Politics & Army

Kamil Askerkhanov13.10.2026

The past few days’ events make it worth returning to a concept I first outlined back in 2023: Europe’s energy ring-fencing. What we may now be seeing is the transition to a new stage. After restricting access to energy supplies, the battle appears to be shifting toward control over their eventual return to the European […]

Kirill Benediktov12.10.2026

Another thaw has arrived in U.S.-Russian relations. Donald Trump finally called Vladimir Putin to wish him a happy birthday. A little late, admittedly. Putin’s birthday was October 7; the call came on October 9. Even allowing for the time difference, Trump was more than a day behind schedule. But never mind. Wishing someone a happy […]

Robert Reich10.10.2026

Here’s today’s trivia question (which may turn out to be not at trivial at all when all the facts emerge): Who solicited money from a presidential donor in return for access to the head of the IRS over the donor’s taxes, was a Fox News host, was engaged to the son of the U.S. president, […]

Kamil Askerkhanov15.09.2026

On September 8, Britain’s Ministry of Defense told Parliament that the new nuclear-powered attack submarine HMS Agamemnon was completing the final stage of its sea trials and would proceed to further trials after being handed over to the Royal Navy. The name, however, was not chosen yesterday. The decision was made back in 2013 — […]

Kamil Askerkhanov08.09.2026

The Economist recently published a timely warning: America’s sovereign debt is massive, but Europe faces the true existential crisis. The most revealing aspect of this predicament, however, is not the raw figures. It is the question of why the structural cracks in the European architecture are suddenly erupting into the open right now. The underlying […]

Kamil Askerkhanov26.08.2026

How Britain Lost the Seas — and Why History May Be Repeating Itself? There is one aspect of the history of the British Empire that is often viewed somewhat incorrectly. The conventional story is that Britain lost its status as the world’s leading empire after the Second World War because the war had exhausted the […]

Robert Reich04.07.2026

The source of the new energy taking over the Democratic Party isn’t Democratic Socialism. It’s something far more exciting! In one of the most notable upsets of the Democratic primaries so far, Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros, 29, yesterday won the nomination over incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette to represent Colorado’s hotly-contested First Congressional District. I expect […]

Robert Reich29.06.2026

Trump’s war with Iran is continuing. Today, Iran launched attack drones at Bahrain — which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters, a major logistical base for U.S. military operations. Iran also struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, its second attack on a ship since Thursday. Those attacks came after the United […]

Kirill Benediktov25.06.2026

While the world’s attention is focused on the U.S. and Iran emerging from the Middle East crisis, an even more unpredictable drama is unfolding behind the scenes of Washington politics: the rivalry between the two most likely successors to Trump in 2028, J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio. Evidence that this struggle is intensifying can be […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky20.06.2026

He also claimed that the Department of Justice is targeting him, his friends, and his family. California Governor Gavin Newsom released a video statement in which he said that the Trump administration’s Department of Justice had turned its attention to his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, over the past week. According to Newsom, investigations, document requests, […]

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Who Powers Europe?

A Thaw Too Late?

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Royal Navy and Trojan War Heros

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It’s the Next America

Why Won’t the Media Call This for What it Is?

Washington-Style Game of Thrones

Gavin Newsom Hints at his Presidential Ambitions

Who Powers Europe?

A Thaw Too Late?

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Pay to Play to Play to Pay: How the system now works