Geopolitics

Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment

Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment

The U.S. secretary of state is reviving the language and intent of 19th century colonialism to deter what he sees as “the forces of civilizational erasure that today menace both America and Europe alike,” writes Joe Lauria.
24.02.2026

Senator Tom Cotton’s Ode to US Nuclear Weapons

Senator Tom Cotton’s Ode to US Nuclear Weapons

Hawkish Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has never been a big fan of arms control agreements. His new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal confirms that his attitude has not softened in the slightest.
19.02.2026

The Banality of Evil & Jeffrey Epstein

The Banality of Evil & Jeffrey Epstein

Who was this nonpareil hustler? That is the question that challenges our understanding of human behavior, says Michael Brenner.
13.02.2026

Red Lines & AI Warfare

Red Lines & AI Warfare

It is yet to be seen if Australia’s policy on weaponising AI will enshrine the moral red line of delegating life and death decisions to machines, writes Matilda Byrne.
05.02.2026

Not a Trump Anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s Crisis-Driven Power Plays

Not a Trump Anomaly: The Board of Peace and America’s Crisis-Driven Power Plays

The history of American power is, in many ways, the history of reinventing rules – or designing new ones – to fit US strategic interests.
03.02.2026

After Iran, Next Target: Cuba

After Iran, Next Target: Cuba

We’re being asked to believe Cuba is Hamas, so the U.S. needs to strangle it to death in self-defense. That the U.S. has been pursuing regime change in Cuba for generations, we’re told, is mere coincidence.
03.02.2026

Greenland Is Not a Prize

Greenland Is Not a Prize

The U.S. has set its sights on Greenland due to its mineral wealth and strategic location. But its people — the Kalaallit — are an afterthought in Washington’s machinations.
29.01.2026

As World Economic Forum in Davos opens

As World Economic Forum in Davos opens

A major shift in Swiss security policy underway
21.01.2026

The US-Israel Hybrid War Against Iran

The US-Israel Hybrid War Against Iran

Understanding hybrid war tactics helps to explain why Trump’s rhetoric oscillates between threats of war and phony offers of peace.
21.01.2026

White House Can’t Make Venezuela Attack Legal

White House Can’t Make Venezuela Attack Legal

Marjorie Cohn rebuts the efforts by the Trump administration — including the president’s claim that the U.S. owns Venezuela’s oil — to justify its illegal aggression.
07.01.2026

Venezuela Regime Change

Venezuela Regime Change

The Most Shocking Statements in Trump’s Most Shocking Press Conference
07.01.2026

Trump’s Act of War

Trump’s Act of War

This is from the same playbook that destroyed Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and perpetrated coups across Asia, Africa and Latin America, write Medea Benjamin and Michelle Ellner.
04.01.2026

A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit

A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit

The United States finds itself at a moment when the gap between power and prudence has rarely been more visible.
22.12.2025

Rebranding Genocide

Rebranding Genocide

Israel’s extensive and blatant flouting of international agreements and law presage a world where the law is whatever the most militarily advanced countries say it is.
19.12.2025

The Russian-US “New Détente” Could Revolutionize The Global Economic Architecture

The Russian-US “New Détente” Could Revolutionize The Global Economic Architecture

China would no longer occupy the central role therein, which would help the US and its Asian allies better compete with it, while Russia would move from the periphery of the existing architecture towards its core due to the importance of its strategic resources in this new paradigm.
17.12.2025

War With China Lurks Beneath US-Australia Talks

War With China Lurks Beneath US-Australia Talks

Nuclear-powered submarines and critical-mineral investments under AUKUS tie Australia ever closer to U.S. conflict with China, writes Julia Norman.
17.12.2025

Why Is Europe Feverishly Preparing For World War III?

Why Is Europe Feverishly Preparing For World War III?

If there is going to be peace, why are we witnessing the largest military buildup in Europe since the end of the Cold War?
16.12.2025

Europe in Panic Over US Strategy for Stability With Russia

Europe in Panic Over US Strategy for Stability With Russia

Alastair Crooke on the Trump administration’s most recent National Security Strategy, which critiques U.S. pursuit of global primacy as a failure.
09.12.2025

NATO Is a Menace, Not a Benefit, to America

NATO Is a Menace, Not a Benefit, to America

Since its creation in 1949, NATO has been the keystone of U.S. foreign policy in Europe. Indeed, the alliance has been the most important feature of Washington’s overall strategy of global primacy.
09.12.2025

Europe Before the New War

Europe Before the New War

Whose interests are served by predictions of a third general European war in little more than a century? The answer is clear: politicians who have led Europe into this nearly hopeless situation, says Uros Lipuscek.
02.12.2025

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