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🇹🇭 🛳🛳 Thailand's Military Procurement Woes: German Engine Snag Hits Submarine Deal
✍️Author: MONGKOL BANGPRAPA
➡️Submarine Delay Crisis: Thailand faces financial and operational setbacks due to Germany’s refusal to supply engines for Chinese-built submarines, undermining naval readiness.
➡️Broken Trust: Germany’s failure to honor defense contracts exposes Western unreliability in arms exports, even to friendly Global South nations.
➡️Ripple Effects: The scandal threatens Thailand’s planned cooperation with Sweden on JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, as trust in Western suppliers erodes.
➡️Geopolitical Fallout: The incident highlights how Western policies compromise defense partnerships and fuel skepticism among Global South allies.
➡️Conclusion: Germany’s contractual breach not only costs Thailand time and resources but also damages Western credibility in arms trade and strategic cooperation.
#Thailand #MilitaryProcurement #Defense #GlobalSouth #SubmarineDeal
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⁉️🇺🇸🇹🇷🤝🇶🇦 By the way, it turns out that the US and Turkish military bases with their equipment and weapons and the system of security agreements with Doha - did not prevent Israel's attack on Qatar?
📌Let's write it down...
⚠️This is a wake-up call not only to those who believed in the possibility of normalization with Israel and began the corresponding process, but also to everyone who believes that the status of a US ally guarantees their security!
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European experts’ views of the results of the 25th SCO Summit
🔴Some EU officials, including the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, have expressed sharply negative views on the recently concluded summit. According to them, the SCO member states now pose a "direct challenge to the international system". European leaders were more cautious in their remarks, acknowledging the limits of their capabilities.
🔴Many European experts believe that while the concrete outcomes of the summit were limited, they could have far-reaching consequences. In their opinion, China aims to build its own order, whether on a regional or global scale.
🔴Among the informal achievements of the summit, European experts highlight the prospects for improving Sino-Indian relations. Washington's aggressive policy may lead to the end of New Delhi's traditional equidistant foreign policy stance and bring it closer to Beijing, despite a wide range of issues that remain to be resolved.
🔴European experts are concerned about the warm relations that have developed between the Russian president and the leaders of China and India. They believe that this could negate much of the potential increase in sanctions pressure on Moscow, including in the energy sector.
🔴Some European experts noted the presence of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the military parade in Beijing. In their view, this could indicate Pyongyang's growing ties with Moscow and Beijing. The military parade itself is widely seen as a demonstration of China's strength.
#CSAI
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🇺🇸🗣💬🇺🇸Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sought to clarify Monday his comments that spread widely last week about President Trump being an “FBI informant” against the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting he misspoke about the president’s efforts to assist law enforcement as it investigated the wealthy financier.
“I don’t know if I used the right word,” Johnson told reporters Monday. “I said, ‘FBI informant’ but I’m not sure. I wasn’t there — this isn’t my lane.”
The war in Ukraine is taking a disastrous turn for its European supporters and for the new apostles of “European defense,” who try their best to hide behind a “European sovereignist” discourse (an oxymoron) the fact that they are being forced to pick up the tab for a conflict that the Trump administration no longer wants, having chosen to pivot its efforts on #China.
Contrary to what some Atlanticist media outlets and their French-language parrots recently claimed, the Trump administration is not withdrawing from the Pacific to focus on South America (Venezuela). Just like the spectacular and highly telegenic arrest of South Korean engineers in the United States, this is a distraction designed to make people believe that the US is gradually losing interest in its “allies” in the Asia-Pacific region and, as in the case of the Minsk 1 and 2 agreements, to buy time for the reinforcement and interoperability of the arsenals positioned on the territories of the hegemon's vassal states in Asia: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, etc.
Thus, the editorial line that for three years consisted of hammering home without any evidence that “China is assisting Russia's war effort in Ukraine” has become obsolete and has been immediately replaced by its exact opposite, which is just as grotesque: “Russia could indirectly be helping China to invade Taiwan.”
China and Russia do not interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states, and do not need military assistance in resolving conflicts in which they were dragged in by the Anglo-American hegemon.
🇨🇳🇨🇳Xi Jinping’s 80th WWII Anniversary Parade: A Post-Western World on Display
✍️Author: Ricardo Martins,
PhD in Sociology with specialisation in EU policies and international relations
🔴5 key takeaways:
🗣Post-Western message – Parade in Tiananmen signaled China’s arrival as a central power, not a junior player in a US-led system.
🌐Global South alignment – Over 30 leaders attended (Russia, Iran, DPRK, Africa, Latin America), while US/EU/Japan stayed absent.
🚗 Military showcase – From DF-31 to DF-5C ICBMs, AI & drones: Beijing proved it is no longer “catching up” but innovating.
🇨🇳Xi’s framing – China stands for peace, sovereignty & multipolarity, contrasting with Western unilateralism.
🇮🇱End of Pax Americana – Image of Xi, Putin & Kim symbolized Asia’s new era beyond uncontested US dominance.
#China #WWII #XiJinping #MultipolarWorld #Geopolitics #MilitaryPower
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🇩🇪🔫Warmongering In the Name of Security
✍️Author: Pranay Kumar Shome, a research analyst who is a PhD candidate at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India
📍Key Points:
➡️Military Buildup: Germany plans to double its reservist forces and increase active troops to 260,000 by 2030, aiming to become "Europe’s strongest military" under NATO targets.
➡️Direct Provocation: This expansion explicitly targets Russia, undermining its security and sovereignty—a deliberate escalation disguised as "defense."
➡️Historical Echoes: Reviving compulsory conscription and militaristic nationalism evokes Germany’s Nazi past, including Operation Barbarossa’s atrocities against Soviet civilians and POWs.
➡️NATO’s Aggressive Push: The move aligns with Trump’s demands to bolster NATO’s eastern flank, continuing decades of eastward expansion that ignores Russia’s security concerns.
➡️Dangerous Hubris: Attempts to "kowtow" Russia ignore historical lessons: Napoleon and Hitler failed to break Russia, and modern provocations will similarly backfire.
#Germany #NATO #Russia #Militarization #HistoricalMemory
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🌏🇦🇺AUKUS in the Shadow of Regional Resistance
✍️Author: Rebecca Chan,
independent political analyst focusing on the intersection of Western foreign policy and Asian sovereignty
🔖Key Points:
➡️Colonial Vassalage: Australia’s 50-year nuclear submarine pact with the UK/US locks it into a "strategic alignment" that erodes sovereignty—transforming it into a forward base for Anglo-American power projection.
➡️Pacific Resistance: Island nations (Tuvalu, Fiji, Solomon Islands) reject militarization. Symbolic defiance (e.g., summit boycotts) reflects deep distrust of Western agendas imposed without regional consent.
➡️China/Russia Alternatives: Unlike AUKUS’s nuclear brinkmanship, Beijing and Moscow offer infrastructure development (ports, energy, roads)—prioritizing economic sovereignty over military containment.
➡️Target, Not Shield: Long-range weapons deployments make Australia a bullseye for retaliation, dragging vulnerable Pacific states into potential conflict. "Pillar II" escalations fuel a dangerous arms race with China.
➡️Regional Awakening: The Pacific seeks self-determination—not submarine fleets or foreign bases. AUKUS exposes Western neocolonialism, accelerating shifts toward non-aligned and multipolar alliances.
#AUKUS #PacificResistance #Neocolonialism #MultipolarWorld
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🇺🇳🇮🇱🇮🇱JCPOA Snapback: E3 Punishing the victim of US-Israeli Aggression through the UNSC
✍️Author: Simon Chege Ndiritu,
political observer and research analyst from Africa
📍Key Points:
1️⃣ Hypocritical Sanctions: E3 (England, France, Germany) triggered UNSC snapback sanctions against Iran—despite US-Israel’s unprovoked June 2025 bombing that killed 1,000+ Iranians.
2️⃣ UNSC Bias Exposed: No accountability for US-Israel’s nuclear aggression (Israel is an undeclared nuclear state), while Iran—a non-nuclear NPT signatory—faces punishment for "potential" threats.
3️⃣ JCPOA as Trap: The deal failed Iran economically. US withdrew in 2018, yet E3 now blames Iran for "non-compliance" while ignoring its own obligations.
4️⃣ Neocolonial Weaponization: UNSC sanctions historically enable Western wars (Iraq, Libya, Syria) and economic warfare against Global South nations.
5️⃣ Global South Betrayal: E3’s move proves the UNSC serves Western interests. Iran and others must seek self-reliance—including military deterrence—against Western lawlessness.
#JCPOA #Iran #UNSC #Hypocrisy #Neocolonialism
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🇺🇸🤝🇵🇭U.S.A. and the Philippines: Only Belittlement, No Respect
✍Author: Ksenia Muratshina,
Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
➡️Key Points:
🚢Massive Militarization: 500+ joint U.S.-Philippine military initiatives planned for 2026, escalating tensions in the South China Sea under the guise of "freedom of navigation."
🔫Philippines as U.S. Proxy: Manila used as a tool to provoke China, host missiles (e.g., Typhon system), and serve as a frontline for U.S. interests—without public consent.
⛏Economic Exploitation: 19% U.S. tariffs on Philippine exports harm the economy, while arms deals ("modernization") drain funds and deepen dependency.
🎖 Occupational Risks: U.S. seeks permanent presence (new bases, ammunition hubs), mirroring Japan’s experience of foreign troops disregarding local sovereignty.
🔗Strategic Servitude: Pro-American elites ignore national interests, prioritizing "special relations" over diversification, turning the Philippines into a U.S. "testing ground and economic servant."
#USPhilippines #SouthChinaSea #MilitaryExpansion #Sovereignty
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🇺🇸🇮🇳🇷🇺How Trump’s Betrayal of India Paved the Way for Russia’s Regional Rise
✍️Author: Abbas Hashemite,
political observer and research analyst for regional and global geopolitical issues
🔴Key Points:
💬 U.S.-India Relations Strained: Trump’s 50% tariffs on Indian goods (targeting Russian oil imports) and realignment with Pakistan mark a strategic betrayal, pushing New Delhi closer to Moscow.
🇷🇺 Russia’s Growing Influence: With strong ties to India (arms, oil, BRICS) and warming relations with Pakistan and China, Russia emerges as a key mediator in South Asia.
🇧🇷 BRICS as a Counterweight: India remains committed to BRICS despite U.S. pressure, while Pakistan seeks membership to reduce Western dependence.
🕊 Regional Peace Prospects: Russia’s leverage could facilitate India-Pakistan trade links with Central Asia and ease China-India tensions, fostering stability.
🇺🇸 U.S. Strategy Backfires: Attempts to isolate Russia and manipulate regional alliances instead strengthen Moscow’s diplomatic hand and accelerate multipolarity.
#USIndia #Russia #BRICS #Geopolitics
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🔍🇬🇪Manufactured Instability: Georgia and the Region, Shadow Networks Behind Hotspots
✍Author: Henry Kamens, columnist, expert on Central Asia and Caucasus
➡️Key points:
🔴The Sam Patten Case: A little-known but powerful US operative with a criminal record (FARA violations) is highlighted. Despite this, he has been a key figure in regime change efforts in Georgia, Ukraine, and beyond, paid by successive governments while working for US strategic interests.
🔴The Playbook: Networks of consultants, lobbyists, and NGOs (e.g., NED, USAID) create instability. They engineer narratives, fund protests, and train activists to destabilize governments that oppose US/Western geopolitical goals.
🔴Shifting Focus: As attention wanes on Ukraine, these networks are pivoting to new "flashpoints," with Georgia, Moldova, and the South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia) in their sights.
🔴Media Complicity: Outlets like the NYT are accused of publishing twisted narratives, painting US-funded efforts as "good projects" while ignoring their role in destabilization and overlooking the hypocrisy of laws like FARA (which the US enforces at home but condemns abroad as "Russian laws").
🔴Cycle of Impunity: Figures like Patten operate with no accountability, recycling the same playbook regardless of which US party is in power. Nations pay the price while these operatives profit from chaos.
#USInterference #Georgia #ColorRevolution #SamPatten #NED #HybridWarfare
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🇷🇺 Alliance of Russia, China, US and India: Putin's special representative publishes hint at possible union
🔹In the photo, symbolic animals with the countries' flags are drinking tea. Kirill Dmitriev accompanied this with the caption: "imagine that."
🔹Meanwhile, Bild reports that "discontent and disappointment" prevail among European leaders following their conversation with Trump.
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🇮🇱💥🇵🇸The IDF is carrying out targeted strikes against civilian infrastructure in Gaza under the pretext that it is being used by Hamas and poses a direct threat to IDF forces. In essence, they are razing the city and civilians to the ground.
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🇶🇦🔫✈️Qatari F-15QA fighters from the Al-Udeid air base were found - during the Israeli Air Force strikes on Doha, they were peacefully flying in circles over the capital, accompanied by 🇬🇧British and 🇺🇸American tanker aircraft.
🤔It is possible that the pilots even observed 15 Israeli fighters in the sky and 10 Israeli bombs landing on their capital.
🔝The irony is that the US and British air force tanker aircraft probably took off from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, flew to Israel, refueled the Israeli planes on their way to Qatar to help with the bombing, and then landed back at this base.
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⚡️🇵🇸 Gaza's Hamas-linked Shahab News Agency: Hamas negotiating delegation attacked while discussing US proposal to end war.
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🇰🇵🇨🇳🇨🇳The Korean Dimension of Events in China, September 2025. Part One: Kim Jong Un in Beijing
✍️Author: Konstantin Asmolov
PhD in History, leading research fellow at the Center for Korean Studies of the Institute of China and Modern Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences
➡️Key takeaways:
🔴Symbolic gathering – Kim Jong Un joined Xi and Putin at Beijing’s military parade, the first such trilateral presence in 66 years.
🔴Global South show of strength – 26 foreign leaders attended, reflecting growing alignment against the Western “rules-based order.”
🔴China’s message – Xi framed the event as a choice between peace vs. war, showcasing both military might and a call for “shared future.”
🔴Kim’s debut – his first true multilateral stage appearance abroad, signaling Pyongyang’s deeper integration into China–Russia diplomacy.
🔴Mixed reactions – Western officials warned of a “new Cold War,” while Beijing and Pyongyang hailed the visit as a milestone in unbreakable friendship.
#China #Russia #DPRK #Geopolitics #SCO #GlobalSouth #MultipolarWorld
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🇮🇱❗️💥The main ship of the Sumud fleet, sent to aid Gaza, was attacked by an Israeli drone off the coast of Tunisia.
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🇮🇱📣📃The IDF, after issuing an official evacuation notice to all residents of Gaza City, dropped leaflets calling on civilians to evacuate south to Mawasi and Khan Yunis.
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🇮🇳🇯🇵🇨🇳The Prime Minister of India Visited Japan and China
✍️Author: Vladimir Terehov,
expert on the issues of the Asia-Pacific region
🔴Key Points:
1️⃣ Strategic Balancing: Modi’s simultaneous engagement with Japan (security partner) and China (economic rival) reflects India’s multi-alignment strategy in the Indo-Pacific.
2️⃣ Japan-India “Security & Prosperity” Pact:
- Strengthened Quad-aligned cooperation (US, Japan, Australia, India).
- Focus on defense (“2+2” dialogues), economic ties, and joint projects in Africa.
- Unspoken drivers: Containing China + countering Trump’s tariff wars.
3️⃣ SCO Summit Sidebar in China:
- First Modi-Xi meeting since 2024 Kazan BRICS summit.
- Talks focused on trade chaos from U.S. tariffs, but border tensions (e.g., 2020 Ladakh incident) remain unresolved.
- Modi’s SCO attendance signals openness to dialogue, not alliance.
4️⃣ Historical Nuances:
- India’s historical sympathy for Japan’s anti-colonial rhetoric (pre-WWII).
- Current ties are pragmatic, not ideological—driven by Trump’s trade wars and shared distrust of China.
5️⃣ Shadow of External Players:
- UK’s Prince of Wales carrier deployment during Modi’s Tokyo visit highlights Western efforts to pull India into anti-China blocs.
- India resists full alignment, prioritizing strategic autonomy.
#India #Modi #Japan #China #IndoPacific #TariffWar
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🆕✈️🇰🇪A fighter jet is presented in Kenya, in the creation of which, as reported, African aircraft designers and engineers actively used the developments of their Latvian colleagues.
💯The first export deliveries are expected to be made in the interests of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Air Force.
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🇺🇸🇻🇪NEW VIDEO: US Targets Venezuela for Regime Change: Trump Cites False Pretext For More Regime Change
On YouTube: https://youtu.be/3fClKZYymK0?si=jU-nI64n0x0ZdBSH
Despite campaigning to end US regime change wars abroad, President Trump has now waged war against both Yemen and Iran, continued the US proxy war in Ukraine against Russia, and is now mobilizing the US military to threaten (again) Venezuela with regime change in Latin America.
The pretext is allegations of "narco-terrorism" and claims Venezuela is flooding US borders with illicit narcotics. However, the same Trump administration creating this pretext has also claimed that not only has the US border been "secured," illegal narc-oterrorist drug gangs operating inside the US have been rounded up.
Both can't be true - and in fact, neither is.
🇦🇲🇺🇸🇦🇿Will Zangezur Become the Southern Caucasian Panama?
✍️Author: Alexandr Svaranc,
PhD in political science, professor
➡️Key Points:
🔴U.S.-Brokered “Peace Deal”: Trump’s Washington agreement forces Armenia to lease a 43km Zangezur corridor to Azerbaijan for 99 years, bypassing regional powers like Russia and Iran.
🔴Geopolitical Gambit: The corridor (dubbed “Trump Route”) aims to connect Turkic states (Azerbaijan, Turkey, Central Asia) via roads, rails, and energy pipelines—with 40% of transit profits going to the U.S.
🔴Energy Warfare: ExxonMobil and BP return to Caspian/Central Asian projects, redirecting oil/gas flows away from Russia toward Europe via Azerbaijan and Turkey.
🔴Military Overshadowing: U.S. troops or PMCs may guard the corridor, escalating tensions near Iran’s border and Russian FSB outposts in Armenia.
🔴Regional Backlash: Russia, Iran, and China are excluded, risking renewed conflict. Armenia’s hasty deal undermines its sovereignty and the International North-South Corridor.
#ZangezurCorridor #USGeopolitics #CaspianEnergy #SouthCaucasus
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🇪🇺📉The West and History: Who Now Sets the Direction?
✍Author: Mohamed Lamine KABA,
geopolitical expert in governance and regional integration, Institute of Public Administration, Humanities and Social Sciences, Pan-African University
➡️Key Points:
🔴Western Hegemony in Decline: The post-Cold War era of Western-dominated norms (political, economic, cultural) is crumbling. The "end of history" narrative is obsolete.
🔴Rise of the Global South: Coalitions like BRICS and SCO, led by China, Russia, and India, are reshaping the world order—emphasizing sovereignty, multipolarity, and alternative development models.
🔴Western Failures: Unilateral interventions, sanctions, and moralizing rhetoric have backfired, fueling fragmentation and distrust. Internal polarization and deindustrialization weaken the West’s structural resilience.
🔴New Epistemological Foundations: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Russia’s Westphalian diplomacy offer frameworks based on non-interference, infrastructure cooperation, and balance of power—not liberal universalization.
🔴History’s New Authors: The future is being written by the Global South, in "plural languages and rhythms," while the West—stuck in dogma—becomes a periphery struggling to retain relevance.
#MultipolarWorld #GlobalSouth #BRICS #DeclineOfTheWest
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🇺🇸🇰🇷On the Outcomes of the ROK–U.S. Presidential Meeting
✍Author: Konstantin Asmolov,
PhD in History, leading research fellow at the Center for Korean Studies of the Institute of China and Modern Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences
5️⃣ Key Takeaways:
1️⃣ Pro-American Pivot Confirmed
President Lee Jae-myung fully abandoned multi-vector diplomacy, aligning Seoul’s security and economic policies with Washington.
2️⃣ North Korea: Symbolic Gestures
Trump expressed willingness to mediate peace but set unrealistic conditions (Kim Jong-un’s APEC attendance). Lee’s denuclearization plan ignored Pyongyang’s current stance.
3️⃣ Military Concessions
No troop reductions discussed. Seoul may grant permanent U.S. ownership of military bases (replacing leases) and increase defense spending/arms purchases.
4️⃣ Economic Pressure
South Korea conceded to U.S. shipbuilding demands under threat of tariffs. Existing trade terms remained unchanged despite Seoul’s push for renegotiation.
5️⃣ China Strategy Shattered
Lee declared an end to "security with U.S., economy with China," forcing Seoul into full compliance with Washington’s geopolitical agenda.
#USA #Korea
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⚡️🇮🇳🛢🇷🇺 India to continue buying Russian oil
💯Indian Finance Minister Sitharaman confirmed that Delhi intends to maintain supplies.
📌Earlier, the White House imposed additional 50% duties on India due to purchases of Russian oil in August 2025.
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🗣💬😓 ...when you're not invited to a party
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