Economics
John Mearsheimer – The Russia I Saw
16 September 2026
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Chris Hedges – Osama Bin Trump
Our imperial overreach began 25 years ago with the War on Terror. It is being brought to a grim conclusion by Donald Trump’s war on Iran Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was […]
Geopolitics
Michael von der Schulenburg – The significance of the enemy states clause for Germany
Russia, Germany, and the UN Enemy State Clause Michael von der Schulenburg worked for the United Nations in many crisis and war zones around the world for 34 years, including in the rank of UN […]
Economics
Energy
Larry C. Johnson: The Wrong War: Trump Blames Kyiv for a Diesel Crisis His Own Iran War Triggered
On 14 September 2026, with American diesel having crossed six dollars a gallon for the first time in history, President Trump settled the question of blame in a single sentence posted to social media: “The […]
Energy
The Kyiv Independent – Trump tells Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel infrastructure
There are deep contradictions at play in the Ukraine proxy war. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
John Aitken – Iran’s threat to cut undersea cables in Strait of Hormuz poses a serious threat to Gulf states
Undersea cables are indispensable to the emerging AI economies of the Gulf states, making them a major point of vulnerability that Iran could exploit if it chooses to move further up the escalation ladder. John […]
Economics
Scott Ritter, Nima Alkhorshid – Is Saudi Arabia on the way out?
16 September 2026
Geopolitics
Shady Ibrahim – What would Houthi control of Bab al-Mandeb mean for the region?
The major advance of the Houthis in Western Yemen and potential control of a key Red Sea chokepoint represents a significant shift in the balance of power which will affect not just the Yemen civil […]
Geopolitics
Harrison Berger – How Trump’s Iran operation turned into a forever war
Trump has got into a Middle East quagmire that he has no easy way out of. Harrison Berger is an independent journalist who has contributed to Drop Site News, The American Conservative, and The Nation. […]