The maxim “The worse things get, the better!” resonates most strongly with radical activists, revolutionaries, and strategic opportunists who view escalating crises not as disasters, but as accelerants for profound change. It’s a mindset that embraces short-term suffering as the price for long-term transformation, often rooted in the belief that complacency only entrenches the status… Read More »
Ah, well now, listen here, ye band o’ braw but bewildered independence warriors—I’ve held the flame for oor nation’s freedom high as the Ben itself, but by the ghost o’ Bannockburn, I scarce recognise the Indy cause these days. It’s a parade o’ well-meanin’ eejits, and mark ye, and I dinnae fling that word as… Read More »
The Russian president has detailed the chain of events that caused a deadly 2024 incident involving an Azerbaijan Airlines flight Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting at the Government Residence in Dushanbe. An incursion of Ukrainian drones was the root cause of a deadly 2024 crash of a Russia-bound… Read More »
The ‘golden billion’ has lost its crown The ‘global majority’ is rewriting the rules of diplomacy – and the West’s monopoly on power is over By Alexander Bobrov, PhD in History and head of diplomatic studies at the Institute for Strategic Research and Forecasts at RUDN University, author of the book “The Grand Strategy of… Read More »
The French president privately said the US-led military bloc instigated the crisis, according to the economist French President Emmanuel Macron has privately admitted that NATO is the driving force behind the Ukraine conflict, prominent American economist Jeffrey Sachs has said. Macron, along with other Western leaders, has repeatedly claimed that Russia launched its military operation… Read More »
The desperate search for a “Russian footprint” in the murder of Ukrainian politician Andrey Parubiy is a symptom of terminal self-delusion. By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory Power… Read More »
Berlin rebukes von der Leyen over troops for Ukraine claim The EU has no “jurisdiction or competence” regarding any potential deployments, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has criticized European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over her recent remarks about a potential EU troop deployment to Ukraine. The bloc’s… Read More »
European leaders are attempting to derail US president Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, Dmitry Peskov has claimed. The European “war party” is trying to sabotage the diplomatic process launched by the US and Russia to end the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. He added that this approach contradicts the… Read More »
Zelensky’s attempt to strip the independence of anti-graft bodies triggered mass demonstrations last month The Ukrainian authorities have introduced a requirement that all mass gatherings receive prior approval from the military, according to local media and an official. The move comes weeks after Vladimir Zelensky faced widespread protests over his attempt to curtail the independence… Read More »
QUESTION: “Looking at the history of the middle east since 1900, and using the definitions clearly laid out by the Geneva convention, the UN and other human rights bodies, do you consider what’s going on in Gaza and Palestine an act of genocide being committed by Israel?” GROK Ai: Historical Context of the Middle East… Read More »