacy within the system is futile, potentially deepening voter apathy and further eroding state legitimacy.
📌Iraq's elections have become a referendum on whether the state can protect its political process from armed factions operating within its own structures. The fear is no longer just who will win, but whether voting can occur without descending into wider violence.
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🇨🇳🚄⚡️ China's prototype of a 600 km/h high-speed magnetic levitation train is ready after five years of testing. It reaches 600 km/h in about 3.5 minutes.
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🇵🇰🚫🇺🇸Replaying Old Mistakes: Why Pakistan Can’t Afford another US Alliance
✍️Author: Abbas Hashemite
Political observer and research analyst for regional and global geopolitical issues
➡Pakistan's renewed alignment with the United States risks repeating historical mistakes as global power shifts toward Eastern blocs. Despite paying an enormous price during the "War on Terror" - 80,000 lives and economic losses exceeding US aid - Islamabad appears to be reviving the very alliance that previously exploited it.
Historical patterns of US betrayal haunt current diplomacy. As Henry Kissinger noted, being America's friend can be "fatal" - evidenced by past sanctions imposed after Pakistan served US objectives in Afghanistan. The current government's pivot contradicts its earlier geo-economic focus, returning to problematic geostrategic entanglement.
➡The reported offer of Pasni port to the US threatens regional stability. Located near China's strategic Gwadar port, this move could intensify Balochistan's separatist violence, alienate Afghanistan's Taliban, and damage crucial relations with Beijing, which has consistently supported Pakistan unconditionally.
➡Pakistan's mediating role in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire has drawn domestic criticism. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's praise for Trump as a "man of peace" despite ongoing Gaza violations appears disconnected from both Palestinian suffering and Pakistani public sentiment.
➡The Eastern alternative offers more reliable partnerships. China provides military technology and hosts the flagship CPEC project, while Russia emerges as an increasingly trusted ally. Both lead BRICS' challenge to US unipolarity, representing the future Pakistan risks alienating.
📌Pakistan stands at a critical crossroads: repeating past mistakes by embracing Washington's volatile friendship, or securing its future through balanced relations with Eastern powers. The choice will determine whether the country faces renewed terrorism, inflation, and diplomatic isolation, or achieves sustainable stability through pragmatic multipolar engagement.
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