United States
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Is it ‘America First’ or ‘Israel First’? Is President Trump his own man – or is he just Israel’s bitch? We will probably find out the answers to these questions shortly. The United States has assembled an unprecedented amount of naval and air power in the vicinity of Iran. Over half of the operational US…
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A second US/Israeli attempt, in 6 months, aimed at regime change in Iran has failed. The last attempt, made during June 2025, involved an Israeli sneak attack followed by a 12 day war on Iran. Iran responded with a defensive war that hurt Israel so much that Trump was forced to intervene on its behalf.…
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“You can check in any time you want but you may never leave.” (The Eagles, Hotel California) That might be said of the Petrodollar system that sustains US power and influence in the world and largely explains the gunboat diplomacy employed by Washington against Venezuela. In his press conference explaining why the US launched a…
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The current Western propaganda suggests that an intransigent Russia is refusing to accept a reasonable Western proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Russia, moving slowly across Ukraine, is bent on conquering Europe and is a threat to us all. We must rearm and conscript our youth to meet this threat – before it’s too late.…
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President Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan originated as an Israeli/US collaboration, as the war on the Palestinians is – with Israel leading the United States. Israel/US is a double act. The US supports Israel unconditionally – just more openly under Trump than previous administrations, who maintained some discreet distance. Trump, an unusual openly amoral politician, has…
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The Western narrative is clear about this question: The Ukraine war began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Alternatively, it began with the Russian takeover of Crimea in 2014. It is seldom admitted that the present conflict in Ukraine actually began with the Maidan coup of 2014, organised and supported by elements…
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States operate on the basis of the national interest. Arthur Griffith noted: “Between the Individual and Humanity stands, and must continue to stand, a great fact – the Nation.” States, on the whole, do not operate on the geopolitical interest, unless they happen to be Great Powers. States which are not Great Powers but which…
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In 1939 Britain’s most popular and widely read historian of the period, Arthur Bryant, made the terrible mistake of writing a book explaining how the First World War of 1914 was leading to a Second World War. That was the 1940 book, Unfinished Victory. Arthur Bryant was the author of around 60 well-selling books, including…
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After maintaining a discreet distance from Israel’s war on Iran, which has been going on for a lot longer than 12 days, President Trump decided to weigh in with American power to help the Israelis finish the job. By doing this he has taken direct US ownership of the war and begun to ride two…
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In early April, the French demographer and philosopher, Emmanuel Todd, gave a talk in Budapest, in the Várkert Bazár, as part of the Eötvös Conference organized by the 21st Century Institute. Todd is the author of the recent book, La Défaite de L’Occident (The Defeat of the West), which although it has been translated into…
