Actuality

Dmitri Drobnitsky20.10.2026

The Starshield Controversy and the Question of Presidential Authority. Reuters appears to be pursuing a sustained effort to establish one politically consequential proposition: that an order to restrict Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starshield services originated in the White House, but not with President Donald Trump. A new Reuters report, already generating considerable discussion in the […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky01.10.2026

In America’s biggest oil-producing state, diesel is becoming both scarce and painfully expensive. Texas, a state more accustomed to supplying America with fuel than worrying about running short of it, has declared an emergency over diesel. Greg Abbott, the Republican governor, has issued a statewide disaster proclamation for 30 days, which can be extended. The […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky20.08.2026

Trump family firm partners with Chinese AI model provider as Washington presses allies to choose sides. A company partly owned by members of President Trump’s family is doing business with a Hong Kong-based provider of Chinese artificial intelligence models — even as the Trump administration prepares to urge dozens of countries to choose between the […]

Yuri Chekalin20.08.2026

On August 19, 1991, an event began that would enter history under a dry bureaucratic acronym: the GKChP — the State Committee on the State of Emergency. Thirty-five years later, it is easy to look back and see those events as inevitable. The Soviet Union, it seems, was already doomed; the August coup merely added […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky16.08.2026

Israel–UK relations have deteriorated sharply since Andy Burnham became Britain’s new prime minister. In a podcast interview with Israel’s Army Radio (Galei Tzahal), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a broadside against Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, and Britain more generally. “Islamic Republic of Britain” “Go to Britain today and you will see that […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky05.08.2026

America’s water infrastructure has become the latest reminder that in cyberspace, the greatest vulnerability is often not an adversary’s sophistication but one’s own complacency. A cyber incident affecting water and wastewater facilities in seven states has exposed weaknesses in the digital systems that underpin essential public services. Although speculation quickly turned to Iranian hackers, the […]

Yuri Chekalin02.08.2026

There are movie stars, there are action heroes, and then there is Arnold Schwarzenegger—the man millions simply know as the Terminator. On July 30, 2026, Schwarzenegger celebrated his 79th birthday, marking nearly eight decades of a life that has repeatedly defied expectations. His story reads less like a Hollywood screenplay than a modern myth. Born […]

Alexander Rimov23.07.2026

A humanoid AI robot Is about to start teaching at an American school. The 2026 school year may well go down in history. While the world continues to debate whether artificial intelligence should replace teachers, one school in upstate New York has decided to move beyond theory and into practice. Beginning on September 1, students […]

Yuri Chekalin20.07.2026

Great powers devote enormous attention to military strength, economic leverage, and geopolitical competition. Yet history suggests that trust between nations is rarely built through official communiqués. More often, it begins with something remarkably ordinary: a concert, a university exchange, a sporting event—or even a game of Go. “The Bureaucrat’s Song” “To move a sheet of […]

Yuri Chekalin19.07.2026

The preceding articles have developed a conceptual framework for examining the relationship between myth, symbolic politics, and political authority in the modern age. From Concepts to History: Applying the Analytical Framework The purpose of this framework is not to provide a universal theory capable of explaining every political system. Historical realities are invariably more complex […]

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Who Is Really Calling the Shots?

Texas Declares a Diesel Emergency

Trump is Interested in Chinese AI

The GKChP: The Day the Soviet Union’s End Began

Netanyahu Calls Britain an “Islamic Country with Nuclear Weapons”

America’s Water Systems Have a Cybersecurity Problem

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old

Silicone Miss Sally: AI Robot Teacher

Public Diplomacy Cannot Wait for Better Times

Political Myths: Authority and Legitimacy (Part.6)

Who Is Really Calling the Shots?

Ukraine: From Nation-State to Diasporic Nation

Diesel Fever Grips The World

A Minor Breakdown