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Ukraine has veritably become an exporter of instability across the Global South. · Andrew Korybko · Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sharply criticized the Ukrainian Embassy’s official response to India’s arrest of six Ukrainian mercenaries (and one American whose involvement they left out) who are accused of violating national security legislation. According to local media reports, they were tasked with training…

Provided that Zelensky and Ukrainskaya Pravda right before him are telling the truth, then it looks like the most meaningful elements of a Russian-Ukrainian peace deal and subsequent Russian-US “New Détente” were already agreed to in Anchorage, but contingent on Ukraine withdrawing from Donbass. · Andrew Korybko · Zelensky confirmed to Reuters last week that reports about the US offering Ukraine security guarantees in exchange for it…

Trump's NATO warning and Saudi Forum remarks mark a verdict on the transatlantic order. Boyd argues the Iran War is dismantling London's financial system — from Lloyd's insurance to Gulf energy control. · Barbara Boyd · In this Saturday Wrap, Barbara Boyd argues that President Trump's cabinet remarks and Saudi Investment Forum comments mark a "verdict" on NATO and the broader transatlantic system that has dominated the global…

David Hawkins · A newly declassified intelligence summary has revealed that U.S. taxpayer funds intended for Ukraine were secretly laundered and diverted as part of a scheme to benefit Democrat political efforts. · Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is now pressing federal agencies to examine the evidence, with a potential criminal referral under consideration. · According to officials familiar with the matter, Gabbard…

Frank Bergman · Explosive declassified documents have revealed that the CIA has been experimenting with geoengineering for decades with the intention of weaponizing “weather modification.” · The newly resurfaced files are reigniting controversy over long-running claims that U.S. intelligence agencies explored manipulating the weather. · Although the resurfaced documents do not mention the specific chemicals used in the experiments,…

Psychological conditioning is more powerful than intimidation and violence. · John Leake · In a letter dated October 21, 1949, Aldous Huxley thanked George Orwell for sending him a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four. He praised the book, but also offered some friendly criticism in which he proposed that his dystopian vision in Brave New World was the more likely direction in which the world was heading. · Key points of Huxley’s letter include the…

The US president has said Riyadh has to be nice to America amid the Iran war · US President Donald Trump jokes with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting in the White House on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. ©  Win McNamee/Getty Images · US President Donald Trump has boasted that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto leader, is “kissing my ass” and must “be nice” to the US.…

Iran launches an attack on a warehouse holding Ukrainian anti-drone systems and 21 of Kiev's military personnel in the UAE. Israeli Forces target and kill three journalists covering the military action in Southern Lebanon. While the IDF links one of the slain reporters to Hezbollah, Beirut condemns the attack as a war crime. Yemen’s Houthis confirm the group’s first military operation against Israel amid the war on Iran threatening trade…

New Zealand was recently told we were staring down the barrel of a major diesel shortage with only 11 days of supply remaining... In this episode, Duncan looks at the fallout after MBIE admitted their data was completely wrong. Within just one day, the story changed from a looming economic paralysis to a comfortable 46-day buffer. · Duncan argues that this isn't just a simple rounding error. It is a massive failure of communication and basic…

The New Zealand Government is now considering pausing planned fuel tax increases, as rising global energy prices begin to bite into households and businesses already under pressure. The move signals a growing recognition inside Government that the current fuel shock is not temporary—but part of a broader structural disruption to global energy supply. · Tax Increases Put on Hold · Planned increases to fuel levies—originally intended to support…